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On leaves of Thalictrum dioicum, Parsippany. 

 N. J., Prof. Wm. Trelease. Sent also from Iowa by Mr. 



E. W, Ilolway. 



Septoria Diervillae, E. & E. Spots dark brown 

 (2 — 3 mm), mostly with a thick, swollen, raised border 

 which is more pronounced on the upper side of the leaf 

 and more or less shaded purplish black, Perithecia hypo- 

 phyllous, small, black, innate-erumpent. Spores thread-like^ 

 often strongly curved^ nucleolate, 25—35 x 1 — VJ2 /<, with 

 a slight greenish tinge. 



On living leaves of Diervilla trifida, Magnolia, 

 Mass., summer of 1884. Miss C, H. Clarke. 



Melanconium gracile, E. & E. — • Pustules rather 

 prominent, bursting out in a seriate manner through longi- 

 tudinal cracks in the bark. Stroma minute, whitish. Spores 

 oblong-cylindrical, pale brown, 15 — 18 x 4 — 5 ju, oozing out 

 in a dull black mass. 



On dead limbs of hickory, Plainfield, N. J., Geo. 



F, Moschutt. 



Gymnosporium gramineum, E. & E. — Forming 

 small, black, elongated or round patches 1 — 3 mm in dia- 

 meter, with the general aspect of Torula herbarum, Lk. 

 Spores globose or subovate, 3 — 4 /«. 



On dead culms and leaves of Arun dinariae , ;,Low 

 Country^, South Carolina, June, 1884, H. W. Raveneh 



Quite distinct from G, inquinaus, Berk, which also 

 occurs on Arundinaria. 



Monilia diffusa, E. & E, — • Forms a thin, ferruginous 

 stratum on the matrix. Hyphae inconspicuous, branching 



Into chains of 6 — 10 acutely elliptical, simple, subfuscous, 

 spores 7 — 10 x 3 — 4 (^ and separated from each other by 

 a short, hyaline connecting coll. 



On rotten wood, White Mountains, N. H., Sept. 1884; 

 Miss S. Minns. 



Graph ium Lindcrae, E. & E. — Amphigenous but 

 mostly hypophyllous, on large (^/2 — 1 cm) indefinitely 

 limited spots of a light yellow color at first but becoming 

 dark brown and sometimes confluent. Hyphae erect, simple, 

 nearly straight, septate, brown, 25 — 30 x 4 — 5 ^w, forming 

 little pencil-like fascicles thickly scattered over the affected 

 part of the leaf and bearing at their tips the clavate- 

 cylindrical, browm, multiseptate conidia, 75 — 85 x 6 — 7 ^. 



This much resembles G. clavisporum, B. & C. 



