136 Sphaeriacese, Allantosporae, Valsa. 



valseis collis abbreviatis, ostiolis integris; sporidiis octonis, 



allantoideis, majusculis, 16-18 s 4, liyalinis. 



Hab. in ramis Ulmi campestris, New Jork, Am. bor. — 

 ((Forte yahiv ambienii affinis». 



09. Valsa dolosa (Fr.) Nits. Pyr. Germ. p. 200. Sphceria dolosa Fr. ^27 

 S. M; II. 405, p. p. — Stroraatibus majusculis e basi suborbicu- 

 lari plus rainus convexis protuberantibus, peridermio arctissime ad- 

 ha?rente, fisso v. subintegro, salvo disco v. ostiolis, tectis, grega- 

 riis, plerumque approximatis v. basi coiifluentibus ; peritheciis in 

 singulo stroraate 6-12, rarius, 3-4, raajusculis, subcircinantibus v. 

 sine ordine stipatis, globosis, in corticis parenchyraate haud mu- 

 tato nidulantibus; ostiolis raaxime incrassatis, globosis v. ovoideis, 

 immo e basi incrassata fere conicis, grandiusculis, atris, nuuc con- 

 fertis, fasciculatim v. sine ordine erurapentibus nunc contra in di- 

 sci albidi, deinde fuscescentis raargine tantum emergentibus, poro 

 angustissimo pertusis; ascis anguste oblongis, sessilibus, octospo- 

 ris, 64^10; sporidiis subdistichis, cylindricis, curvulis, hyalinis, 

 14-18^3-5. — Sperraogonia cytisporidea, intus viridula: sperma- 

 tiis allantoideis 6-7;; 1.5, longissirae pedicellatis. 



Hab. in rarais Salicis capreae prope Miinster; in rarais Ce- 

 lastri in Carolina (an eadera species?). 



100. Valsa laurina C. et E. New Jersey Fungi in Grev. VII. p. 9. — 528 

 Epidermide nigrificata tecta ; pustulis convexis ; ostiolis convergen- 

 tibus; ascis clavatis; sporidiis cylindricis, utrinque obtusis; curvu- 

 lis, hyalinis, 20 s 4. 



Hab. in ramis Lauri Sassafras, New Jersey (Ara. bor.). 



101. Valsa rhodophila Berk. et Br. Ann. and Mag. of. nat. Hist. ser. ^^^ 

 III, vol. III, (1859) p. 367 (?) Nits. Pjr. Gerra. p. 209. — Stro- 

 raate minuto, basi orbiculari, parura tantum v. vix protuberante 

 peridermio integro, rarius fisso, arcte adhiTerente tecto ; peritheciis 



in singulo stromate 4-6, corticis parenchyraati haud rautato in- 

 sculptis, in circulum siraplicera, rarius ordine haud perspicuo gre- 

 garieque dispositis, rainutis, globosis ; ostiolis in disculi minutissi- 

 mi, nigrescentis margine v. sajpius, disco obliterante, fasciculatira 

 fere erumpentibus, e basi valde incrassato conici^ v. ovoideis, ra- 

 rius globosis, atris, nitidulis, poro raro perspicuo, angustissimo per- 

 tusis; ascis clavatis, v. oblongis, sessilibus, octosporis, membrana 

 apicem versus incrassata textis, 84 s 9-10; sporidiis subdistichis, 

 cylindricis, nonnihil curvatis v. rectis, hyalinis, plerunique 16- ra- 



