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180. Phyllosticta variabilis Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. 
State Mus. 35: 138. 1884. 
‘Phyllosticta bicolor Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 43: 72. 1890. 
Spots subcircular or slightly irregular, dark-brown, rather abruptly separated from the 
healthy tissue of the leaf, reaching a diameter of 4-5 mm., rarely larger, visible on both sides 
of the leaf but paler on the under side ; pycnidia numerous, scattered over the infected spot, 
restricted to the upper side of the leaf ; spores ellipsoid, 2.5-3 X 5-7 u. 
On RosacEazE: 
Rubacer odoraius (1,.) Rydb. (Rubus odoratus L.), New York. 
TYPE LocaLity: Albany, New York, on Rubus odoratus. 
DistRIBUTION: New York. 
Exsiccatt: Barth. Fungi Columb. 4048. 
181. Phyllosticta Baccharidis Dearness & House; House, 
Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 179: 29. 1915. 
Spots subcircular, bounded by the large veinlets of the leaf, flesh-colored to pale-ferrugin- 
ous, usually similar in appearance on either side of the leaf, but occasionally visible only on 
the upper side, with a slightly raised border of the same color as the spot, about 2-6 X 3-8 
mm.; pycnidia dark, occurring on both sides of the leaf but more numerous on the upper sur- 
face, as many as thirty on a single spot, subglobose or occasionally hysteriiform, reaching 2 
diameter of 50-115 wu, but averaging about 75 4; spores hyaline, reniform, often with an oil- 
drop at either end, 3 & 4-6 n. 
On CaRDUACEAE: 
Baccharis halimifolia ., New York. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Orient Point, Long Island, on Baccharis halimifolia. 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality, 
182. Phyllosticta Stillingiae Ellis & Ev. Jour. Myc. 3: 130. 1887. 
Spots usually subcircular or more rarely irregular, rather definite in outline, rusty-brown 
with a darker border, usually reaching a diameter of 2-3 mm., rarely larger, about equally 
visible on either side of the leaf; pycnidia quite evenly scattered over the infected spot, reach- 
ing a diameter of 100-120»; spores abundant, ellipsoid or subfusoid, 2.5-3 X 5-8 xu. 
On EUPHORBIACEAE: . 
Sapium sebiferum (1,.) Roxb. (Siillingia sebifera Michx.), Louisiana. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Point a la Hache, Louisiana, on Stillingia sebifera. 
DistrRisuTIon: Known only from the type locality. 
183. Phyllosticta biformis Heald & Wolf, Mycologia 3:7. 1911. 
Spots circular or subcircular in form, grayish, with a black margin, reaching a diameter 
of 2-5 mm.; pycnidia globose or subglobose on the leaves and lenticular on the fruit, reaching 
a diameter of 150; spores abundant, granular within, reaching a length of 6-9 zn. 
On EBENACEAE: 
Diospyros texana Scheele, Texas. 
TPE LOCALITY: Austin, Texas, on Diospyros texana. 
DISTRIBUTION: Texas. 
184. Phyltlosticta Sassafrasa Cooke, Greville 12: 26. 1883. 
Spots circular or subcircular in form, brown; pycnidia numerous, scattered over the 
infected spot, reaching a diameter of 1004; spores ellipsoid-lanceolate. hyaline, 1.5 X 7u. 
(The specimens examined being sterile, the spore-measurements given above are on the author- 
ity of the author of the species.) 
URACEAE: . . 
on ee Sassafras (L.) Karst. (Sassafras officinale Nees & Eberm.), Georgia, New York, 
Pennsylvania, South Carolina. : 
Type LOCALITY: South Carolina, on Sassafras officinale. 
: New York to Georgia. : . 
Paepere a. Fungi Am. 515; Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Fungi 1722; Wilson & Seaver, Ascom. 21. 
