1 882.] Botany. 



Ryder. From J. A. Ryder. 



Zur Wiinligung der theoretischen Speculations iiber die Geologie vc 



DieStegoccph des I'lauen'schen Grundesb 



Von Hermann Credner in Leipzig, lit Theil., 1882. From the author. 



Rapport sur la Man he du Mu-ee Geolotuqtie Vaudois en 1881. \ 

 Classitieation Petrogenique adoptee du Musee. Par E. Renevier. Avril, i 



__ Humboldt Library, No. 29. Facts and Fictions of Zoology. By Andr 



^ thi 1 Reste aus dei Brauenkuhle von Gorlach bei Turnau in Steiermark. Von 

 ^llrosln W H. [tall, vice-president Section F, before the Section of Biology, 



Conference sur l'Unification des Travaux Geographiques. Par M. B. DeChan- 



courtois. ,S 79 . From the author. 



- en lettresde l'Alphabe^ Latjn. Par M. B. 



De l'Unification des Travaux Geologiques en genfcal, et paTticuberement en ce 

 q«' con,, -rue les Figures CouventionneN. ' Far 'M. II. Ac Ch mcourtois. From the 



GENERAL NOTES. 



BOTANY. 1 



Some nfav species of Sph^eriaceous Fungi. — The four species 

 here described were found on petioles of Sabal serrulate, at Green 

 Cove Springs, Fla., during the winter of 188 1-2, by Dr. Martin. 



Di-itn-pclla deuste E. and M.-~ Perithecia coriaceous, flask- 

 shaped, about 3 mill, in diam., buried in the substance of the 

 matrix, without any distinct stroma or circumscribing line, in 

 elongated clusters of 6-12, the obtuse imperfectly quadrisulcate 

 jktiola raising the epidermis into distinct ridges which appear 

 blackened as if carbonized, and are often split longitudinally 

 along their crest; asci lanceolate, 57-75 X 5^ —7//.. Sporidia 

 cylindrical, curved, yellowish, 5^-7 X 1% P 



Sphum '}'',■>,,, w> V. and M— Perithecia glo- 



bose or subelliptical, about }j mill, diam., buried in the matrix in 

 definite groups, above which the epidermis is generally more or 

 Jess blackened, the discolored patches mostly limited by a well- 

 defined line which does not, however, penetrate deeply ; ostiola 

 obtuse, barely piercing the epidermis; asci cylindrical, 75-80 ft 

 lo "g I sporidia uniseriate, elliptical, brown, 11-13 X 5^~7 ,"•• 



The substance of the petiole beneath the clusters of perithecia, 



'Edited by Prof. C. E. Bessey, Ames, Iowa. 



