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nitely limited central pallid area, usually elongate, seeming to 
follow the smaller veins, rimosely dehiscent; spores blackening the 
epidermis, fusoid, 4-septate, not constricted, 3 central cells dark 
fuscous, end cells hyaline, about 16x64; stipe straight, slender, 
about equalling the spore, the single seta or flagellum bent at an 
abrupt angle, and prolonged nearly twice the length of the spore, 
reaching 28 y. 
On living leaves of Quercus sp. (rubra ?), Auburn, Ala., August 
and September, 1891. B. M. Duggar. 
PHYLLOSTICTA VACCINII n. sp. 
Epiphyllous on brown irregular indeterminate spots, I cm. or 
more in diameter; perithecia scattered, erumpent, of soft texture, 
ostiole large, 8-10 / Size variable, 80-12 »; spores large, usually 
ovate, with a large (4 4) spherical gutta near the broader end, 
about 12x6 ps. i 
On living leaves of Vaccinium arboreum, Auburn, Ala., April 
25, 1896. Underwood & Earle. 
PROSTHEMIUM PALMATUM DN, Sp. 
Perithecia scattered over large whitened areas, elongate, hys- 
teroid, black, carbonaceous, buried, at length partially erumpent, 
Tupturing irregularly, or becoming discoid by the breaking away 
of upper portion; spores cylindric, light fuliginous, 1-3 septate, 
about 12-15x4 », united at base into bundles of 3 to 6, not stel- 
late, but palmate or fascicled ; basidia obsolete. 
On rotten wood, Auburn, Ala., March 28, 1896. Underwood 
& Earle. . . | 
This genus does not seem to have been reported before from 
this country. The three known European species agree in the 
stellate arrangement of the spores in which they differ widely — 
from our species. 
SEPTORIA NEGLECTA 0. Sp. 
On irregular determinate angular brownish arid spots, from 
« mm.-2 cm. or more, usually with a darker border; peri- 
thecia epiphyllous, or amphigenous, prominently erumpent, irregu- 
arly scattered, 106-120 por More; spores thread-like, continuous, 
faintly guttate, 30-40xI-1% p. 
On persistent living leaves of Quercus Phellos growing as an 
undershrub, quite common, Auburn, Ala., February, March and = 
April, 1896. Underwood & Earle. ees Oe ee, 
