DISCOMYCETES OF CALIFORNIA. 
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Fhacidium nigrum, Coolie. 
Gregarium, hypophyllum, erumpens, in maculas nigras conso- 
ciatum, demum laciniato-fissuratum (’1 mm. diam.) disco fuligineo. 
Ascis clavatis, octosporis. Sporidiis ellipticis, rectis, continuis, 
hyalinis (*013- , 025 x ‘005-'007 mm.). 
On underside of leaves of Andromeda. Darien, Georgia. 
Ravenel (No. 3211). 
Fhacidium Heteromelis, Phil. Sf Hark. 
Gregarium, orbiculare, tectum, dein laciniato-laceratum, disco 
cinereo. Ascis clavatis vel cylindraceo-clavatis, octosporis. 
Sporidiis ellipticis (‘01-‘012 x ‘002-‘003 mm.) paraphysibus fili- 
formibus, superne incrassatis. 
On underside of leaves of Heteromeles arbutifolia. California. 
Harkness. No 2124. 
Hysterium Eucalypti } Phil. 8f Hark. 
Sparsum vel gregarium (*5 mm.) minutum, ellipticum, rarissime 
striatum, erumpens, sessile; labiis clausis tumidis. Ascis clavatis. 
Sporidiis biseriatis, oblongis, plus minnsve curvatis, tri-septatis, 
fuscis (‘016-‘02 x ‘004--006 mm.). 
On bark of Eucalyptus. California. Harkness (2405). 
Hysterium Loniceree, Phil, fy Hark. 
Sparsum vel gregarium, ellipticum vel oblongo-lanceolatum, 
('5-‘12 mm. long) parallelum, prominulum, striatum vel laeve, 
labiis prominulis, in aetate hiulcis. Ascis cylindraceo-clavatis, 
octosporis. Sporidiis ellipticis vel subpyriformibus, muriformibus, 
hyalinis, plerumque gelatina involutis (‘02-*03 X ‘007-‘011 mm.) 
paraphysibus indistinctis. 
On decorticated Lonicera. California. Harkness (No. 2472). 
Hypoderma Heteromelis, Phil. <$■ Hark. 
Gregaria, oblonga, rectis vel curvulis, applanata, vel leniter 
elevata f*4-‘8 mm. long). Ascis cylindraceis. Sporidiis filifor- 
mibus (*065 X *002 mm.) paraphysibus filiformibus. 
On underside of leaves of Heteromeles arbutifolia. California. 
Harkness (2123). 
CRYPTOGAMIC LITERATURE. 
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July, 1884. 
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