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Hab. Cuscuta Gronovii Willd. Near Camden, New Jersey, 
‘Sutumn, < 
Another scarcely less interesting fungus has been received from 
Mr. J. B. Ellis. It is a Reestelia on the leaves of Pyrus arbutifolia 
L. It is remarkable for its effect upon the leaf tissues, forming 
them into a much thickened and peculiar subiculum, and, in the 
language of Mr. Ellis, “ often transforming a leaf into a tubercular 
mass after the manner of Podisoma on the red cedar.” This subi- 
culum is composed of crowded subcylindrical or cornute projec- 
tions united at the base in a common mass, each one bearing a 
single peridium at its apex. I suspect that these projections may 
be less prominent in fresh specimens. They are strongly sugges- 
tive, by their form not their texture, of the elongated peridia of 
Restelia cornuta Tul., while the true peridia, that surmount them, 
are lacerated into such fine filaments as to be suggestive of the 
peristomal fringe seen on the capsules of some species of Barbula. 
{do not find this fungus described and, from the notes of Mr. Ellis 
and an examination of the dried specimens, have drawn up a de- 
Scription under the very appropriate name given by its discoverer. 
Reestelia transformans Ellis.— Spots red; subiculum much 
thickened, produced into tufts of crowded subcylindrical or cor- 
hute processes, red or brownish, sometimes transforming an entire 
leaf; peridia at the apices of the projections of the subiculum, 
finely lacerated, whitish, the cells linear, minutely papillose ; 
Spores subglobose, minutely roughened, brownish, .00065—.00075 
Inch in diameter. 
Hab. Leaves of Pyrus arbutifolia L. Newfield, New Jersey. 
October. f C. H. Prox. 
§ 70. New Fungi, by E. C. Hows, Yonkers, N. Y. 
1. Puccinia curtipes, n. sp.—Spots pallid or brownish; sori 
Scattered, more or less confluent, roundish or oblong, surrounded 
by the broken epidermis. Spores light brown, elliptical apiculate, 
usually marked with delicate striw. Pedicels short or wanting. 
Both sides of the leaves of Saxifraga.—May. June. : 
2. Uromyces Peltandrz, n. sp.—Spots yellowish brown; sori 
_ Scattered, sometimes confluent, roundish or oblong; spores yellow- — 
Ash brown, oblong elliptical or subglobose, apiculate or tipped with — 
an umbo. Pedicels short, often rudimentary but always present. 
aves of Peltandra.—Summer and Autumn. 
3. Podosphzria minor, n.sp.—Conceptacles scattered or crowded ; 
appendages 10-20, as long or a little longer than the diameter ot 
the conceptacles, Leaves of Spirwa,—Oct. e 
4. Microsphzria Symphoricarpi, n. sp.—Mycelium effused, sub- 
‘persistent ; conceptacles scattered or crowded; appendages 8-16, 
2-4 times the Jength of the diameter of the conceptacles, 3-5 times 
dichotomous, ramuli divaricate, tips variable, often trancate, never 
curved , sporangia 4-6 with 3-5 spores. Leaves of Symphoricar- 
bus. Nov. . 
__5. Microspheria Menispermi, n. sp.—Mycelium webby, effused, 
Often evanescent; conceptacles scattered or gregarious, minute, 
