1U2 Spliajriaceae, Scolecosporse, Cryptospora. 



obtuso iiicras.satoque, 8-sporis, 120-1 10 =; 10»12,- sporiiliis iiioriii- 

 iiatis, couglobatis, eiongato-fusoideis, parum curvatis, utriuque acu- 

 tiusculis, liyaliiiis, transverse pluriseptatis, 78-88^:5. 



Ilab. iii petiolis putridis M u s ;e in insula St. Thome Africaj 

 occi<lenialis. 



CRYPTOSPORA Tul. — Sacc. Syll. II, p. 301. 



';;. Cryptospora Caryae Pock 38 Rep. Stat. Mus. pag. 100, tab. 2, '''•'''^ 

 Hg. 28-31. — Stromatibus sparsis, epidermide tectis, erumpenti- 

 bus, linea atra circumscriptis vel sub epidermide crusta atra ve- 

 latis; peritheciis 4-12 in quoque stromate globosis vel pressione 

 angulosis ; ostiolis stipatis. prominulis, subglobosis, cequalibus, ni- 

 gris; ascis subclavatis, 100-125 :; 12-15,- sporidiis stipaiis vel disti- 

 cliis, subcylindraceis in parte inferiore v. utrinque leniter acumina- 

 tis, granulosis, denique spurie 3-5-septatis, 40-60:^6-7, hyalinis. 

 Hab. in ramis Caryae albae, Knowersville Amer. bor. 



5. Cryptospora coryh"na (Tul.) Fuck. — Sacc. Syll. II, p. 303. Huc n^, 

 ducenda est Sp/ueria versaiilis Fries S. M. II, 361 et Sacc. Syll. 

 II, [I. 372. (Cfr. Cooke in Grevillea XIII, p. 370). — Sporidia 

 sunt cylindracea, flexuosa, nucleata, hyalina, 50 /. longa. 



*5. Cryptospora umbilicata (Pers.) Berl. et Vogl. Sphceria umhi- a-iw 

 licala Pers. Syn. p. 45. Sacc. Syll. II, p. 487 et Cooke in Gre- 

 villea XIII, p. 30. — Sporidia ovoidea, hyalina, 6,2 c; 5. 



*6. Cryptospora tomentella (Peck.) Berl. et Vogl. Valsa tomentella 7151 

 Peck in Thirty-fiftli. Rep. St. Mus. Bot. 1884, pag. 144. — Pe- 

 ritheciis quaterno-octonis, subcircinatis, in parte interiore corticis 

 nidulantibus, nigris, basi tomento albo vestitis, disco lanceolato, 

 albido vel brunneo, rima angusta, utrinqne acuta eruinpcntibus, 

 ostiolis atiis, levibus punctulato; ascis oblongis, latis, subcylin- 

 draceis, vel fnsiformibus, sessilibus, 50-80 y.. longis; sporulis cylin- 

 draceis, stipatis, curvulis, utrinque obtusis, sa^pe multinuclealis, 

 50-07 s 4-5, hyalinis. 



Ilab. in cortice Betula) populifolia\ New Albany Ameri- 

 c» boiealis. 



*8. Cryptospora vasculosa (Fr.) Cooke in Grevillea XIII, pag. 30, ^^,,^.^ 

 Spluvria vascutosa Fries S. M. II, 408, et Sacc. Syll. II, p. 480. 

 — Sporidia cuneata, nucleata, 8-12. 



*0. Cryptospora Bambusae Spog. Fung. Guar Pug. f, n. 232. — Stro- 7152 

 matibus sub vcl in cortice nidulantibus, lineari-elongatis, laxe gre- 

 gariis, parallele longitudinalibus, primo epidermide tectis, deiii by- 



