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raatica atra, tortuosa limitata iiisideatibus ; ascis cylindraceis sur- 

 sura obtuse rotuiidatis, deorsum breve crasseque stipitatis, 65- 

 70 i: 6-7, aparaphysatis, octosporis; sporidiis recte v. oblique mo- 

 nostichis, elliptico-navicularibus, e latere valde compressis, 10- 

 12 i; 4-5 e latere 1,5-2 crass. utrinque obtusiusculis, opace fuligi- 

 neis, primo strato mucoso tenui obvolutis. 



Hab. in foliis dejectis Bambusacese cujusdam prope sepul- 

 chretum de Iporanga, Brasilia meridionali (J. PuiGGARr). 



12. Anthostomella Tenacis (Cooke) Sacc. Sphceria Tenacis, Cooke 1039 

 N. Zeal. Fungi in Grev. VIII. p. 67. — Sparsa, punctiformis, tecta; 

 peritheciis subglobosis, depressis; ascis cylindraceis, stipitatis ; spo- 

 ridiis ellipticis, continuis, 10 ^; 5, brunneis. 



Hab. in Phormio teuace, Waitaki, Nov. Zelandia. 



13. Anthostomeiia eliminata (B. et C.) Sacc. Sphcerm eliminata B. i04o 

 et C. North Am. Fungi n. 943. — Peritheciis epidermide nigri- 

 ficata supra ostiolum albd tectis; ascis linearibus; sporidiis angu- 



ste oblongis uninucleatis, 14^:3,5-4, monostichis. 

 Hab. in caule Smilacis, Alabama, Amer. bor. 



14. Anthostomeila Smiiacis H. Fab. Spher. Vaucl. p. 80, t. I, fig. 11. lon 

 — Peritheciis numerosissimis, epidermide tectis, semi-insculptis, 

 globusis, atris, vertice papillatis, diam. Vs raill. ; ascis cylindraceis, 

 brevissinie stipitatis, 8-sporis, 100-112 := 14; sporidiis, oblique mo- 

 nostichis, ovatis, atro-fuscis, 1-2-magniguttatis, 16-18 i; 11-12. 



Hab. ad ramos exsiccatos Smilacis asperse. — A Sphce- 

 ria Smilacis Cast. certe diversa. 



15. Anthostomella sepelibilis (B. et C.) Sacc. Sphceria sepelibilis B. et 1042 

 C. North. Am. Fungi n. 928, Cooke New Jersey f. — Hysteriiformis, 

 cuticula nigrificata tecta; sporidiis ellipticis, 1-2 nucleatis, 18 s 



8, brunneis. 



Hab. in C3iule Smilacis laurifolise in Carolina infer. et in 

 New Jersey. — Sec. Berk. sporidia, 12-13, longa. 



16. Anthostomella smilacinina (Peck) Sacc. Sphceria (caulicoke) smi- 1043 

 lacinina Peck 29 Rep. on the St. Mus. — Peritheciis copiosis, 

 minutis, epidermide nigrificata initio tectis, prominulis; ascis cy- 

 lindraceis v. subclavatis; sporidiis stiptatis, ovoideis, v. inaequali- 



ter ellipsoideis, flavo-olivaceis, 12-15 u.. longis, saepius 1-nucleatis. 

 Hab. in caule Smilacince stellatas, Center (Amer. bor.). 



17. Anthostomella sphaeroidea Speg. Fung. Arg. I, 179. — Perithe- jq^ 

 ciis sphseroideis, minutis, 200-250 a. diam., dense gregariis, atris 

 contextu membranaceo-sub-carbonaceo, fuligineo-atro, superne epi- 



