SYNOPSIS PYRENOMYCETUM. 
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In truncis. Surinam. 
Stem l^-in. long, 1 line thick, black, capitulum ^-lin. long, muck 
thicker than the stem. 
639 . Xylaria herculea CMiquel), Sacc., No. 4527 . 
Receptaculo coriaceo corneo, intus albido, extrorsum nigrescente 
ac carbonaceo-crustaceo, brevissime stipitato, oblongo vel sub- 
clavato, obtusissimo vel sub-attenuato, ostiolis subprominulis, 
nigro-punctato, cseterum griseo-fuscule obducto, ascis angustis basi 
attenuatis obscuris, paraphysibus intermixtis, sporis simplicibus 
ellipticis obtusis. Sphceria ( Cordyceps ) herculea . Miquel Fung. 
Exot., p. 197. 
In trunco denudato Artocarpi incisae. Paramaribo. 
Stem 2-3 lines long, capitulum l-4in. long, j-l^in. thick. 
631 . Xylaria XVXascarensis, Cooke. 
Suberosa, claviformis, simplex. Clavula falcata, aequalis (7 
unc. x | unc.) sicco rugulosa, rubro-fusca, deorsum in stipitem 
aequalem (circ. 3 unc. long) producta. Peritbeciis atris, globosis 
subprominulis, ostiole atro punctiformi instructis. Contextu albo. 
Ascis immaturis. 
On wood. Central Madagascar. Rev. R. Baron (3186) in 
Herb. Kew. 
There is no doubt of the position of this species, in proximity to 
X. gomphus , Fr., although without fruit. 
820 . Nummularia glycyrrhiza, Schweinitz. 
Specimens having been found in a fertile condition, the follow- 
ing dimensions have been determined: — Sporidia '011--013X 
•0045--005 mm., very similar to those of A. placenta. 
Fain. 2. Xylaria. 
Stromaticae, compositae ; perithecia subimmersa, carbonacea. 
Sporidia fusca. 
Gen. 1 . XYLARIA, mil . — Stroma teres, fruticulosum, clavatum 
v, filiforme, perithecia subimmersa. 
A. Xyloglossa. Clava undique fertili, stipite glabro. 
a. Capitulum clavatum ; stipite tenui, elongato. 
* Simplex. 
582. euglossa, Fries. ... 1227 
583; australis, Cooke, Grev. xi. 84 
584 . involuta, Klotsch. Linn. vii. 
= tabacina, Kickx. 1228 
= telfairii , Berk. ... 1204 
585. Wrightii, B. 4' C.... 1212 
586. portoricensis,AZotec/j. Ii70 
587. hypcerythra, Mont. 1236 
588. guyanensis, Mont. 1165 
589. clavicularis, Klot.... 1172 
590. gigantea, Zipp. ... 1226 
591. olobapha, Berk.^Grev.xi. 84 
592. exalbata, Berk. ... 1217 
593. grammica, Mont. ... 1189 
— ectogramma, B. . . . 1197 
594. melanaxis, Ces. ... 1160 
595. rhopaloides, Mont.... 1234 
596. Schweinitzii, B. C. 1222 
597. leptopus, Fr. ... 1151 
598. protea, Fr. ... 1154 
599. complanata, Ces. ... 1221 
600. fissilis, Ces. ... 1186 
601. Berkeley i, Mont., Grev. xi. 
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