ON XYLARIA AND ITS ALLIES. 
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76. Xylaria salmonicolor, Berk. in Herb. 
Stromate erecto, suberoso, simplici, clavato-cylindrico, supra 
obtuso, infra attenuato, atro-brunneo ; intus rubente, salmoni 
colori ; stipite brevissimo ; peritheciis globosis, minutis, numero- 
sissimis ; ostiolis planis punctiformibus ; sporidiis ignotis. 
On wood. Neilgherries, India. 
Clubs about 1J. in long, ^in. thick ; stem scarcely a quarter 
inch. 
90. Xylaria favosa, Berk. $ Curt, in Herb. Ken. 
Suberosa. Stromate erecto, atro-fusco, rugoso, pyriformi, infra 
in stipite brevi attenuato, intus favoso-lacunoso, fusco ; peritheciis 
imperfectis. 
On wood (?) Cuba. 
1^ in. high, Jin. thick. Possibly an Hypoxylon , but without 
fruit. 
107. Xylaria ventricosa, Berk, in Herb. 
Stromate erecto, ventricoso, fusco, longitudinaliter rugosulo, 
apice longe acuminato, intus albo, demum cavo ; stipite tenui 
(J in.) ; peritheciis globosis ; ostiolis inconspicuis ; ascis cylin- 
draceis ; sporidiis n. v. 
On wood. Java. 
Perhaps merely a variety of X. gigantea. About three inches 
high. Stem j in., expanding into the oblong capitule, which is 
some li in. long, and J- in. thick, terminating in a long sterile 
apex A in. long. 
114. Xylaria fustis, Mont, in Enum. PI. Cubensis MSS. 
Stromate erecto, sub-clavato, stipitato ; supra acuminato, sterili, 
infra in stipite elongato, tenui, flexili, attenuato, glabro ; peri- 
theciis globosis, atris, prominulis, magnis, paucis ( 1 0-12) ; ascis 
cylindraceis, stipitatis ; sporidiis ellipticis, utnnque subattenuatis, 
fuscis ('012 x '0065- , 007 mm.). 
On trunks. Cuba. 
Stem 1^-2 in. long. Capitulum half an inch. 
135. Xylaria trachelina (Sphceria, Cor dy ceps. trachelina, Lev. Arm. Sei. 
Nat. 1860, V. 304.) 
Receptaculis elongatis, rugosis, tuberculosis, apice acutis, steri- 
libus, fuliginosis, intus albis, pedicello longissimo, tomentoso, 
suffultis ; peritheciis globosis, prominentibus, intus nigris ; ostiolis 
obsoletis ; ascis cylindraceis ; sporidiis obtuse lanceolatis, fuscis, 
(•02 x '007 mm.). 
On trunks. New Granada. 
1-1^ in. high, stem -J inch. Clubs -J to 1 in. long, -J-J inch 
thick. 
151. Xylaria monilifera, Berk, in Herb. Ken. 
On legumes. 
Evidently the same species as Xylaria ianthino-velutina, Mont., 
and Xylaria Apeibce , Mont. The sporidia in all are the same. 
The stem is hairy, the stroma branched, terminating in sterile 
points. 
