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Phyllosticta circumvallata Wint. Jour. Myc. 1: 123. 1885. 
?Phyllosticta macrospora Ellis & Ev. Proc. Acad. Phila. 1894: 355. 1894. 
Spots circular or subcircular in form, reaching a diameter of 5 mm. or rarely | em., con- 
sisting of a dark-brown central portion about 2 mm. in diameter and forming a raised blister 
which is apparently the work of a leaf-miner or other insect, the outer portion of the spot brown 
but lighter than the center, the entire spot very conspicuous on both sides of the leaf; pyc- 
nidia scattered over the outer portion of the spot, usually on the upper surface of the leaf, 
reaching a diameter of 100-120 4; spores ellipsoid or subellipsoid, 3.5-4 7-9 u. 
The perfect stage is Sphaerella Liriodendri Cooke. ‘The large spores of P. macrospora 
may be young asci of the Sphaerella. 
ON MAGNOLIACEAE: . 
Liviodendron Tulipifera V., Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West 
Virginia, Wisconsin. 
TYPE LocaLity: South Carolina, on Liriodendron Tulipifera. 
DistRIBuTION: New Vork to Wisconsin, Illinois, and West Virginia. 
x ay a Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Fungi 3256; Ellis & Ev. Fungi Columb. 666; Wilson & Seaver, 
scom. 20. 
157. Phyllosticta Catalpae Ellis & Martin, Am. Nat. 18: 189. 1884. 
Spots circular or subcircular in form, yellowish to cinereous or whitish, visible on both 
sides of the leaf, convex on the upper and concave on the under surface, reaching a diameter 
of 4 or 5 mm., the main spot surrounded by a slightly discolored area; pycnidia few, scattered 
over the infected area, reaching a diameter of 75-80 ; spores ellipsoid or with the ends slightly 
narrowed, 3-4 X 5-7 u, granular within and hyaline or nearly so. 
On BIGNONIACEAE: 
Catalpa Bungei C. Meyer (cult.), Pennsylvania. 
Catalpa Catalpa (L.) Karst. (Bignonia Catalpa L., Catalpa bignonioides Walt.), Alabama, 
aa of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South Caro- 
ina, 
Catalpe sp., Indiana, Massachusetts. 
TYPE LocaLIty: West Chester, Pennsylvania, on Catalpa bignonioides. 
DisTRIBUTION: Massachusetts to Alabama and Indiana. 
Exsiccatt: Ellis, N. Am. Fungi 1368. 
158. Phyllosticta grisea Peck, Bull. N. Y. 
State Mus. 67: 29. 1903. 
Spots subcircular, gray, with a purplish-brown border, the main part of the spot finally 
becoming brown, and brown on the under side of the leaf, reaching a diameter of 1-1.5 mm.; 
pycnidia occurring on the upper side of the leaf, erumpent, black; spores ellipsoid, hyaline, 
4X 6-7.5 p. 
ON MatLacEAE: 
Crataegus praecox Sargent, New York. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Crown Point, New York, on Crataegus praecox. 
DisTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
159. Phyllosticta Cephalanthi Tharp, Mycologia 9: 119. 1917. 
Spots circular or nearly circular in form, small, cinereous in the center with a narrow, 
dark-brown border, rather sharply defined, reaching a diameter of 2 mm., faintly visible on 
the under side of the leaf; pycnidia few, scattered over the infected spot, restricted to the 
upper side of the leaf, reaching a diameter of 100-140 u; spores ellipsoid, filled with granules, 
3-4 X 5-8 p. 
On RUBIACEAE: 
Cephalanthus occidentalis I,., Texas. 
‘TYPE LocaLity: Conroe, Texas, on Cephalanthus occidentalis. 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
160. Phyllosticta Hesperidearum (Catt.) Penzig, 
Michelia 2: 425. 1882. 
Phoma Hesperidearum Catt. Arch. Lab. Bot. Critt. Pavia 2-3: 366. 1879. 
Spots circular, irregular or sinuous, brown, becoming yellow, finally cinereous or whitish, 
