28 NORTH AMERICAN FLORA [VoLUME 6 
Thought to represent the pycnidial stage of Diatrype acervata Ellis & Ev., which is often 
found associated with it, and the young asci of which were apparently mistaken for large 
pycnidiospores. 
ON DRACAENACEAE: 
Yucca sp., Alabama, Florida. 
TYPE LOcALIry: Florida, on Yucca sp. 
DistrisutTion: Alabama and Florida. 
79. Phyllosticta Panici E. Young, Mycologia 7: 144. 1915. 
Spots indefinite in form or diffuse; pycnidia few, scattered or often in clusters, restricted 
to the upper surface of the leaf, dark-brown to black, globose or subglobose, reaching a diam- 
eter of 72-144 2; mycelium conspicuous, brown; spores ovoid, 4-5 X 9.5 yu. 
‘On POACEAE: 
Panicum maximum Jacq., Porto Rico. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Coamo, Porto Rico, on Panicum maximum. 
DISTRIBUTION: Porto Rico. 
80. Phyllosticta Orontii Ellis & Martin, Am. Nat. 16: 1002. 1882. 
Spots large, elongate, ellipsoid, or irregular and often rather indefinite in outline, yellowish- 
brown; pycnidia rather thickly congested near the center of the spot, reaching a diameter of 
150 w; spores ellipsoid, 2.5 & 6-7 nu. 
ON ARACEAE: 
Orontium aquaticum L., New Jersey, Texas; Ontario. 
TYPE LocaLity: Newfield, New Jersey, on Orontium aquaticum. 
DISTRIBUTION: Ontario, New Jersey, and Texas. 
81. Phyllosticta maculicola Halsted, Ann. Rep. N. J. Exp Sta. 
14: 412. 1894. 
? Phyllosticta Draconis Berk. Notes Pl. Port. Welw. Fungi 5. 1853. 
Spots somewhat angular, brown, with a surrounding yellow area, reaching a diameter 
of 2-3 mm.; pycnidia scattered over the infected spot; spores ellipsoid, hyaline, 3 X 7 4. 
On DRACAENACEAE: 
Dracaena sp. (cult.), New Jersey. 
TYPE LocaLity: New Brunswick, New Jersey, on Dracaena sp. 
DistRIBuTION: New Jersey; also in Europe. 
InLustrraTion: Ann. Rep. N. J. Exp. Sta. 14: 412, f. 64. 
82.’ Phyllosticta macroguttata Earle, Bull. Torrey Club 
25: 367. 1898. 
Spots circular or subcircular in form, brown, becoming whitish. with a darker-brown 
border, reaching a diameter of 1-2 mm., abundant and rarely confluent, paler on the under 
side of the leaf; pycnidia scattered, as many as six or eight on a spot, black, prominent, reach- 
ing a diameter of about 80,4; spores subglobose or ellipsoid, about 5 X 6-7 u, usually con- 
taining a large, conspicuous oil-drop. 
ON FABACEAE: 
Meibomia Dilleniit (Darl.) Kuntze (Desmodium Dillenii Darl.), Alabama. 
Meibomia sp., Alabama. 
Typg LocaLtity: Auburn, Alabama, on Meibomia sp. 
DistTRIBvuTION: Alabama. 
83. Phyllosticta Meibomiae Seaver, sp. nov. 
Spots ¢ireular or subcircular in form, reddish-brown, with a darker slightly elevated 
tim, similar in appearance on either side of the leaf; pycnidia quite numerous, mostly near 
the center of the infected spot, restricted to the upper side of the leaf, reaching a diameter 
of 100 with a distinct ostiolum; spores numerous, large, subglobose, or ellipsoid, hyaline 
granular within, reaching a diameter of 6-8 u or 6 X Bu. 
On FaBackEaE: 
Meibomia rhombifolia (Ellis) Vail (Desmodium rhombifolium DC.), Florida. 
Meibomia sp., Alabama. 
