314 Sphioiiaceae, Phreosporae, Xylaria. 



24. Xylaria abnormis l>erk. Dec. n. G18. — Pallida, hic illic ostiolis ^^''^ 

 (lojiifssis iiit,n-is iiotata, cerebriformis, subglobosa, noclulosa, durissi- 

 ma, intus coiicolor; peritheciis pallidis oblongis crassis; ascis gra- 

 cilibus ; sporidiis ininutissimis, 5 y.. loiigis, monostichis. t. 



Ihih. in ligno putri, Paiunv. Hrasilia. — Nonnullis notis ad J 

 llypocreaceas vergit. 



25. Xylaria piliceps Perk. Chnlleng. not. III, ii. 186. — Clavula sub- 117' 

 turbinata, cotieala, rimosa, moUi, fragili; ostiolis subprominulis pun- 

 ctata: stipite gracili concolori laccato, rimoi^o, contextu pallido. 



Ilab. in truncis, Aru prope Moluccas. — Stipes 2 cent. altus; 

 clavuln 12 mill. alt., S cr. Sporidia non rept'rta. 



26. Xylaria coronata West. Prodr. FI. Bat. Fungi pag. 42, Kickx \\i 

 FI. crypt. crypt. Flandr. I. 311. — Stromate elongato, tenui, sti- 

 pitifnrmi, tortuoso et ina^<iuali. fusco-nigricanto intus albo; capi- 

 tulo conico apice laciniis 3-5 digitiformibus 2 mill. longis corona- 

 to; peritheciis raris, immersis, prominulis, ostiolo papillato; ascis 

 cylindricis, Ssporis 100 y. longis; sporidiis monostichis fuligineis 

 ovoideis, 15 •!. longis. 



Hah. in radice putri lignosa, Maastricht in Relgio (Westendorp). 



27. Xylaria conocephala P. et C. Cuban Fungi n. 781. — Maxima, n^s 

 ca,'spitosa, e basi obtuse conica, umbrina, rimulosa, exsiccatione hic 

 illic contracta; ostiolis sparsis prominulis; stipite brevi longitudi- 

 naliter sulcato-rugosa. 



Hah. in ligno putri Cul)a, Bareellos Brasilife. 



28. Xylaria cubensis Alont. Syll. Crypt. n, 782 et Cent. II, n. 29, et HTT 

 Cuba, p. 317, t. 13, f. 1. — Clavaeformis, junior caesio-pruinosa 

 obtusa, adulta longitrorsum medio sulcata v. subbipartita, laeviga- 



ta, nuda, nigro, initio csesio-pruinosa, breviter stipitata, clavula 

 intus cava crusta tenui secedente fragili obducta; peritheciis peri- 

 phericis confertis globosis strato interiori pallido immersis, ostiolis 

 punctiformi-prominulis; sporidiis generis. 



Hah. ad ligna putrida, in Cuba (Ramon de la Sagra), in Guya- 

 na (Leprieur). 



29. Xylaria allantoidea Berk. Cuban Fungi n. 782, Sph. (Cordyceps) iiTg 

 allanioidca Berk. Exot. Fungi Hook. p. 397 (1839). — Stromate 

 clavato, obtuso, compacto, nigro-crustato, coriaceo, stipite brevis- 

 simo glabro; peritheciis minutis globosis, ostiolis minutis promi- 

 nulis. 



Hah. in Brasilia, S. Domingo, Guyana, Cuba, Cejlon et Bor- 

 neo. — Stroma 100 mill. altum, 1 cr., denique intus cavum. 



