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  TATE 
  BOTANIST. 
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  Clavaria 
  muscoides 
  L. 
  var 
  . 
  obtusa 
  n. 
  var. 
  

  

  Tips 
  of 
  the 
  ultimate 
  branches 
  obtuse. 
  Otherwise 
  like 
  the 
  type. 
  

   Under 
  cedar 
  trees. 
  Canada. 
  September. 
  Macoun. 
  

  

  Hypoclmus 
  subviolaceus 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Effused, 
  very 
  thin, 
  floccose-membranaceous, 
  adnate, 
  violet- 
  

   gray, 
  whitish 
  on 
  the 
  margin 
  ; 
  spores 
  subglobose, 
  nearly 
  hyaline, 
  

   .0002 
  to 
  .00021 
  in. 
  broad. 
  

  

  Dead 
  decorticated 
  wood. 
  Canada. 
  September. 
  Macoun. 
  

  

  Leptothyrium 
  Spartinee 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Perithecia 
  minute, 
  depressed, 
  suborbicular 
  elliptical 
  or 
  oblong, 
  

   sometimes 
  subconfluent 
  in 
  series, 
  rugulose, 
  black, 
  brownish 
  on 
  the 
  

   margin, 
  easily 
  separable 
  from 
  the 
  matrix 
  ; 
  spores 
  narrowly 
  ellip- 
  

   tical, 
  subacute, 
  hyaline, 
  .0005 
  to 
  .0006 
  in. 
  long, 
  .0002 
  to 
  .0003 
  

   broad, 
  usually 
  containing 
  a 
  single 
  large 
  nucleus, 
  adorned 
  with 
  a 
  

   filiform 
  appendage 
  at 
  each 
  end. 
  

  

  Dead 
  stems 
  of 
  Sjpartina 
  juncea. 
  Biloxi, 
  Mississippi. 
  Septem- 
  

   ber. 
  Number 
  1835. 
  S. 
  M. 
  Tracy. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  distinct 
  species 
  and 
  one 
  that 
  departs 
  from 
  the 
  

   usual 
  characters 
  of 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  genus, 
  in 
  its 
  large 
  spores 
  

   and 
  their 
  filiform 
  appendages. 
  These 
  are 
  sometimes 
  longer 
  than 
  

   the 
  spore 
  itself. 
  The 
  thin 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  perithecia 
  have 
  a 
  radi- 
  

   ate 
  structure. 
  

  

  Ceratium 
  hydnoides 
  A. 
  & 
  jS. 
  var. 
  ramossissimum 
  n. 
  var. 
  

  

  Stromata 
  very 
  numerous, 
  forming 
  patches 
  and 
  dividing 
  above 
  

   into 
  exceedingly 
  numerous 
  slender 
  snow-white 
  branches 
  which 
  

   interlace 
  with 
  each 
  other 
  and 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  neighboring 
  stromata 
  

   and 
  thus 
  form 
  continuous 
  masses. 
  

  

  Yar. 
  subreticulatum 
  n. 
  var. 
  Stromata 
  creeping 
  or 
  ascending, 
  

   pure 
  white, 
  sparingly 
  branched 
  and 
  uniting 
  with 
  each 
  other 
  in 
  a 
  

   somewhat 
  reticulate 
  manner. 
  

  

  Both 
  varieties 
  grow 
  on 
  soft 
  much 
  decayed 
  wood. 
  They 
  have 
  

   a 
  very 
  different 
  appearance 
  but 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  spores 
  is 
  the 
  

   same 
  in 
  both 
  and 
  indicates 
  a 
  merely 
  varietal 
  difference. 
  

  

  Canada. 
  Macoun. 
  

  

  