20 



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,oci6'-.ooo3' ; sporidia biseriate, yellowish, elliptical, 2-3-nucleate, 

 with a faint apiculus at each end, .00035 -.0004'x.oooi 75'. Grows 

 only on the root and basal portion of the stem. 



On decaying stems of Erigeroii Canadense lying on the ground, Aug. 



AsTRRiNA RAMULARis, — Perithecia subcuticular, orbicular, .0008 - 



.001 in diameter, or subelongated, scattered or subconfluent, with a 



very scanty mycelium ; margin of a distinct radiate-cellular structure ; 



asci oblong, spore-bearing portion .002'x.ooi', stipitate at first, stipe 



at length absorbed ; sporidia 8, crowded, elliptical, coarsely granular, 



with 1-2 large vacuoles at first, about .ooo6'x.ooo4'. 



Perithecia permanently covered by the epidermis, which is black- 

 ened above them. 



On dead twigs of Under a Benzoin, West Chester, Pa., Oct. 1881, 

 Haines, Everhart, Jefferis and Gray, No. 326. 



Nectria squamulosa. — Gregarious, minute, .004' in diameter, 

 ovato-globose, covered, excepting the brownish, obtuse, slightly 

 prominent ostiolum, with a light-colored, squamulose coat ; asci lan- 

 ceolate, narrowed and subtruneate above, .ooi3'x.ooo25'; sporidia 

 biseriate, clavateor cylindric-oblong, ,0002'- 0003' long by rather less 

 than .oooi' wide, binucleate, probably becoming uniseptate. 



On decaying wood of a fallen limb, No. 81. 



Ceratostoma capillare. — Perithecia capillary, nodulose, with 

 short, spreading, hyaline hairs below, scarcely enlarged at base ; asci 

 elliptical,^ .ooi3'x.ooo35' ; sporidia 8, crowded, fusiform, nearly 

 hyaline, indistinctly nucleate, straight or slightly curved, .00045'- 

 .ooo55'x.oooT25'. 



On decaying sterile catkins of Alnus serrulata, June. 



DiNEMASPORiuM CRUCIFERUM, — Minutc ; marginal fringe of dark 

 brown bristle-like hairs, .003-0035' long ; spores pale flesh-color in 

 the mass, oblong, slightly curved, .0003 -.ooo35'x.oooi25, with a 

 slender, oblique, bristle-like hair, about as long as the spore itself, 

 projecting from each end, and a shorter one from near the middle of 

 the convex side, and often another extending in an opposite direction 

 from the middle of the concave side. Sometimes two hairs project 

 from the convex side of the spore. 



On decaying culms and leaves of various grasses, June. 



VoLUTELLA COM ATA. — Receptacle disciform, orbicular, .0017'- 

 .002' in diameter, attached by a central point and easily separating 

 from the matrix; margin fringed with slender, septate, minutely- 

 roughened, slender-pointed hairs ; mass of spores flesh-colored, and 

 convex when fresh; spores fusiform, .ooo5'-.ooo35' long. Differs 

 from V. ciliata. Berk., in its larger spores. 



On fallen petioles of Robinia^ June. 



Unless otherwise stated, the above-described species were collected 

 at Newfield, N. J. ^ 



Fern Notes. 111. 



By Geo. E. Davenport. 

 si Aspleniu/n ehenoides in New York State .—i:\iQ discovery of this 



rare fern near Poughkeepsie was recorded by Mr. Clarence Lown in 

 the Bulletin for September, 1880. Mr. Lown, in company with 



