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ostiolum ; asci clavate ; sporidia allantoid, rounded at the ends, 
curved, yellowish (9-14 x 2-3 p, or in Australian specimens, 15 
X 4/*). 
On branches. Victoria. 
Family VIII. CUCURBITARIJG. 
Perithecia ctespitose or gregarious, erumpent, and then sub- 
superficial. 
Genus 30. GIBBERIDEA. Fckl. 
Perithecia cmspitose, papillate, becoming smooth. 
* Zignoella. Sporidia multiseptate, hyaline. 
1617. Gibheridea (Zignoella) Archeri. B. Sacc. Syll. 
• 3637.=Oucurbitaria Arcberi. Berk. FI. Tasm. n., 280. 
Crowded ; perithecia rugose, at length collapsing, and cup- 
shaped ; asci clavate, shortly stipitate, 72-75x8-11 p ; sporidia 
elongated, obtuse at the ends, curved, four-nucleate, then triseptate, 
21-27x5-6 p; hyaline. 
On rotten wood. Tasmania. (Pig. 217.) 
Genus 31. CUCUXtBITARIA. Gray. 
Perithecia cajspitose, erumpent, carbonaceous, typically rugulose. 
* Melanomma. Sporidia 3 septate, brown. 
1618. Cucurbitaria (Melanomma) plagia. Che. Mass. 
Grev. xvii., 8. 
Perithecia densely crowded, forming oblong erumpent clusters 
which are at length almost superficial, and confluent in large 
patches, 2-3 in. long ; the individual perithecia are globose, but 
compressed and deformed by crowding, black, shining, smooth. 
Ostiolum minute ; asci cylindrical ; sporidia in one or two series, 
lanceolate, triseptate, pale-brown (40-45 x 10-12 p). 
On living twigs of Cassinia aculeata. Victoria. (Pig. 218.) 
Family IX. EUPE31FICIAX.ES. Fr. 
Perithecia distinct from each other, superficial, or nearly super- 
ficial. 
Genus 32. BTSSOSPHRIRIA. Cooke. 
Perithecia smooth, emerging from a more or less distinct byssoid 
subiculum. 
* Eu-kosellinia. Sporidia continuous, brown. 
1619. Byssosphseria aquila. Fries S. M. ii., 442.=Sphseria 
byssiseda. Tode. Meek, n., 10. Rosellinia aquila. Sacc. 
Syll. 916. 
Perithecia gregarious or densely crowded, globose, firm (1 m.m. 
diam.), sometimes obscurely concentrically sulcate, often depressed 
at the apex, papillate, dark brown, emerging from a persistent 
brown tomentose subiculum ; asci elongate, stipitate, 120 X 10 p i 
sporidia cymbiform, unequal -sided, 16-22 x 6-7 p ; sooty brown, 
with or without a small hyaline appendage at the end. 
On wood and bark. Tasmania. (Fig. 219.) 
