419 



2-3-nucleate, 7-8 x 3-4 pt, witli a faint, obtuSe, liyaline apiculus about 

 H /J. long at the lower end, and a rather shorter one at the upper end. 

 On fallen leaves of Magnolia, Louisiana (Langlois). 



A. Oreodaphnes, (Cke. & Hark>) 



Spharia {Anthostotnella) Oreodaphnes, Cke. & Hark. GTev. XIII, p. i8. 

 Sphcsria Oreodaphnes Berl. & Vogl. Sacc. Syll. 6321. 

 Aiithostoma Oreodaphnes^ Cke. Syn. 4193. 



Scattered, innate, covered. Perithecia globose, scarcely papillate, 

 covei-ed by the slightly raised, partially blackened epidermis. Asci 

 cylindrical, 8-spored. Sporidia biseriate, elliptical, inflated in the 

 middle, continuous, brown, 30-35 x 12-14 /i, with gi-anular contents. 



On loaves of UmbelluUiriu, California (Harkness). 



A. Ludoviciana, Ell. & Laiiglois. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. July, 

 1890, p. 228. 



Perithecia gregarious, covered by the blackened cuticle which is 

 pierced by the papilliforin, minutely perforated ostiola, 140-170 yu 

 diam. Asci 50—55 x 3-3| [i, cjdindrical, paraphysate. Sporidia ob- 

 long-elliptical, brown, mostly 2-nucleate, 4^8 (mostly 4-5) x 2-2^ /z, 

 uniseriate. The perithecia are often in subseriate patches, lying so 

 iiear as to touch each other, but hardly confluent, and are buried in 

 the substance of the bark, or even in the denuded wood, which is then 

 continuously and uniformly blackened on the surface, but not within. 

 .Distinguished from other allied species by its small sporidia. 



On dead stems of Sndlax, Louisiana (Langlois). 



A. smilacinina, (Pk.) 



Sphtzria smilacinina, Pk. 2gth Rep. p. 62. 



A nthastomella smilacinina, Sacc. Syll. 1043, Cke. Syii. 4624. 



Perithecia abundant, slightly prominent, minute, at first covered 

 by the thin, often blackened epidermis. Asci cylindrical or subclav- 

 ate. Sporidia ovate or unequally elliptical, pale greenish-yellow, 

 12^-15 /i long, usually with a single large nucleus. 



On dead stems of Smilacina stellata, New York State (Peck). 



. A. brachtstoma, E, & E. Bull. Wash. Coll. Vol. I '(1884), p. 5. 

 Perithecia globose, J mm. diam., buried in the wood, their short, 

 stout, obtuse, broadly perforated ostiola slightly projecting. Asci? 

 Sporidia oblong-elliptical or subnavicular, brown, almost opake, 22- 



25x11-12;/. 



On rotten wood of Tsuga Paitoniana, Mt. Paddo, Washington, 

 The specc. were old and the asci had mostly disappeared. 



