741 



Tage 553. — After Melogramma BuUiardi, inseit — 

 M. spiniferum, (Wallr.) 



SphtEria spinifera, Wallr. Crypt. Flora, No. 4073. 

 {Spkcsria podoides, Pers. Syii. p. 22)? 

 Diatrype podoides, Fr. Suturaa Veg. Sc. p. 385. 

 Melogfamma asperuni, Ces, & De Not, Schema, p. 30. 

 Melograntma spiniferum^ De Not, Sfer. Ital. p. 53, 

 Exsicc. Fckl. F. Rh. looc— Kze. F. Sel. 153.— Thuni. M. U. i86j. 



Stromata densely gregarious or subconfluent, eruinpent-superficial, 

 swollen-pulvinate, black. Perithecia immersed, subglobose, with tlieir 

 cylindrical, rough, subtortuous ostiola more or less projecting. Asci 

 cylindric-clavate, 8-spored, 160xl6/-«. Sporidia biseriate, cylindric- 

 fusoid, slightly curved, 55-70 x 7-8 /i, 6-septate, cells fuliginous, 

 guttulate, the terminal ones shorter and subhyaline. 



On beech bark, Carolina and Pennsylvania (Schw.). 



Page 563. — Aftei- Valsaria Phoradendri, insert — 

 V. cornicola, E. & E. (in Herb.) 



Perithecia globose, minute (\ mm,), 4-8 loosely grouped in a cor- 

 tical stroma or gregarious without any distinct stroma, slightly raising 

 the epidermis, and when this falls away, slightly blackening the bark 

 above and around them, but without any circumscribing line. Ostiola 

 papilliform, minute. Asci cylindrical, short-stipitate, 65-75 x 7-8 p.. 

 paraphysate, 8-spored. Sporidia uniseriate, elliptical, uniseptate and 

 constricted, brown, 9-12x4^-5^ //. 



On dead limbs of Gornus, London, Canada (Dearness). 



Page 564. — After Valsaria Beauraontii, insert — 

 V. anserina, (Pers.) 



Sphmria anserina, Pers. Icon. p. 5, tab. I, figs. 8-10; Cke. Hndbk. No. 2637. 

 Valsaria anserina, Sacc. Syll. 2842. 



Stroma effused, blackening the surface of the wood or bark in 

 which it is immersed. Perithecia gregarious but separate, sphaeroid, 

 scarcely \ mm. diam., deeply or entirely immersed, black, with their 

 ostiola rising to the surface and raising it into pustules. Asci cylin- 

 drical, short-stipitate, 8-spored. Sporidia uniseriate, ovoid or sub- 

 oblong, didymous, slightly constricted at the septum, 16-20x6-7 p., 

 sometimes one cell a little narrower than the other. 



Bethlehem, Pa. (Schw.). No habitat given. 



Pao-e 570. — Add to synonyms of Diatrype aibopruinosa — 

 Sphceria euphorea, Fr. S. M. II, p. 354 (sec. specc.in Herb. Schw.). 



