10 NORTH AMERICAN FLORA [VorumE 3 
globose to ovoid in form with the ostiolum inconspicuous, bright-red, approaching scarlet 
(type described as orange), externally clothed with minute, red granules; asci cylindric or 
subcylindric, 8-spored ; spores I-seriate, obliquely arranged in the ascus, fusoid to subellip- 
soid, 1-septate and slightly constricted at the septum, hyaline, granular within and usually 
with a distinct oil-drop in each cell, at maturity distinctly marked with longitudinal stri- 
ations, which are scarcely distinct enough to roughen the outside of the spore, 16-20 * 7-10z. 
On bark (type on Valsa congesta Pat.). 
TYPE LOCALITY: Martinique. 
DISTRIBUTION: Martinique and Jamaica. 
ILLUSTRATION : Jour. de Bot. 3: 343. 
14. Nectria Papilionacearum Seaver, Mycologia 1: 62. 1909. 
Plants hypophyllous, scattered or gregarious, accompanying other sphaeriaceous fungi 
(Parodielia), surrounded at the base by a few white mycelial threads ; perithecia subconic, 
bright-red, nearly scarlet, 150-175 & 175-200 n, the walls coarsely cellular ; cells very variable, 
but averaging 8-104 in diameter; asci clavate, 75 X10, 8-spored; spores 2-seriate above, 
often 1-seriate below, fusoid, 1-septate, constricted at the septum, with 1 or more oil-drops 
in each cell, 15-17 & 5-64. 
On leaves of papilionaceous plants, Lespedeza, Rhynchosia, and Meibomia, accompanying 
other sphaeriaceous fungi (Parodiella). 
TYPE LOCALITY: [Lebanon,] Missouri. 
DISTRIBUTION : Nebraska to South Carolina and Mississippi. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Mycologial: £1. 4, f.7; pl. 5, f. 19. 
ExsiccatTi: Rav. Fungi Am. 647 (as Nectria Peziza). 
15. Nectria Brassicae Ellis & Sacc.; Sacc. Michelia 2: 374. 1881. 
Perithecia scattered or gregarious, subconic, entire or bilaterally-collapsing, blood-red, - 
120-150 » in diameter ; perithecial wall composed of coarse cells, variable in form and size, 
5-8 « in diameter; asci clavate, 60 < 7-8 4, 8-spored; spores mostly 2-seriate, fusoid or sub- 
clavate, 1-septate, hyaline, 10-11 x 3-44. 
On herbaceous stems of various kinds, Brassica, Solanum, Ipomoea, etc. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Newfield, New Jersey. 
DISTRIBUTION: New Jersey to Louisiana. 
ILLUSTRATION: Mycologia 1: p/. 5, f. 20. 
ExsiccaTi: Ellis, N. Am. Fungi 572, 5726; Ellis & Ev. Fungi Columb. 1747. 
16. Nectria sanguinea (Bolt.) Fries, Summa Veg. Scand. 388. 1849. 
Sphaeria sanguinea Bolt. Hist. Fung. 121. 1789. 
? Hypoxylon phoeniceum Bull. Herb. Fr. pl. 487, f.3. 1790. 
? Shhaeria fibriseda Schw. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. II. 4: 213. 1832. 
Nectria viticola Berk. & Curt.; Berk. Grevillea4: 45. 1875. 
? Nectria fibriseda Sacc. Syll. Fung. 2: 510. 1883. 
Nectria athroa Ellis & Ev. Proc. Acad. Phila. 1890: 247. 1890. 
? Nectria obscurata Ellis & Ev.; C. L. Smith, Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. Univ. Iowa 2: 398. 1893. 
Perithecia gregarious or scattered, superficial, ovoid, mostly entire, but often collaps- 
ing when prematurely dried, smooth, blood-red, shining, about 200-275 X 250-300” when 
mature; ostiolum obtuse but very prominent; asci cylindric, 60-75 X6-74, 8-spored; 
spores obliquely arranged in the ascus, 1-seriate below, partially 2-seriate above, narrow- 
fusoid or subellipsoid, slightly constricted, 10-12 X 4-5 #, granular within. 
On rotten wood, 
TYPE LOCALITY: England. 
DISTRIBUTION : New Jersey to Kansas; also in Europe. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Bolt. Hist. Fung. p/. 121, 7.1; Mycologial: p1.4,f.6; pl. 5, f. I7. 
ExXSICccaTI: Wilson & Seaver, Ascom. 87. . 
17. Nectria episphaeria (Tode) Fries, Summa Veg. 
Seand. 388. 1849. 
Sphaeria episphaeria Tode, Fungi Meckl. 2: 21. 1791. 
Nectria microspora Cooke & Ellis, Grevillea 5: 53. 1876. 
Perithecia gregarious or scattered, superficial, subovoid, for the most part bilaterally 
collapsing when dry, smooth, blood-red, variable in size, 150-2504 in diameter ; perithecial 
