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the plants had evidently flowered. True, I was not in the exact 
localities of the former year, and could not say positively the same 
plants seeding then were not seeding now, but I presume this was 
the case. Was the insect Pronuba Yuccasella absent last year? 
: THomas MEEHAN, 
§ 67. New Species of Fungi, by W. R. Gerarv. Wo. JZ. ° 
Septoria Noli-tangeris. 7. sp.—Spots roundish or oblong, brown 
_ perithecia minute, black, aggregated in centre of spots; spores 
thread-shaped, hyaline, .0006’—.0008" long. 
_ On leaves of Impatiens Baisamina, in gardens, September, 
Poughkeepsie, a as 
_ Septoria maculosa. 2. sp.—Spots roundish or elongated, whit- 
ish; perithecia black, very minute, densely crowded, spores thread- 
shaped, hyaline, .001’—.0016' long. 
On leaves of Cuphea viscosissima, Poughkeepsie, October. 
Diplodia Thorniana. ». sp.—Perithecia globose, black, con- 
fluent, bursting through the fissured bark. Spores broadly oval, 
uniseptate, brown, .0008—.001'x.00043.. 
On dead branches of Symphoricarpus racemosus, in garden of S. 
Thorn, Esq., Poughkeepsie, July. 
Peziza fusicarpa. . sp.—Cup hemispherical, sessile, ochreous, 
externally clothed with minute hairs, margin involute. Hymenium 
at first ochreous, at length dark brown. Spores narrowly elliptical 
or fusiform, binucleate, 0015'x.0005.. Paraphyses clavate, at 
length filled with dark-brown granules. — 
_ Among mosses, July—September, Poughkeepsie. 
Peziza pulchra. n. sp.—Cup sub-hemispherical, stipitate, ex- 
ternally smooth, pale cream-colored, disk orange-yellow ; stipé at- 
tenuated downward. Spores oval, .0095'x.0003’. 
_ Among decaying leaves, under pines, Poughkeepsie, August. 
_Hysterium magnosporium. n. sp.—Perithecia superficial, ellip- 
tic, longitudinally striate. Spores broadly elliptical, obtuse, dark- 
brown, 7-septate, with a large globose nucleus in each cell, .0023 x 
In this species the spores are not equally divided . the three septa 
forming the two middle cells are always much wider apart than the 
others. 
On decorticated branches of hickory trees. Poughkeepsie. 
Hypomyces Van-8runtianus. n. sp.—Perithecia globose, dense- 
ly crowded, pallid, hygrophanous, immersed, with a short, thick, 
exserted, obtuse mouth,subiculum white. Spores hyaline, oblong, 
shortly apiculate at the broad end and obtusish at the other, -0006 
x.0002. Asci cylindrical. che 
On pileus, stipe and gills of an unknown Agaricus, Poughkeepsie, 
October. a 
Nore—In first series of Fungi, page 48, read Peziza chrysoph- 
thalma, not “ chrisophthalma.” woo ee 
Terms —One doilar per annum, beginning with the Jani Figs , nical. Directory 
alone, 30 cents. Back volumes on hand. si tena dat al castles age 
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