Sphseriaceae, Hyalodidymae, Diaporthe. 659 



grolimitata; peritheciis rainutis, globosis v. a vertice depressis, 

 immo subhemisphEericis, ligni strato extimo infossis, plerumque laxe 

 ac sine ordine sparsis, subinde protuberantibus, in collum abrupte 

 attenuatis; ostiolis parum elongatis e basi conico-dilatatis, cylin- 

 dricis, pro ratione crassiusculis, primo corticem perforantibus eum- 

 que pauUo v. vix superantibus, deinde, stromate nudato liberis; 

 ascis clavatis v, oblongis, octosporis, 60-80-10-12; sporidiis di- 

 stichis, fusiformibus, obtusiusculis, bicellularibus, haud constrictis 

 V. rarius parum torulosis, hyalinis, 15-18 5:^3,5-5. 



/Za^. in caulibus emortuis Solani Dulcamarae in Germania, 

 Britannia, Italia, Gallia. 



181. D. Euporthe pampeana Speg. Fung. Arg. Pug. IV, n. 155. — 2533 

 Maculis stromaticis versiforraibus ac ssepius latiusculis, subdeter- 

 minatis, atris, caules ambientibus, linea per lignum excurrente ac 

 limitante nulla; peritheciis ligno immutato immersis globosis, 200- 

 250 (x. diam. , tenui-merabranaceis, in ostiolum subcarbonaceum 

 superficiem stroraatis attingens non v. vix exertura productis, con- 

 textu parenchymatico, fuligineo-olivaceo; ascis fusoideis, sursum 

 obtusiuscule rotundatis, deorsum attenuato-subacuminatis, 50 i^ 7-8, 

 aparaphysatis, octosporis ; sporidiis distichis, cylindraceo-ellipticis, 

 utrinque subtruncato-rotundatis, 12-14^^3, medio 1-septato-con- 

 strictis, majuscule 4-guttulatis, hyalinis. 



Hab. in ramulis dejectis putrescentibus Solani glauci in uli- 

 ginosis prope la Estancia de la Paciencia, Tuyii, Araer. Austr. 



182. D. Euporthe aculeata (Schw.) Sacc. Sphceria (concrescentes) 2534 

 aculeaia Schw. Syn. Ara. bor. n. 1287. D. Berkeleyi et D. spicu- 

 losce var. Auct. — Longissime, indeterminate efFusa, crusta tenui 

 nigra, primum epidermide tenerrima tecta dein orbata; peritheciis 

 omnino ligno caulino ime iraraersis, depresso-globosis, atris, spar- 

 sis; ostiolis longissirais, teretibus sursum subincrassatis deraura de- 

 cumbentibus ac diffractis ; fructificatione generis. 



Hab. frequentissime in caulibus emorfcuis maximarum herba- 

 rum praesertim Phytolaccse, Bethlehem et Salem Amer. bor. — 

 Valde affinis D. spiculosce. 



183. D. Euporths eusplna C. et E. New Jersey Fungi in Grevill. V, 2535 

 p. 93. — Eflfusa, in matrice superficie nigrificata immersa ; collo 

 elongato; ascis clavatis; sporidiis lanceolatis, uniseptatis, quadri- 

 nucleatis, 18 ^j 3. 



Hab. in caule Chenopodii, New Jersey America? borealis. — 

 Aflfinis D. spiculosce, 



