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Frequent on dead leaves of Plantago lanceolata of last year's 

 gi-Qwth, Bethlehem, Pa. 



Splicer ia coccineo-maculata, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 1801. — Peri- 

 tliecia black, seriate or inordinate, astomous, oblong, finally empty, 

 seated on a scarlet spot slightly elevated in the center. 



On leaves of grasses, Bethlehem, Pa. 



Sphceria Androwedarum, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 1702. — Perithecia 

 minute, innate, scattered or aggi-egated, convex-globose finally, as it 

 were, circnmscissile, the upper part deciduous. 



On the lower side of leaves of Andromeda axillaris, Salem, N. C. 



Sphmria apertiuscula, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 1785. — Perithecia 

 scattered, brownish-black, minute, arising from the bullate paren- 

 chyma, at first innate, with a large opening above, finally empty. 

 Resembles a minute Peziza. 



Rarely met with, on the lower side of leaves of Ulmus fidvu. 

 New York State (Torrey). 



Sphceria perigynicola, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 1782. — Perithecia 

 scattered, very minute, astomous, black, erumpent, subconic-compressed, 

 at length empty, often distantly seriate-erumpent. 



Met with occasionally on the perigynia of Garices, especially of 

 C. xanthophysa, Mt. Pocono, Pa. Allied to S. recutita. 



Sphceria AngelicoB lucidoe, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 1781. — Perithecia 

 scattered, innate, subprominent, dark, astomous, collapsing, occupying 

 the lower side of languishing leaves, effused on subcrustaceous, yellow 

 spots. 



On leaves of Angelica lucida, Bethlehem, Pa. 



Sphceria herUcola, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 1794. — Perithecia at first 

 concealed under an efiiised, subhimantoid, white crust, which finally 

 disappears (except around the ostiolum), leaving the scattered, black 

 perithecia bare. Ostiola conical, equal in length to the diameter of 

 the perithecia, finally deciduous; then the perithecia appeal- globose 

 and perforated. 



On leaves of various herbaceous plants, Bethlehem, Pa. 



PHARCIDIA, K8rber. 



Parerga lichenol. p. 469. 



Perithecia more or less sunk in the matrix, finally erumpent, small, 

 membranaceous, with a simple, perforated ostiolum. Paraphyses unit- 

 ed in a shiny mass or wanting. Sporidia 1-3-septate, hyaline. 



