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Parapkyses. Slender, thread-like bodies grow- 

 ing with the asci. 



Parasitic. Growingon and deriving nourish- 

 ment from another plant. 



Pedicellale. Furnished with a stem. 



Penicillaie. Like a brush. 



Peripherical. Lying around the circum- 

 ference. 



PeritkeciuM. The case or hollow shell Which 

 contains the spores. 



Polymorphous. Having many forms. 



Polystichous. In several rows or layers. 



Pubescent. Covered with hairs, mostly short, 

 soft hairs. 



Pulverulent. As if covered with dust. 



Punctulate. Dotted with minute depressions, 

 as if punctured with the point of a pin. 



Pycnidium. A stylosporous perithecium form- 

 ing an early stage in the development 

 of some Pyrenomycetes. 



Radiate. Spreading from a common center. 



Ramicolous. Growing on branches. 



Reticulate. Forming a network. 



Rostrate. Having a beak. 



Rudimentary But slightly developed. 



Rufotis. Reddish -brown. 



Rugose. Wrinkled. 



Saprogenous. Growing on decaying sub- 

 stances. 



Septum. Any kind of partition. 



Sessile. Without any stem or foot-stalk. 



Sinuate. With a wavy outline. 



Spcrm,ogoniuvi. Differs from the pycnidium 

 in its smaller spores. 



Sporidium. A spore produced in an ascus. 



Spores. A general term applied to the fruit 

 among the fungi. 



Sporules. Spores produced in perithecia but 

 not in asci. 



Sguamose. Scaly. 



Sguamulose. With minute scales. 



Sterile. Unproducftive; without fruit. 



Stipe, A stem or foot-stalk. 



Stroma. A bed; that which supports or in- 

 cludes the perithecia. 



Stylospores. Spores produced in a perithe- 

 cium and borne on pedicels (basidia), 

 but not contained in asci, 



Suberose. Like cork; corky. 



Sub-erose. Slightly erose. 



Terete. Having a circular, transverse section. 



Tomentose. Densely pubescent with matted 

 wool. 



Trimorphous. Having three forms. 



Turbinate. Top-shaped; inverted conical. 



Undulate. Wavy. 



Verrucose. Warty. 



Verticillate. Arranged in a whorl. 



Vesicular. Composed of vesicles or small 

 bladder-like cavities. 



ABBREVIATIONS. 



det. Determined by. 



diam. Diameter. 



fide. On the authority of. 



1. c. lu the place (book or work) cited. 



mm. Millimeter or Millimeters. 



sec. According to. 



spec. Specimen. 



specc. Specimens. 



CORRECTIONS. 



Page 300, last line, for "shiny," read 

 slimy. 



Page 609, fifth line from top, for "gram' 

 iuSf" read graminis. 



