562 



V. Notarisii, (Mont.) 



P^alsa Notarisii, Mont. Syll. No. 754. 

 Vaharia Notarisii, Sacc. Syll. 2S10, Cke. Syn. 2071. 

 Sphcsria Periploccz, De Not. Micr. VIII. 



Pustulate, perforating the epidermis, at length bare. Perithecia 

 ovoid, circinate, black, buried in a cinereous-black, cortical stroma, 

 the ostiola connate and erumpent in a flat, black, rugulose disk. Asci 

 cylindrical, lOOx 10 ^. Sporidia uniseriate, uniseptate, oblong, brown, 

 constricted at the septum, 20 x 10 //. 



On Robinia and Gleditschia, Carolina (Curtis). 



V. viticola, (Schw.) 



SphiBria viticola, Schw. Syn. Car. No. 64. 

 Dialrype viticola. Berk. & Curt. Grev. IV, p. 96. 

 Diatrype ( Valsaria) viticola, Cke. Grev. XIV, p. 44. 

 Valsaria viticola, Sacc. Syll. 2712. 



Pustules small, scattered or in parallel series, grayish-black, 

 rugose. Perithecia few, 2-3, black, in a shining-brown stroma, or 

 scattered singly in the thick, blackened bark. Sporidia oblong, uni- 

 septate, constricted slightly at the septum, 15 ji long, brown. 



On dead branches of Vitis rotuncUfolia, Carolina (Schw.). 



We have seen no speciinens. Perhaps a depauperate form of 

 V. insitiva. 



V. gre^^lis, (Schw.) 



Spharia gregalis, Schw. in Fr. filench. II, p. 68. 

 Valsaria? gregalis, Sacc. Syll. 2847. 

 Melogramma {Valsaria) gregale, Cke. Syn. 1488. 



Irregularly effused. Perithecia very delicate, globose, subacute, 

 pulverulent, nearly superficial and connate, papillate, brown. Stroma 

 very thin. Sporidia oblong, uniseptate, 12-13 n long. 



On rotten wood, Carolina (Schw.). 



The stroma is very thin and indeterminate. Perithecia minute, 

 exactly globose, sometimes connate and sometimes only crowded, very 

 fragile, brownish-black. Ostiola minute, papilliform. 



V. actidia, Berk. & Rav. in Herb. Berk. Grev. XIV, p. 14. 



Sti'omata innate-emergent. Perithecia large, few (4-6). Ostiola 

 cuneiform, stellately arranged. Asci ample, (4-spored)? Sporidia 

 elliptical, uniseptate, constricted, brown, 40-42 x 16-18 /i. 



On branches of Ostrya and Carpinus, South Carolina (Ravenel). 



V. gemmkta, (B. & Rav.) 



Hypoxylon gemmaiuni, B. &Rav. Grev. IV, p. 50. 

 Hypoxylon Walterianum, Rav. Fung. Car. IV, No. 35. 

 Melogramma {Valsaria) gemntaium, Cke, Grev. XTII, p. 103. 



