Sphaeriacese, Phasosporae, Xylaria. 319 



seriata a X. grammica quia riimpendo non collabascit. Stroma 

 simplex v. furcatum, intus album, extus griseum, 5 cent. alt. 



49. Xylaria retipes (Lev.) Fr. Symb. p. 126, Sphceria (Cordyceps) m^ 

 reiipes Lev. Ann. scienc. nat. 5, 1846, p. 257. — Stromatibus caespi- 

 tosis elongatis cyliudricis, pruina alba pulverulentis, demum denu- 

 datis, nigris; peritheciis globosis, immersis, ostiolis minutis papilla- 



tis, stipitibus nigris nudis alveolato-rugo.sis. 

 Hab. in Java ad truncos (Zollinger). 



50. Xylaria rhizocola Mont. Syll. Crypt. n. 684 et Cent. II, n. 28, ii99 

 t. 9. f. 3. — Elata, gracilis ; stipite elongato Isevi, e radicibus plan- 



tae cujusdam enato, extus opaco, intus solido pallido ; clavula pro 

 ratione brevi lanceolata, apice fertili ; peritheciis periphericis con- 

 fertis minutis atris prominulis rugoso-coUiculosa, ostiolis puncti- 

 formibus atris; ascis sporidiisque generis. 



Tlab. in sylvis Guyanse centralis (Leprieur), in radice herba- 

 rum, Sarawak, Borneo (Beccari). — Habitus sec. Ces. a X. Gue- 

 pini non dissirailis. 



51. Xylaria rhytldophlcea Mont. Syll. Crypt. n. 687 et Guy., mss., 1200 

 n. 480. — Simplex ; stromate indurato corneo tereti-compresso ob- 

 tuso vel corniformi, atro, opaco, intus fuliginoso stipiteque brevis- 

 simo, tenuissime rugoso-reticulatis; peritheciis periphericis, globo- 



sis immersis atro-farctis, ostiolis prorainalis; ascis generis; spori- 

 diis minimis, oblongo-ovoideis, fuscis. 



'Hab. ad ligna denudata, Cayenna (Leprieur), Melbourne, Au- 

 stralia (Miiller). 



52. Xylaria ruginosa Mont. Syll. Crypt. n. 689 et Guy., mss., n. 485. 1201 

 — Eiata, dichotoma, compressa, scruposa, atro-fusca, opaca; cla- 

 vulis terminalibus, ellipticis, glabris, profunde rugoso-rimosis, intus 

 corneis rigidis; peritheciis majoribus periphericis immersis, ostio- 



lis minutis (ad lentem) prominulis; ascis sporidiisque generis. 

 Hab. in Guyana (Leprieur). 



53. Xylaria scotica Cooke Grev. IV, p. 112. — Suberosa; stromate ^202 

 longissimo, pallido, rhizoide, tenui, sursum 1-3-dichotomo-i amoso, 

 ramis elongatis, v. brevissimis fasciculatisque ; capitulis elongatis, 

 subcylindricis, apice plus minus attenuatis, griseo-brunneis, dein 

 nigris; peritheciis copiosis, subpapiliatis; ascis cylindricis; spori- 

 diis monostichis, ellipsoideis, brunneis, rainutis, 5-6 ^ 3. 



Hab. ad terram Meihlouer, Scotia (Matheson). — Tuta 5-15 

 ceut. longa; clavulae 2-3 cent lougae. Miuutie sporidiorum raox 

 dignoscenda species. 



