125 



.ooo6 -oooy x.oooi'- 000125'; perithecia small, .005'-. 008' in diam- 

 eter, conic-hemispheric ; ostiolum obtuse and somewhat shining, 



Cn dead herbaceous stems. 



Pleos'pora ciliata. — At first covered by the cuticle, but at 



length partly erumpent, .005'-. 007' in diameter, hemispheric, ostiolum 



large, surrounded by a fringe of stout, black, reflexed hairs ; asci 



broad, oblong-elliptical, muriform, yellow, slightly constricted across 



the middle, .0013 x,ooo6 . This appears to be sufficiently distinct 



from the other species of Pleospora with ciliated ostiola. 



On dead stems of Phlox with Puccinia phlogina^ Pk. Mr. M. E. 

 Jones. 



Sphaeria (Rosellinia) ovalis. — Gregarious or subcespitose ; 

 perithecia ovate, rough, about .013' in diameter, ostiolum papilli- 

 form ; asci narrow, cylindrical ; sporldia uniseriate, simple, brown, 

 variable in size and shape, from short-elliptic to oblong, .ooo3'-ooo35'x 

 .0002 —.00025 • 



On sage brush. (No. 10.) 

 Cucurbitaria occidentalis. — Perithecia crowded, depressed- 

 hemispheric, quite flattened above, a little over .013' in diameter; 

 ostiolum papilliform ; asci -oo35'x.ooo5'; sporidia biseriate, oblong, 

 slightly curved, yellowish, 4-5 -septate, constricted in the middle, 



.0009 -.ooi'x. 00025'; paraphyses abundant, matted together at the 

 tips. 



The part of the branch occupied by the fungus is swollen as in 

 Sphaeria morbosa^ Schw., but not so much so. 



On sage brush. (No. ii.) 



Cucurbitaria solitaris. — Perithecia solitary, cylindric-ovate, 

 rough .02' in breadth and height, ostiolum strongly papilliform; 

 asci cylindrical, .005'- 0055'x. 0007'; sporidia oblong-elliptical, con- 

 stricted in the middle, uniseptate at first, soon becoming muriform 

 and yellowish and finally dark brown, .001'- ooi3'x.ooo5'. ■ 



On sage brush. (No. 12.) 



Sphaerella fuscata, — Perithecia minute, densely crowded, 

 forming elongated, dark-colored patches half an inch or more long, 

 and half as wide; asci obovate, .0015-002 x.ooo6 -.0007 ; sporidia 

 oblong, uniseptate, mostly narrow at one end, hyaline, .0007 x. 00025 j 

 Perithecia ovate-conic, rough, subcuticular, but at length throwing 

 off the epidermis and blackening the matrix. 



On dead herbaceous stems. (No. ^'^'^''^ 



120. Albinism. — I found on the shores of Elizabeth Pond, in 

 the Adirondacks, Aug. i6th, a great many plants of Pontederia cor- 

 data^ L.» bearing white flowers. In several of the patch'es where the 

 blue and white were mixed, the latter were in the majority. I also 

 noted along the road near Indian River P. O. a patch of white- 



Elizabeth G. Knight. 



flowered Epilobiujn angtisti folium. 



* Under Lophiqstgnia tingens, page 90. Vol. viii of this Journal, it should 

 have been stated that the wood on which this species grows is tinged with a dull 

 red color. This Lophiostoma is almost invariably found in company with Phoma 

 consorta^ C. & E., which is probably its pycnidial stage. — J.B.E. -" 



