346 Massee and Salmon . — Researches on 
however, that many authors describe the spores of D. Auerswaldii as 
narrower than this, Winter giving the measurement 16/x, Saccardo 
1 8 /x, and Schroeter 17-21 p. 
Sporormia longipes, sp. nov. (Fig. 1). 
Peritheciis sparsis plus minus superficialibus subglobosis glabris atris 
J-J mm. diam., ostiolo brevi obtuso, contextu membranaceo paren- 
chymatico e cellulis distinctis parvis (circiter 5 /x) composito ; ascis 
late clavatis vel elongato-clavatis in stipitem longissimum (50-80 /x) 
angustum saepe flexuosum attenuatis, octosporis, 1 20-1 45 x 15-20 /x; 
sporis asci apicem versus imbricato-3-stichis, cylindraceis, utrinque 
rotundatis, rectis vel parum curvatis, quadrilocularibus, 26-33 X 6-8 /x, 
primum fuligineis demum fuscis, facile secedentibus, articulis mediis 
minoribus subquadratis 5-6 /x longis, terminalibus longioribus oblongis 
ellipticisve. 
Hah. — In fimo Cariaci mexicani (Mexican Deer), Capreoli capraeae 
(Common Roe), Camelopardalis giraffa (Giraffe), Caprae dor cadis 
(Dorcas Goat), Caprae sinaiiicae (Sinaitic Ibex), Kew, Dec.-Feb. 1901. 
Inter species affines (S. leporinam , Niessl., SI Nolarisii, Carestia) 
ascis longe- stipitatis distinguenda. 
The shape of the ascus varies in the present species from elongate- 
clavate to broadly clavate or (in outline) almost battledore-shape. 
The ascus is, however, always long stalked, and this character 
distinguishes -S’, longipes from the allied species of Sporormia with 
tetramerous spores. S. corynespora , Niessl., a species with octomerous 
spores, approaches the present species in its long-stalked asci. In 
longipes the spores remain steel-grey in colour for a long time, but 
finally become brown. 
S. ovina (Desmaz.), Sacc. (Fig. 4). 
Hormospora ovina , Desmaz., in Ann. sci. nat., 3 e s£r. (Bot.), xvi, 317 
(1851); Pirotta, Mon. Spororm., 161 (1878). 
S. ovina , Sacc. Syll. Fung, ii, 127 (1883). 
S. giganlea, Hans., in Vidensk. Meddel. 1876, p. 319, Tab. VI, f. 
46 & 47 (1876-77); Speg. in Michel, i, 231 (1878) ; Niessl. in Oest. 
Bot. Zeit. xxviii, 123 (1878); Pirotta, Mon. Spororm. 148 (1878); 
Sacc. Syll. Fung, ii, 127 (1883) ; Wint. in Rabenh. Krypt.-Fl. Deutschl., 
Bd. i, Abth. 2, 183 (1887). 
Perithecia dark brown or black, scattered, glabrous, subimmersed, 
basal part subglobose narrowed upwards into a rather thick conical or 
subcylindrical neck ; asci oblong or oblong-clavate, narrowed below into 
