^^ Sphaeriaoeae, HyaIoilidyra;ie, Diaporthe. 



lantibus, raajusciilis, globosis, rarius depressis v. mutua pressioue 

 angulatis, in collum tenue abrupte atteuuatis; ostiolis elongatis, 

 cylindricis, rarius basin versus incrassatis v. nodosis, saepissime fle- 

 xuosis, plerunique fasciculatim erumpeutibus ; ascis cylindrico-cla- 

 vatis V. anguste oblongis, 53-66:; 8-9; sporidiis distichis, fusifor- 

 mibus obtusiusculis, constrictis, plerumque rectis, bicellularibus qua- 

 driguttatis, hyalinis v. pallide coloratis, 12-14^3-4. — Spermo- 

 goriia phomatoidea; spermatiis 8-10=; 27,-3, biguttatis, hyalinis 

 basidiis 20=^1 denique curvatis fultis. 



Hab. in ramis dejectis Robiniae Pseudacaciai in Gallia, 

 Germania, Italia. Amer. merid. 



11(3. D. Euporthe forabilis Nits. Pyr. Germ. p. 259. Sacc. Myc. Ven. 2468 

 Spec. j). 141. — Stromate, effuso, plerumque raaculas breviores 

 immo brevissimas, irregulares sistente, mox cum cortice perider- 

 inioque arctissime adhaprente coalito, tecto, mox, cortice dejecto, in 

 Iigno nudato libero, ejusque superficiera denigrante v. corticera re- 

 siduum in crustara aterrimam mutante, intusque nigrolimitato; 

 peritheciis grandiusculis, plerumque totis ligno infossis, rarius par- 

 te superiore in corticem projectis, imrao ligno basi tantum adnatis, 

 globosis V. depressis, ordine vario sed plerumque laxe sparsis; 

 ostiolis crassis subcylindricis, corticem, ubi adest, parum tantum 

 aut omnino non superantibus, cortice dejecto elongatis, rectis v. ad- 

 scendentibus ; ascis subcylindricis v. anguste clavatis, octosporis, 

 52-70 i; 7-10; sporidiis distichis, anguste fusiformibus v. subcylin- 

 dricis bicellularibus, quadriguttatis, medio tandem constrictis, pal- 

 lide lutescentibus, 14-20 i; 3-4. 



Hab. in rarais eraortuis Salicis caprece et babylonicse 

 et Populi pyraraidalis in Gerraania et Italia. 



in. D. Euporthe Floresiana Speg. F. Argent. Pug. II, n. 71. ~ Stro- 2469 

 mate raraulos corticatos late arabiente per lignum iramutatum tor- 

 tuose excurrente, nigro-Iimitato ; peritheciis globosis, atris totali- 

 ter immersis vel subimmersis et parum corticera turaefacentibus, 

 discretis, rarius subaggregatis, '/j raill. diara., ostiolo papillato rai- 

 nutissimo, atro, epidermidem vix perforante ornatis; ascis oblon- 

 go-fusoideis apice rotundatis crasseque tunicatis, luce refracta bi- 

 foveolatis, 50-55 =; 7-8; sporidiis distichis cylindrico-fusoideis, 13- 

 15s3-3y2, utrinque obtuse acuminatis, raedio constricto-1-septa- 

 tis, 4-guttuIatis, hyaliuis. 



Hab. in Argentina, S. Jose de Flores, in ramulis dejectis Me- 

 trosideri in hortis. 



