30 NORTH AMERICAN FLORA [VOLUME 6 
ON PRIMULACEAE: 
Dodecatheon Meadia L., Wisconsin. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Stoughton, Wisconsin, on Dodecatheon Meadia. 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
89. Phyllosticta Steironematis Dearness & House; House, 
Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 188: 38. 1916. 
Spots reddish, scattered, circular or subcircular in form, reaching a diameter of 2~3 mm., 
becoming confluent and often extending over half or the whole of the leaf-surface; pycnidia 
occurring on either side of the leaf, reaching a diameter of 75-150 4; spores globose or sub- 
globose, reaching a diameter of 5-6 wu. 
ON PRIMULACEAE: 
Steironema ciliatum (L.) Raf., New York. 
TYPE LOCALITY: North Greenbush, New York, on Steironema ciliatum. 
DisTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
90. Phyllosticta gentianaecola (DC.) Ellis & Ev. 
N. Am. Phyllost. 59. 1900. 
Sphaeria lichenoides gentianaecola DC. FI. Fr. 6: 148. 1815. 
aided (Depazea) gentianaecola Fries, Syst. Myc. 2: 531. 1823. 
Depazea gentianaecola Sacc. Syll. Fung. 3:62. 1884. 
Spots circular or subcircular in form, rather indefinite in outline, reaching a diameter of 
2-3 mm., visible only on the upper side of the leaf, pale-yellowish, covered over with a radi- 
ating web of black mycelium; pycnidia thickly scattered over the infected spot, reaching a 
diameter of 150 u; spores abundant, rather large, varying from subglobose to ellipsoid, 5 u 
in diameter, or 5 X 7-8 p. 
On GENTIANACEAE: 
Dasystephana Andrewsii (Griseb.) Small (Gentiana Andrewsii Griseb.), Nebraska, Wisconsin. 
Gentiana crinita Froel., Delaware. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Europe, on Gentiana lutea. 
DISTRIBUTION: Delaware, Wisconsin, and Nebraska; also in Europe. 
Exsiccati: Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Fungi 2766. 
91. Phyllosticta boehmeriicola Davis, Trans. Wis. Acad. 
9: 711. 1919. 
Spots subcircular, olivaceous, with a darker margin and pale sordid center, reaching 
a diameter of 7-10 mm.: pycnidia occurring on the upper side of the leaf, scattered, lenticular, 
reaching a diameter of 100-150 uw; spores ovoid or ellipsoid, fuliginous-tinted, 2-3 X 4-7 4. 
ON URTICACEAE: 
Boehmeria cylindrica (L.) Sw., Wisconsin. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Shiocton, Wisconsin, on Boehmeria cylindrica. 
_ DistRiputTion: Known only from the type locality. 
92. Phyliosticta Polygonorum Sacc. Michelia 1: 141. 1878. 
Spots circular or subcircular in form, or occasionally slightly irregular, surrounded by 
a very narrow slightly elevated rim, reddish-brown, reaching a diameter of 5-6 mm., with 
a central eye-like spot, surrounded by numerous zonate markings; pycnidia quite thickly 
scattered over the infected spot on either side of the leaf, reaching a diameter of 120-140 u; 
spores numerous, ellipsoid, rather variable in size but usually averaging 2-3 & 4-64. 
On POLYGONACEAE: 
Fagopyrum Fagopyrum (L.) Karst. (Polygonum Fagopyrum I,.), New Jersey. 
Type LocaLity: Europe, on Polygonum Persicaria. 
DISTRIBUTION: New Jersey; also in Europe. 
93. Phyllosticta sicyna Sacc. Ann. Myc. 8: 343. 1910. 
Spots orbicular or angular, becoming white, the margin subelevated, not discolored; 
pycnidia few, on the upper side of the leaf, lenticular, black, reaching a diameter of 140- 
150 u; spores ovoid-fusoid, not containing oil-drops, hyaline, 3-4  5.5-7 4. 
