Part 1, 1922] PHYLLOSTICTACEAE i 
1. Phyllosticta Convallariae Pers. Champ. Comest. 148. 1818. 
Sphaeria lichenoides convallariaecola DC. Fl. Fr. 6: 148. 1815. 
Sphaeria cruenta Fries, Syst. Myc. 2:531. 1823. 
Depazea cruenta Chev. Fi. Paris 1: 452. 1826. 
Sphaeria convallariaecola Duby, Bot. Gall. 2: 712. 1830. 
Phyllosticta cruenta Kickx, f. Fl. Crypt. Fland. 1: 412. 1867. 
Phyllosticta pallidior Peck, Bull. N.Y. State Mus. 105: 26. 1906. 
Macrophoma cruenta Ferraris; Ferraris & Massa, Ann. Myc. 10: 288. 1912. 
Spots subcircular or slightly elongate, reaching a diameter of 1 cm., or occasionally two 
or three coalescing giving rise to a compound spot which is irregular in form and much larger, 
at first almost blood-red, fading in the center to whitish or pinkish, the margin remaining 
very dark-red or reddish-purple or almost black; pycnidia numerous and closely crowded 
near the center of the infected area, about equally conspicuous on either side of the leaf, reach- 
ing a diameter of 150-200 u; spores subglobose to broad-ellipsoid, densely filled with a granu- 
lar matter, about 8 X 10-12 n. 
On CoNVALLARIACEAE: 
Polygonatum biflorum (Walt.) Ell., New York, Wisconsin. 
Polygonatum commutaium (R. & S.) A. Dietr., Wisconsin. 
Polygonatum sp., Missouri ? 
Vagnera racemosa (L,.) Morong (Convallaria racemosa L., Smilacina racemosa Desf.), Ala- 
bama, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, 
Wisconsin. 
vee stellata (L.) Morong (Convallaria stellata L,., Smilacina stellata Dest.) North Dakota; 
ntario. 
TYPE LocaLity: Europe. 
DistR1BuTION: Ontario to Idaho and Alabama; also in Europe. 
Intustrations: Ann. Sci. Nat. VI, 7: pl. 2, f. 7; Roum. Crypt. Ill. Champ., pl. 17, f. 359. 
Exsiccati: Ellis, N. Am. Fungi 752; Ellis & Ev. Fungi Columb. 1336; Barth, Fungi Columb. 
4652; Brenckle, Fungi Dak. 287. 
2. Phyllosticta Dioscoreae Cooke, Grevillea 6: 136. 1878. 
Septoria Dioscoreae Cooke, Hedwigia 17: 38. 1878. 
Spots circular or subcircular in form, at first brownish. finally becoming whitish in the 
center, surrounded by a dark-brown, slightly elevated rim, similar on both sides of the leaf 
but less distinct on the under surface, reaching a diameter of 5 mm. or rarely 1 cm.; pycnidia 
sparingly scattered over the infected spot, visible on both sides of the leaf, reaching a diameter 
of 120 u; spores rather large, subglobose to ellipsoid, about 6 X 8-10» (according to Cook 
3 X 8-10 ny). 
On DioscozEAcEAsE: 
Dioscorea villosa L.., South Carolina, West Virginia. 
TYPE LocaLity: South Carolina, on Dioscorea villosa. 
DISTRIBUTION: West Virginia and South Carolina. 
Exsiccati: Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Fungi 3255; Ellis & Ev. Fungi Columb. 1445. 
3. Phyllosticta commelinicola E. Young, Mycologia 7: 144. 1915. 
Spots indefinite, diffused, giving the leaf a yellowish and dead appearance; pycnidia 
numerous, subepidermal, restricted to the upper side of the leaf, light-brown, reaching a 
diameter of 90-168, with a distinct dark-bordered ostiolum which reaches a diameter of 
24-48 uw; spores ovoid, about 4-5 & 9-14 u. 
On COMMELINACEAE: 
Commelina nudiflora ',., Porto Rico. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Hormigueros, Porto Rico, on Commelina nudiflora, 
DIsTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
4. Phyllosticta Aplectri Ellis & Ev. Proc. Acad. Phila. 1894: 356. 1894. 
Spots indefinite, consisting of a dead area which blends off into the healthy tissue of 
the leaf, about equally visible on either side of the leaf, reaching a diameter of 1 cm.; pyc- 
nidia rather numerous, gregarious, prominent, black, reaching a diameter of 75-90 yw; spores 
large, subglobose to ellipsoid, densely filled with small granules, usually about 5 XK 104. 
ON ORCHIDACEAE: 
Aplectrum hyemale (Muhl.) Torr. (A. spicatum B. S. P.), Delaware. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Naaman’s Creek, Delaware, on Aplectrum spicatum. 
DistrisuTIon: Delaware. 
