Sphaeriacese, Phaeosporae, Xylaria. 339 



Hab. in fodinis et puteis, New Jersey, Araer. bor. 

 133. Xylaria ianthino-velutina Mont. Syll. Crypt. n. 690 et Cent. II, 1282 

 n. 34 et Guy., n. 492. — Simplex vel raraosa, teres, apice acuto 

 compressa, undique villo longo violaceo-bruuneo liirta aut vestita; 

 peritheciis superficialibus, subliberis ovoideis depressis sparsis de- 

 raum pertusis inter setulis; sporidiis monostichis naviculari-sub- 

 pyriformibus, 12-13 y.. long. 



Hab. in fructu putrido Hymeneae Courbaril in Guyana 

 (Leprieur), in legumine ligneo in Brasilia (Traill). — An eadem 

 cum X. Apeibce Mont.? 



Sect. 4. Xylostyla Fr. 1. c. clava apice sterili, stipite glabro. 

 134- Xylaria digitata (Linn.) Grev. Flor. Edin. 356. Nits. Pyr. Gerni. i283 

 p. 9. Clavaria digitata Linn. S. Veg. ed. XV, p. 1010. — Stro- 

 mate erecto, crasso, fusco, leproso- velutino, glabro, terete ac sim- 

 plici, apice sensim attenuato, rarius obtuso, immo emarginato v. iu 

 ramos 2-3 dichotorae partito, rarissime plus rainus compresso ac 

 furcato, basi connato v. tanquam in corpus solidum, crassissimum 

 confluente hyraenio conidifero ex albido-fuscescente ; conidiis ob- 

 ovato-subglobosis, minimis; clavula perithecigera mediam stroma- 

 tis partem occupante, et in stipitem brevem et in apicera sterilem 

 continuo transiente, peritheciis numerosissimis, denseque stipatis, 

 paullo prominentibus rugosa; ascis cylindricis, longe pedicellatis, 

 octosporis, 120^7 p. sporif. ; sporidiis oblique monostichis, fusi- 

 formibus, obtusis, insequilateralibus, atrofuscis, 18-20^5-6. 



Hab. in lignis fabrefactis et trabibus putrescentibus udis in Bri- 

 tannia, Germania, Suecia, Gallia, Italia, Helvetia, America bor., 

 Brasilia, Java, Ceylon. — Var. Americana Peck. ; sporidiis mino- 

 ribus, 12-13 0.. longis ceterura non diversa. New York. — Var. 

 iorulosa Jungh. Praera. Fl. Java, p. 22 ; clavulis torulosis. In truncis 

 Javae. — Var. dubia Jungh. 1. c. stromatibus sphferoideis stro- 

 mati communi eflfuso subiramersis; peritheciis magnis. In truncis, 

 Javffi. Hsec verisimiliter spectat ad sect. IV. Xypoxyli (Ccbnopus). 

 135. Xylaria grandis Peck, 26 Rep. p. 85. — Magna, nigrobrunnea, 1234 

 irregularis, apice sterili obtusa acurainata, rubiginosaque, basi ab- 

 rupte attenuata, intus albicante; peritheciis subglobosis; sporidiis 

 fusoideis, utrinque acuminatis, rectis vel curvatis, 20-23 u.. long. ; 

 stipite ramoso, radiante, saepe valde elongato. 



Hab. in Amer. bor. Portage ad terrara. — Planta 7-12 cent. alt., 

 cUva 3-7 cent. long., 16-20 mill. cr. Stipite raraoso, apice sterili 



