356 BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 
Exs.—Somnf., No. 191, 
On alder. 
Name—Alnus, the genus to which alder belongs, 
Appin! 
Genus V.—CrumenvLa. De Not., “Dise,,” p- 9. 
Cups superficial, globose, dehiscing with a rounded, 
entire, or lacerated mouth, when dry closely pressed 
together; excipulum coriaceous, exceeding the thickish 
concave hymenium; asci from the slender base nearly: 
cylindrical, 8-spored; paraphyses filiform; sporidia 
acicular, continuous or septate, delicate hyaline-yellow. 
(Plate XI. fig. 68.) 
Inhabiting branches of shrubs. 
Name—Crumena, a purse ; from its shape. 
Key To THe Sprciss. 
On vaccintum ..- .. as a5 ae +. urceoliformis, 
On Calluna vulgaris: sporidia septate ais -. callunigena. 
On Calluna vulgaris: sporidia longer and not : 
septate sé ae a oe sd -» Ericz. 
On Arbutus Uva-Urst .. a ie as Ledi. 
1. Crumenula urceoliformis. Karst. 
Scattered, generally solitary, erumpent, sessile or 
subsessile, nearly globose, blackish, brown-furfuraceous, 
becoming concentrically sulcate and naked, at first closed, 
then opening with a connivent mouth; disc pale cinereous ; 
asci cylindrical, narrowed at the base; sporidia 8, fili- 
form,65  2u; paraphyses filiform, forked at the apices. 
(Plate XI. fig. 68.) : 
Peziza wreeoliformis—Karst., “Mon. Pez.,” p. 172. - 
Crumenula wreeoliformis—Karst., “ Myco. Fenn.,” p. 213 
On dead stems of Vaccinium Vitis idea. 
Name—Urceolus, a little pitcher, forma, shape. 
Grantown, N.B.! (Rev. Dr. Keith), 
2. Crumenula callunigena. Karst. 
Cups solitary, nearly globose, sessile, brownish-black, 
naked, striate, mouth connivent; asci cylindrical, with a 
