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On Pedi<'ulari!fjlammea, euphmsioides and hirsuta, in Green- 

 land. 



S. pach3'asca, Rostr. Fungi of Greenland, p, 552 (" Sa^rtryk af 

 Meddelelfer om Gronland,'' III). 



Peritheeia scattered or gregarious, growing on cither leaves or 

 stems. Asci thick ovoid-oblong, inequilateral, 40-50 x 15-24 //, mostly 

 entire at the apex. Sporidia conglobate, conoid or ovoid-oblong, 

 16-20x5-6 fi. 



( Jn leaves and stems of many dicotyledonous plants, viz. Chamce- 

 nerium, Draba, Arahis, Ranunculus, Saxifraga, Pyrola, Pleu- 

 rogyne, GnmpanuJa, Thyniua. Stenhammavia, Plantago and Diu- 

 pensia, in Greenland, and on leaves of Phlox ccespitosa, in Montana. 



This species 'plays the same role among the Dicotyledonous 

 plants as S. Tassiana among the Monocotyledonous." 



S. Polygonorum, (Crie). 



Depazea Polygonorum^ Crie sur les Dep. p. 41, tab. 8, fig. 4. 



Spots epiphyllous, round, surrounded by a prominent, dark red 

 border. Peritheeia epiphyllous, subprominent, black. Asci cylin- 

 drical, 8-spored. Sporidia ellipsoid, obtuse at the ends, uniseptate, 

 17-18 X 6 /^, pale greenish. 



On dead stems and leaves of Oxyria digyna, Polygonum vivi- 

 partini and Koenigia Islandica. Greenland. 



S. arthopyrenioides, Awd. Myc. Eur. p. 15, fig. 55. 



Peritheeia thickly scattered, covered by the epidermis, depressed- 

 globose, pierced above, black, 60-120 fi diam. Asci obovate, sessile, 

 8-spored, 38x18 [i. Sporidia imperfectly biseriate, ovate-oblong, 

 rounded at the ends, uniseptate, not constricted, hyaline, 14 x 4-5 [i. 



On Papazer nudicaule, Greenland. 



S. minor, Karst. Myc. Fenn. II, p. 171. 



Peritheeia innate, covered by the epidermis, joined by innate, sub- 

 radiate, creeping, brown fibers, forming cinereous, round spots, black, 

 pierced above, 60-70 ji diam. Asci sessile, ovoid-elliptical or ovoid- 

 sphffiroid, 18-25 x 12-14 /i, 8-spored. Sporidia conglobate, ovoid- 

 oblong, uniseptate in the middle, scarcely constricted, greenish-hyaline 

 11-12 x4;i. ' • ' ' 



On Linnaia horealh, Saxifraga oppositifoJia. and S. Aizoon, 

 in Greenland. 



