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20. Xylaria Berkeley!, Mont., Ann. Sci. Nat., 1855, III., 104. 
Stromate erecto, suberoso, atro, cylindrico-clavato, obtuso, papil- 
lato ; intus albo. Stipite gracili, glabro, concolori. Peritheciis 
globosis, numerosis, ostiolis prominulis, asperulis ; ascis cylin- 
draceis, stipitatis ; sporidiis arcte fusiformibus, rectis, curvulisve, 
fuscis (-018--022 x ’003--004 mm.). 
On wood. Cayenne. 
From specimens communicated by Dr. Montagne. 
23. Xylaria escharoidea, Berk. 
To this species must be referred, as synonyms, Xylaria nigripes, 
Klotsch, Xylaria piperiforyiis, Berk., Xylaria mutabilis , Curr. Linn. 
Trans. (1876), and Xylaria jlabelliformis, Curr. Linn. Trans. 
(1876), t. 21. The latter being the sterile form. The description 
by Klotsch (“ Linnea,” yii., p. 203) dates from 1832, so that his 
name certainly appears to demand precedence. We have had the 
good fortune to see and examine the type specimens of all the 
above-named species, and the sporidia are identical. 
25. Xylaria multifida, ( Sphceria multifida Kunze , sec Leveille, Ann. 
Sci. Nat., 1845, iii., 45.) 
Stromate conidifero erecto, furcato-partito, palmato-que, albido. 
Stromate ascigero simplici, erecto, atro, clavato; stipite sequilongo, 
tenui, atro, glabro (?); peritheciis globosis, atris, prominulis: 
ascis cylindraeeis, stipitatis ; sporidiis fusiformibus, obtusis, in- 
sequilateralibus, fuscis (*01-*012 X -004--005.) 
On trunks. Java, and Central America, in Herb. Paris. 
Greatly resembling X. hypoxylon , of which it may be a variety. 
26. Xylaria acicularis ( Sphceria , Hypoxylon , acicularis, Berk. Hook, 
Journ,, 1842, p. 141.) 
Suberosa, acicularis, simplex, rarissime furcato-palmata, lsevis ; 
stipite laevi, vel subplicato ; clavula elongata, lineari, cum stipite 
confluente, crusta laccato atro farina argillacea velata reticulato- 
rimosa ; peritheciis globosis ; ostiolis prominulis. 
On wood. Surinam. 
3-3^ in. high, 1 line or more thick. 
28. Xylaria Cordovensis, Berk, in Herb. Ken. 
Stromate erecto, clavato, atro (1-1-jt in*) ; stipite tenui, glabro, 
semi-unciali, clavula utrinque sub-attenuata, supra obtusa ; peri- 
theciis globosis, prominulis ; ascis cylindraeeis, stipitatis ; sporidiis 
arcte fusiformibus, rectis curvulisque, fuscis, (-015- 016 x ’004 
mm.). 
On trunks. Cordova, (Salle No. 95.) 
34. Xylaria IVXellisii ( Hypoxylon Mellisii, Berk, in Herb.) 
Stromate coriaceo, atro, stipitato, ramuloso. Clavulis cylindricis, 
ellipticis, lanceolatis, furcatis vel difformibus, in ramulis brevibus 
congestis, intus albo ; stipite tenui, flexili, glabro, furcato ; peri- 
theciis globosis, atris ; ostiolis prominulis, scabris ; ascis cylin- 
draceis, stipitatis ; sporidiis elliptico-lanceolatis, fuscis (-012 x *005 
mm.). 
On bark and wood. St. Helena. 
