509 

 Parapliyses not observed. Sporidia biseriate, allantoid, hyaline, 



On various dry, dead liinbs, Newfield, N. J. 

 , Cal. rimicola, (Schw.) 



SpkiEria rimicola, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 1397. 

 Valsa {microspores) rimicola, Cke. Syn. 1789. 



Peritliecia in compact circinate groups of 3-12, subcrect, ovate- 

 globose, about \ mm. diam., often collapsing, seated on the surface of 

 the inner bark and slightly sunk in it, closely covered by the epider- 

 mis, which is raised into slight pustules and ruptured in narrow, trans- 

 verse cracks, through which issue the slender, cylindrical, smooth, 

 black ostiola in a loose fascicle, not united in any disk and hardly 

 rising above the surface of the liark. Asci (p. sp.) 22-25 x 5 /.<, with 

 stout, lanceolate paraphyses much longer than the asci. Sporidia 

 crowded-biseriate, allantoid, 4-5 x 1 /i. 



On dead limbs oi Comptoiiia asplenifolia, Pennsylvania (Schw.), 

 New Jersey (Ellis). 



When the epidermis is peeled off, the perithecia sometimes 

 adhere to it, and sometimes not. The, specimens of this species in 

 Herb. Schw. are very poor, but are apparently what we have here 

 described. Schweinitz says the pustules are immersed in the inner 

 bark and closely covered by it, but in our specc. the perithecia are 

 seated on the inner bark and not covered by it. 



Cal. Co6kei, E. & E. (in Herb.) 



Valsa parasitica, C. & E. Grev. VII, p. 9. 



Perithecia circinate, decumbent, soft and pale, finally collapsing, 

 150-200 n diam., lying on the surface of the inner bark, above the 

 pustules of some Valsa. Ostiola slender, pale, soft (carnose), yellow- 

 ish horn-color when dry, cylindrical, decumbent, converging. Asci 

 clavate, 25-30 xb [i. There is no note of the paraphyses in the fresh 

 state and they are not visible in the dry specimen. Sporidia subbiser- 

 iate, allantoid, moderately curved, 5x1/^. 



On an oak log {Quercus coccinea), Newfield, N. J. 



Readily distinguished by its soft, carnose texture, and its habitat. 



Cal. snbcuticularis, (C. & E.) 



Valsa subcuticularis, C. & E. Grev. VIII, p. 14. 



Valsa didymospora, EU. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, IX, p. 98. 



Perithecia small (200 /i), globose or ovate, 6-15 together in com- 

 pact clusters, seated on the inner bark, with ostiola erect-converging 

 or lying in a circle, with slender, decumbent ostiola converging to the 



