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 PI. papaverkcea, (De Not.) 



Cucurbitaria papaveracea, Be Not. Sfer. Ital. p. 62. 

 Pleospora papaverace.a, Sacc. Syll. 3718. 

 I5xsicc. Rehm Asc, 736. 



Perithecia scattered or two or three together, superficial, with a 

 fiat, sessile base, globose, somewhat collapsed at the apex, coriaceous, 

 black, obtusely papillate. Asci cylindric-clavate, attenuated below, 

 8-Rpored, about 100 x 10 ^. paraphysate. Sporidia uniseriate or partly 

 biseriate, elliptical or oblong-fusoid, straight, 3-septate and constricted 

 at the septa, the second and generally the third cell divided liy a longi- 

 tudinal septum, yellow,. becoming brownish, 18-25 x 7-8 /i. 



On dead stems of Papaver nndicaulis, Tasiusak, Greenland. 



PI. raacrospora, Schrot. Nord. Pilze, p. 15. 



Perithecia erumpent, seriately-gregarious, globose-depressed, 250- 

 300 /J. diam., collapsing, black, smooth and globose, with minute, papil- 

 liform ostiola. Asci cylindric-clavate, attenuated below, short-stipitate, 

 150-170 X 24-26 fi, 4-8-spored. Spoi-idia uniseriate, ellipsoid ; in the 

 4-spored asci 35-45 x 13-17 /i, in the 8-spored, 30-33x9-10 /u, 3-sep- 

 tate, one or two of the inner cells longitudinally divided, yellow-brown. 



On HierocMoa alpina, Christianshab, &c., Greenland. 



PI. heter6spora, De Not. Sfer. Ital. p. 76, tab. 81. 



Perithecia scattered, small, punctiform, sphseroid, black, with a 

 round opening above, projecting through the fissured epidermis, papil- 

 lose under Ae lens, texture of dark, round, turgid cells, soft when 

 moistened. Asci thick-walled, 8-spored, attenuated upwards, mostly 

 curved, oblong, variable in size. Sporidia oblong or fiddle-shaped, 

 dark brown, hardly translucent, 9-11-septate, densely tessellate-muri- 

 form, 25-30 X 10-12 /^. 



On Carex supina, Sarkak, Greenland. 



PI. Elyiise, (Rab.) 



Oathrospora ElyncB, Rab. in Hedw. I, tab. XV, fig. 3, 

 Pleospora Elynte, Ces. & De Not. Schema, p. 44. 

 Exsicc. Rabh-Winter F. Bur. 2S61. 



Perithecia gregarious, covered by the epidermis; depressed-spher- 

 ical, the distinct papilliform ostiolum piercing the epidermis, black, 

 smooth and glabrous, about 250 p. diam. Asci oblong, short-stipitate, 

 8-spored, thickened at the apex and broadly rounded, 140-1 65x35- 

 40 //, paraphysate. Sporidia 2-3-seriafe, oblong, rounded at the ends, 

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