BRITISH SPH2ERIACEI. 
79 
Nectria caulina. Cke. — Grevillea v., p. 62, Fung. Britt., ii., No. 
479. On twigs of Buxus. 
Gen. 9. MELANOSFOSt A. Corda. 
Included in Handbook as Ceratostoma , Fr., but as this latter 
name is applied also to a section of Sphaeria y the above may be 
substituted, especially as it is in general use. 
Melanospora caprina. Fr— Handbk., No. 2,786. 
Melanospora Zobelii. Corda.- Handbk., No. 2,787. 
Melanospora Helvellae. C^-Grevillea i., p. 175. 
B. BOTHIDEEI. 
Gen. 1. POLYSTIGMA. Vers — Handbook, p. 803. Handbk., 
Nos. 2,410-2,411. 
Gen. 2. DOTHIDEA. Fr. — Handbook, p. 804. 
Sub-gen. 1. GENUINA,— Erumpent, pulvinate, growing on twigs 
and stems. Handbook, Nos. 2,422 to 2,425. 
Dothidea sambuci. Fr. — Sys. Myc. ii., 551. Erumpent, or- 
bicular, flattened, black, cinereous within ; sporidia oblong, uni- 
septate, ’018 x *008 mm. On elder, near Aberdeen. 
( Fuckelia Plowrightii Niesel is Dothidea tetraspora. B. & Br. 
Plow., S.B., ii., 18.) 
Sub-gen. 2. PHYLLACHORA. NitscKke — Innate, growing on 
leaves, grasses, &c. Handbook, Nos. 2,426, 2,427, 2,428. 
Dothidea Angelicae. Fr. — Grevillea iii. , 126. On Angelica. 
Dothideae epityphae. Clce. — Black, shining, oblong, or irregular, 
rather tuberculate ; asci clavate ; sporidia narrowly elliptical, 
attenuated towards each end; binucleate, *012 X ‘004 mm. On 
flower stalks of Typha. Kings Lynn. 
Gen. 4. ZSOTHEA. Fr. — Handbk., p. 931. Species, Nos. 2,801 to 
2,804. 
Gen. 3. MELOGRAMMA. Tul. — Handbk., p. 801 . Species, Nos. 
2,405 to 2,409. 
Melogramma rubricosum. Tul — Grevillea iv., p. 25. On beech. 
C. XYLARIiEI. 
Gen. 1. XYLARIA. Fr.— Handbk., p. 789. Species, No. 2,372 
to 2,378. 
Xylaria Scotica. Cke — Grevillea iv., p. 112. On the ground. 
Hr. Nitschke has separated the small form of Xylaria peduncu - 
lata , which grows on rabbit’s dung, from the larger form, 
under the name of Xylaria Tulasnei. The difference seems to be 
hardly specific. The small form is most common in Britain. 
