J. Rick S. J. — Xylariaceas Riograndenses 
Syx. : X. tryanae Lév.; X . nmcronata Scliw;, X, fasciculata 
Speg.; X. inaequalis B. et C.; X Pattcrsonnii Mass.; X. co¬ 
ronal a West.; X. diceras Lév. $ X. botrys Pat.; X. ruginosa 
Mont,; X. zealandiea Sacc. 
Stroma conidiopliorum gracile, imo filiforme, atrum, to- 
mèntosum, teres v. compressum, ápice album v. roseum, acu- 
tum, simplex v. diversissime ramosum v. densissime arbus- 
culiforme, 2-20 X 0,õ-2mm. Clava pyrenophora typice teres 
lanceolata, utrimque attenuata, breviter seu acute cuspida, 
ta, 5.-22 X 2-3nim, omnibus formis ludens, praesertim 
quando dense fasciculata: occurrit globosa et subulata, apice 
obtusa v. palmat o-incisa, superficie laevi et valde tubercu¬ 
losa, quando que e ligno terra sepulto prorumpit fasciculis 
densis rhizoideis tortuoso-nodulosis clavisque brevissimis 
globosis, gibbosis stipite glabro. Semper vero rimis fusco- 
griseis longitudinaliter percurritur, peritbeciis leniter undu- 
lata, v. etiam cximie colliculosa. Ceterum cf. X. apiculata , 
cujus forma est microsperma. Asei p. sp. 70-110 X 7-8, pe- 
dicello 50-120 g longo; sporis 13-17 X 4,5-6,5 rectis v. plano- 
convexis v. reniformibus, rotundatis v, irregulariter 1-2 gut- 
tatis. Hab. in Iignis. Exs. Eelnn Ascom. 11.506. 
Xylaria apiculata Cook. —Lit. : Sacc. 1,334; Xov. Zeal. fungi in Grev. 
VIII, 66; Theisstn. X. austro-lobras. pg. 15, T, XI, 7; Myc. 
Xotts, Xyl. Xotes, pg. 20, fg. 1334, et pgs. 900, 970. 
Syx.: X. cylindrica Lév.; X. irachelina (Lév.) Cooke; X. iúspi - 
dula B. et C. 
Stroma con. filiforme flexuosum, 1-2 cm., longura, fus- 
co-nigrum, infra tomentosum, supra glabrum, attenuatum, 
albicans v, roseum, simplex v. diversissime ramosum v. ar- 
busculiforme. Conidia elongate ovata 4,5-6,5 X 2-3 g. Stro- 
mata pyrenophora gregaria, simplicia v. ramoso-furcata v. 
caespitoso-connata, rarissime sessilia. Stipite 1-80 mm 
longo, 1-3 mm cr.: fusco-tomentoso (rarius glabrato), nigro, 
farcto, firmo v. flexuoso. Clava lanceolata 1-35 X 1-4 mm, 
eximie polymorpha, griseo-fusca, leproso-rimosa, aetate ni- 
gra, typice aequali plus minus perithccia ob perithccia onclu- 
lata (sed etiam rugulose-contracta v. colliculosa), sursum api- 
cuio conidiophoro filiformi 1-30 mm., longo persistenti supe- 
rata (v. etiam obtusa), iníus farcta. Perith. globoso-compres- 
ses 400-700 u diam., immersis, ostiolo obtuse punctato promi- 
nulo. Aseis p. sp. 100-120 X 9-12, pedicello 50-100 n longo; sp. 
oblongis, rectis v. phaseoloideis, brunneis, obtusis v. atte- 
nnatis, 1-2 —- pluriguttatis, 17-22 X 6,5-9 g; paraphysibus 
filiformibus stipatis. Hab. in Iignis. Exs. Rick 279. 
