llypocreaceso, Hj^alodidymjie, Nectria. 20 



ceraceo-mollibus subconfluentibus, levibus, glabris, 5-)0 in stroma- 

 te ; ascis cylindraceis octosporis; sporidiis uniseriatis ellipticis, ob 

 tusis, uniseptatis, nec constrictis, hyalinis demum pallidis, 10:; 4,5 



— Status conidicus: Fusariiim Acaciae: conidiis plerumque conso 

 ciatis vel in pustulis praicedentibus, lusarioideis curvulis, utrinque 

 acutis, triseptatis, gracilibus, hyalinis, 30-40^:2,5; stromato [)ul 

 vinato, rubro-pallescente. 



Hab. in ramis Acacias, in California. 



*27. Nectria ferruginea Cooke in Greviliea XIII, p. 8. — Enimpens, -,7.) 

 c;espitosa,- peritheciis ceraceis, snbglobosis, atro-fuscis, ob pressio- 

 nem difformibus, primo pulvere ferrugineo tectis, demum nudis, 

 ostiolo pertuso; ascis clavatis, octosporis ; sporidiis fusiformibus, uni- 

 septatis, hyalinis, 25 r 6. 



Hab. in foliis vivis, bracteis etc. Stypheliae (verisimiliter S. 

 v i r i d if 1 oraj), Omeo Australire. 



••44. Nectria Epicliloe Speg. Fungi Guar. Pug. I, n. 240. — Peritiie- ^j^q 

 ciis matrice saepius infuscata (macula effusa, brunnea, non deter- 

 minata) insidentibus, hypothalio furfuraceo-pruinuloso, candido do- 

 natis, densissime subcrustaceo-aggregatis, pallide aurantiacis vel 

 fulvo-melleis, siccis subcupulato-collapsis, ruga transversa promi- 

 nula percnrsis, udis globosis, 80-120 y.. d., glabris, levibus, carno- 

 sulis, contextu minutissime ac indistincte parenchymatico-celluloso, 

 fulvello ; ascis fusoideo vel cylindraceo-clavatis, apice truncatis 

 crassiusculeque tunicatis, deorsum modice attenuato-stipitatis, 50- 

 55 s 7-8, paraphysibus paucis, filiformibus simplicibus obvallatis, 

 octosporis; sporidiis ellipticis v. elliptico-ovoideis, utrinque acute 

 rotundatis, 9-11 s 3-4, primo continuis, dein raedio 1-septatis, non 

 constrictis, loculis non v. guttulatis, hyalinis. 



Hab. ad folia viva Andropogonis speciei cujusdam in pra- 

 tis prope Guarapi Bras. — Species pulcherrima distinctissima, ha- 

 bitu Epichloem typhinam perfecte aemulans, characteribus fructi- 

 ficationis tamen mox distinguenda, facile in novo genere consti- 

 tuenda. 



"45. Nectria xanthostigma Berk. et Cooke in Grevillea Xll, p. 83. ^jg^ 



— Sparsa, superficialis, flavida; peritheciis levibus, glabris sub- 

 globosis, 2 mm. diam., leniter papillatis; ascis clavatis, octosporis ; 

 sporidiis biseriatis, arcte ellipticis, utrinque rotundatis, uniseptatis, 

 hyalinis, 10::; 3. 



Hab. in caulibus herbacois, Neilgherries in India (E. S. Ber- 

 keley). 



