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c. Hysteiuace^e. Corda. 
Receptacle more or less elongated, coriaceous or carbonaceous, 
exposing the hymcnium by longitudinal fissure. 
Genus 45. AILOGRAPHUM. Lib. 
Perithecia minute, somewhat linear, simple or branched, dehis- 
cing with a very narrow fissure, membranaceous. Asci short. 
Sporidia ovate-oblong, uniseptate, hyaline, very rarely perhaps 
immature, continuous. 
1474. Ailograplium melioloides. Cke. tj- Mass. Grev. 
xvm., 6. 
Epiphyllous. Spots black, orbicular or confluent, composed of 
radiating threads of mycelium. Perithecia adnate, gregarious, 
elongated, linear, flexuous, black, the lips firmly closed, seated upon 
the spots. Asci oblong ; sporidia eight, elliptic, constricted at the 
middle, uniseptate, hyaline, 12-14x7-8 p. 
On coriaceous leaves. Queensland. 
1475. Ailographum eucalypti. Cke. Mass. Grev. xviii., 6. 
=Schizothyrium eucalyptorum. Cke j- Mass. Grev. xvi., 2 
(immature). 
On both surfaces. Perithecia gregarious, seated on orbicular 
rufous spots, minute, linear or confluent, straight or curved, lips 
narrowly closed when dry, black. Asci clavate, eight-spored ; 
sporidia biseriate, rather fusiform, 1-3 septate, hyaline, 9-10x4 p. 
On dead leaves of Eucalyptus. Victoria. (Pig. 177.) 
Genus 46. GLONIUM. Muld. 
Perithecia emergent, linear, elongated, rarely oblong or orbicular, 
often radiately disposed, carbonaceous or horny, membranaceous, 
dehiscing with a fissure. Asci ovoid-ellipsoid, rarely cylindrically 
clavate; sporidia uniseptate, hyaline, rarely at length brownish. 
1476. Glonium stellatum. Muld. Cat. Am. 101. Sacc. 
Syll. 5586. 
Subiculum effused, indeterminate, 4-5 in. broad, plane, 
adpressed, dark brown, of interwoven, tbiu-branched, intricate 
fibres ; perithecia innate in this, diverging from the centre for an 
inch or two in a radiate manner, and anastomosing, crowded, 
always closed, but when old with a very narrow crack. Asci 
elongated, clavate ; sporidia fusoid, acute, straight, four times as 
long as broad, uniseptate, hyaline. 
On rotten wood. Tasmania. 
1477. Glonium tardum. B. Sacc. Syll. 5607.=Hysterium 
tardurn. Berk. FI. Tasm. n., 281. 
Perithecia elliptical, obtuse, opening slowly. Asci oblong, 
short ; sporidia uniseptate, 15-20 X 5-5| p. 
On Leaves of Cyathodes straminea. Tasmania. (Fig. 178.) 
