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C. conglobkta, (Fr.) 



Sphtsria conglobata, Fr. S. M. II, p, 414. 



Cucurbitaria conglobata, Ces. & De Not. Schema, p. 214. 



Perithecia cespitose, erumpent, subglobose, with a papilliform 

 ostiolum. Asci cylindrical, stipitate, 8-spored, 130-155 xl4H8 /i. 

 Sporidia uniseriate, at first 3-septatc, then 5-7-septate and longitudi- 

 nally divided, slightly constricted at the septa, brown, 24-30x11-12//. 

 Stylosporous receptacles mixed with the perithecia. Stylospores spi- 

 rally beut, 2-3 x\ fi. 



On birch limbs, Itivnek, Greenland, on Corylus, Penna. (Schw.) 



C. Kelseyi, E. & E. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., July, 1890, p. 240. 



Perithecia large, (|-1 mm.), I'ough, subglobose, regularly rounded 

 above, with a papilliform ostiolum, bursting through cracks in the 

 bark in elongated tufts, crowded and subconfluent, connected below 

 by a scanty grayish-black stroma. Asci cylindrical 170-190x15- 

 20 [1, contracted below into a short, stipe-like base. Paraphyses fili- 

 form, abundant. Sporidia uniseriate, oblong-elliptical, straw-yellow, 

 becoming dark brown, contracted in the middle, with three principal 

 septa and several fainter ones (7-9 in all), muriform, 25-30 x 14^16 fi, 

 ends at first obtusely pointed, finally rounded. The three main trans- 

 verse septa are the only distinct and decided ones, the others, both 

 transverse and longitudinal, being more or less indistinct and inter- 

 rupted. 



On Philadelphus Lewisii? Helena, Montana. 



This is with difficulty distinguished from C. Berberidis, Gray, 

 and might perhaps better be considered a var. of that species, from 

 which it seems to difi"er in its broader sporidia. The ascigerous peri- 

 thecia were accompanied by others inclining more to ovate, with a 

 short, conic-cylindrical ostiolum, and filled with very minute (l|-2 x 

 i fi) sporules. 



C. Fraxini. E. & E. 1. c. (Plate 26) 



Perithecia globose, rough, black (white inside), J mm. diam., 

 flattened above, with a papilliform ostiolum, seated on the surface of 

 the inner bark in compact clusters of about 8-12, and surrounded by 

 the ruptured epidermis. Asci cylindrical, p. sp. about 150 x 12-15 /^, 

 with a short, stipe-like base and surrounded by numerous paraphyses. 

 Sporidia uniseriate or subbiseriate, ovate- oblong, constricted in the 

 middle, 5-6-septate and muriform, yellowish-brown, 25-30 x 10-14 //. 



On bark of dead Fraxinus, London, Canada (Dearness). 



