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spots; mycelium scant, brown; perithecia scattered, black, sub- 
carbonaceous, fimbriate-margined, elliptical, subacute, often fork- 
ing, 200-350 by 120-150; subiculum of dark brown irregular 
nodular usually continuous and branching brittle threads; asci 
ovate, 8-spored, 30-35 by 15-18; sporidia elliptical, unequally | 
uniseptate, somewhat constricted, subhyaline, becoming fuligi- 
nous, 10-15 by 4-5 p. 
On Mex coriacea, Biloxi, Miss., July, 1893. 
Lemposia Iniiciicora n. sp. Epiphyllous, on large light 
brown orbicular or irregular areas; perithecia numerous, super- 
ficial, carbonaceous, usually linear and strict, occasionally trian- 
gularly stellate, 100 by 300-400; subiculum of light brown 
flexuous transparent continuous variously branching and anas- 
tomosing threads; asci very numerous, oval or ovate, 8-spored, 
25-30 by 12y; sporidia oval, uniseptate, slightly constricted, 
ends obtusely rounded, hyaline, at length slightly colored, 8-10 by 
by 3-4 p. 
On LMicium Floridanum with Asteridium (llicit, Ocean Springs, 
Miss., March, 1889. 
VERMICULARIA STACHYDIS n. sp. Perithecia scattered, sub- 
superficial; setae somewhat floccose and nodular, septate, oliva- 
ceous, paler towards the tips, which are obtuse and slightly en- 
larged ; conidia falcate, attenuate at each end but without evident 
basidia, guttate, at length faintly 4-5-septate, 35-40 by 3-4 p. 
On dead stems of Stachys affinis, Starkville, Miss., October, 
1893. 
This differs from other described species in the larger, at length 
several-septate conidia, and the weak rather light colored setae 
with swollen tips. 
DIPLODIA MINUTA nN. sp. Scattered over indeterminate whitened 
areas; perithecia erumpent, small, 90-120 yp, membranaceous, 
smooth, ostiolate; sporules minute, oval, uniseptate, not constricted, 
light yellow, 6-8 by 3-4 p. oe 
On living stems of Zecoma radicans, with Pestaloszia breviaris- 
fata, Starkville, Miss., March, 1895. : 
DieLtopia SaAssAFRAS n. sp. Perithecia very numerous over 
large areas, black, hemispherical, erumpent, finally opening by an 
irregular fissure; sporules numerous, ovat=, fuscous or nearly 
black, with a very distinct hyaline septum near the smaller end, 
13-14 by 5-6 p. : 
On living twigs and branches of Sassafras, Starkville, Miss., 
April, 1894. 
