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The specimens of S. caminata, C. & E., in my Herb., and of 

 S. caminata, Cke. in Rav. F. Am., do not afford any characters to 

 distinguish them from this. 



C. carpophilum. Ell. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club. IX, p. 73. 



Perithecia subglobose, ^ mm. or ovei- in diam., rough. Ostiolum 

 capillary, three times or more as long as the peri thecium, and more or less 

 crooked or bent. Asci slender, about 50 /x long, with filiform paraph- 

 yses. Sporidia uniseriate or biseriate, fusiform, yellowish, 4|-6 // long. 



On old chestnut burs, with Sphceria (Lcestadia) echinophila, 

 Schw. which has the asci and sporidia hardly distinguishable from 

 those of this species. 



C. subulatum, Ell. Am. Nat. March, 1883, p. 318. 



Perithecia covered by the epidermis, globose, 150 /i diam. Osti- 

 olum erumpent, subulate, \ mm. long, apex subfimbriate. Asci 8-spored, 

 evanescent, elliptical, 15x11 [x. Sporidia subcubical in the asci, be- 

 coming ovate or subglobose when free, brownish, 4|-5| x 3-3J /x, often 

 oozing out in a globule at the tip of the ostiolum. 



On dead stems and capsules of Oenothera biennis, and on the 

 brush of an old broom-corn broom, Newfield, N. J. 



In the description of C subulatum in Am. Nat. the perithecia 

 were erroneously desci'ibed as "subulate." The ostiolum is subulate, 

 but the perithecia are globose and immersed. C. caulincolum, Fckl. 

 has larger perithecia and sporidia. 



0. conicum, E. & E. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., Pa., July, 1890. 



Exsicc. Ell. & Evrht. N. A. F. 2d Ser. 2348. 



Perithecia immersed or superficial by the falling away of the sur- 

 rounding wood, gregarious, subovate, about ^ mm. diam., rough, pro- 

 longed above into a conical, rough ostiolum projecting above the 

 surface of the wood, and finally elongated to about 1 mm. in length. 

 Asci 75-80x8 fj. (p. sp.), with stout, lance-pointed paraphyses much 

 longer than the asci. Sporidia biseriate, oblong-fusoid, pale brown, 

 about 5-nucleate, straight, 18-20x3 [i. 



On rotten pine logs, Newfield, N. J. 



C. parasiticnm, E. & E. 1. c. 



Perithecia membranaceous, subhemispherical, \ mm. diam., red- 

 dish-brown, becoming slaty-black, prolonged above into a stout benk 

 '2-2f mm. long, 150 // thick below, narrowing to about 75 ji at the 



