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closely-packed perithecia, which are about 150 p in diameter, with 
slightly prominent ostiola, of a pale, radiate-fibrous structure; asci 
200—225 x 6—7 p, gradually attenuated to the base and containing eight 
filiform sporidia which separate into joints 6—8 x t—1 p, with the ends 
slightly swollen. 
Note. —In the description of Cordyceps militarise on page 30, Vol. II, 
of this Journal, the sporidia are said to break up into joints i— f p 
long—it should be 2—3 p long. The sporidia are seen to best advantage 
while the specimen is drying, when they are discharged copiously, so that 
the clavate head appears to be enveloped in a white mold. 
In the synopsis of Hypocreacece the following species was omitted: 
Cordyceps insignis, Cke. & Rav.—Grev. XII, p. 38. On dead larvse 
buried in the ground. Seaboard of South Carolina. Ravenel, 3251. “Li- 
vido-purpurea; stipite recto (3—4 cm.), pallido, sulcato, sequali; capitulo 
subgloboso, ovatove, e peritheciis leniter asperulo ; peritheciis minimis, 
confertis, ovatis; ostiolo punctiformi, obscuriore; ascis cylindraceis, 
longissimis (.6 millim.), dissilientibus. Somewhat resembles C. Ento- 
morrhiza , but is larger and more robust ; stem about 4—5 millim. thick 
and longitudinally sulcate; capitulum H cm. long and one cm. broad, 
livid purple. In many respects it reminds us of Cordyceps capitala.'’’’ 
Hypocrea subcarnea, E. & E., n. s.—On dead limbs of Lonicera 
(Cult.) Newfield, N. J., May, 1887. Stroma effused, fhin, cracked, dirty 
flesh color, much resembling Corticum scutellare, B. & C. Perithecia car- 
nose, pale, minute (80 p), buried in the stroma and barely visible under 
the lens as minute specks, giving the stroma a punctate appearance; asci 
subcylindrical, sessile, without paraphyses, 30—35 x 5—7 P ; sporidia 
uniseriate or partly biseriate above, subhyaline (with a yellowish tint), 
oblong-elliptical, 1—2-nucleate, 31—4i x 2—21 P. Outwardly this scarcely 
differs from H. corticiicola, E. & E , except in the flesh-colored tint of the 
stroma, but the sporidia are very different, much like those of H. consim- 
ilis , Ell., from which, however, it is quite distinct. This species is evi¬ 
dently a close ally of H. corticiicola, E. & FT, and H. hypomycella , Sacc., 
but, applying the carpological classification, it would be placed in another 
genus and in a different section. 
Hypomyces Geoglossi, E. & E.— Journ. Mycol., II, p. 73. This 
has been found again near the original locality, not on G. glabrum , but on 
G. hirsutum , Pers., and from the fresh specimens the following notes 
were taken: The affected plants are more rigid and the stem is consider¬ 
ably enlarged, for the parasite not only occupies the liymenium but 
extends down on the stem nearly to the base, giving the whole a slightly 
rufous or pale liver-colored hue. The fresh perithecia, which are very 
soft, are 100—150 p in diameter, depressed-globose and can hardly be said 
to be immersed, but form a compact layer on the hairy coat of the host 
without penetrating to any appreciable extent into its substance. The 
asci are clavate-oblong, 35—40 x 6—7 p, sessile and without paraphyses; 
sporidia, as before, clavate-oblong, mostly two-nucleate and 7—10 x 21-3 
P, hyaline. The measurement of the asci, as originally published, is 
