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Genus XCIX., Adinothyrium Kze. Perithecia orbicular, radiato- 

 fibrous. Spores fusiform, slender, simple. 



Actinothyrium graminis Kze., Draycot Park, on grass. 



Genus C, Cryptosporium Kze. Perithecfum always covered by 

 the cuticle, carnoso-membranaceous, at length pierced. Spores 

 fusiform simple. 



Cryptosporium vulgare Fr., Spye Park, on birch sticks. 



caricis Cd., ditto on leaves of sedges. 



Genus CL, Sphoeronema Tode. Perithecia free, opaque or hyaline. 

 Spores minute at length oozing out by the ostiolum, and forming 

 a globule. 



Genus OIL, Aposphceria B. Perithecia at length free, distinct 

 from the matrix, furnished with a papillceform ostiolum. Spores 

 minute. 



Genus CIIL, Sphceropsis Lev. Perithecia distinct, carbonaceous. 

 Spores various, simple, escaping by a perforation at the apex. 

 Sphceropsis epitricha B. and B., Spye Park on stems of equise- 



tum palustre. 



geniculata B. and B., 



ditto 



on 



leaves of pinus 



strobus. 









mutica B. and B., 



ditto 



on 



elder. 



menispora B. and B., 



ditto 



on 



typha. 



strobi B. and B., 



ditto 



on 



leaves of pinus 



strobus. 









parca B. and B., 



ditto 



on 



leaves of abies 



excelsa. 



Genus CIV., Dothiora Fr. Nucleus slowly developed, gelatinoso- 

 grumous, black, immersed in an erumpent stroma, subcarbonaceous 

 externally, fleshy within, always astomous. Spores pedicellate, 

 obovate, simple. 



Genus CV., Clinterium Fr. Perithecia erumpent, free, carbona- 

 ceous bursting by fissures at the apex. Nucleus gelatinoso-floccose. 

 Spores simple. 



Genus CVL, Aerospernum Tode. Perithecia cylindrical, free. 

 Spores long, asciform, flexuous, erect. 



Acrospermum compressum Tode, Rudlow, on nettle stems. 



