Seaver: North American Hypocreales 179 



Type collected at Motzorongo, Mexico, on the stems of an 

 undetermined wild palm, January 15, 1910, W. A. Murrill pii. 



Distribution : Known only from the type locality. 



The second species described in this paper was first observed in 

 the propagating houses of the New York Botanical Garden in 



Fig. I. Colonies of Nectria sonata Seaver spreading over green algae 

 on flower pot. 



1906, where it was found growing on the surface of soil covered 

 with green algae. It was also later observed on the outside of 

 pots containing living plants, always, so far as observed, spread- 

 ing over green algae, Plenrococcus, etc. During the last two 



