Part 1, 1922] PHYLLOSTICTACEAE 
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distributed over the infected spot, erumpent through the thin epidermis, restricted to the 
upper side of the leaf, rather large, reaching a diameter of 300-400 uw; spores minute, narrow- 
ellipsoid, about 2-2.5 X 6-7 nu. , 
ON MAGNOLIACEAE: 
?Magnolia Fraseri Walt., West Virginia. 
Magnolia glauca L,., New Jersey. 
Magnolia grandifora L., Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi. 
Type LocaLity: Europe, on Magnolia grandiflora. 
DistTRIBUTION: New Jersey to Florida and Mississippi; also in Europe. 
Iuiustrations: E. & P. Nat. Pfl. It: f. 183, a-c. 
199. Phyllosticta micropuncta Cooke, Jour. Linn. Soc. 17:142. 1878. 
Phyllosticta Perseae Ellis & Martin, Jour. Myc. 1: 100. 1885. 
Spots subcircular or slightly irregular, sometimes terminal or marginal, brownish to 
cinereous, with a dark-brown border, rather definite in outline, reaching a diameter of 1 cm., 
visible on the under side of the leaf but paler; pycnidia numerous, quite evenly scattered over 
the infected spot, restricted to the upper side of the leaf, reaching a diameter of 150-300 u, 
brownish-black, erumpent; spores ovoid or ellipsoid, 1-3 & 3-8 u. 
Accompanied by an ascomycete which may represent its perfect stage. 
On LAURACEAE: 
Laurus sp., Texas. 
Persea Borbonia (L.) Spreng. (Persea carolinensis Nees), District of Columbia, Louisiana. 
Type Locatity: Texas, on Persea carolinensis. 
DIstRIBUTION: District of Columbia, Louisiana, and Texas. 
200. Phyllosticta Meliae Ellis & Ev. Jour. Myc. 4: 9. 1888. 
Spots marginal or terminal, usually confined to a narrow strip partially or entirely sur- 
rounding the leaf, pale-yellowish or whitish, with a narrow, brown border which separates the 
infected area rather abruptly from the healthy tissue of the leaf; pycnidia quit? regularly 
scattered over the infected spot, usually on the under side of the leaf, conspicuous, black, 
flattened, reaching a diameter of 150; spores ellipsoid or subfusoid, about 1-2 X 4-5 u. 
On MELIACEAE: 
Melia Azedarach I,., Louisiana. 
TypPE LOCALITY: Point a la Hache, Louisiana, on Melia Azedarach. 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
201. Phyllosticta bixina E. Young, Mycologia 7: 148. 1915. 
Spots subcircular or irregular, sometimes covering a large part of the leaf, pale-yellowish, 
usually surrounded by a dark purplish-black border, with a yellowish area outside of this 
which gradually blends off into the healthy tissue of the leaf, reaching a diameter of 5 mm. 
to 1 cm., visible on both sides of the leaf but more distinct on the upper surface; pycnidia 
few, globose, reaching a diameter of 90-1504; spores ovoid, 2.5 X 4-6 u. 
ON BIXACEAE: 
Bixa Orellana L., Porto Rico. : 
TypE LocaLity: Maricao, Porto Rico, on Bixa Orellana. 
DISTRIBUTION: Porto Rico. 
202. Phyllosticta extensa Sacc. & Syd. in Sace. Syll. Fung. 
14: 852. 1899. 
Phyllosticta Bucalypti Ellis & Ev. Bull. Torrey Club 24: 285. 1897. Not P. Eucalypti Thim. 
1884. 
Spots marginal, terminal or more rarely internal, usually consisting of irregular blotches, 
thicker than the healthy tissue, the infected area spreading until it often covers the entire 
leaf, yellowish; pycnidia rather evenly distributed over the infected area, immersed or becom- 
ing erumpent, reaching a diameter of 1504; spores abundant, ellipsoid, 2-3 X 6-7 p. 
On MyRTACEAE: . . 
Eucalyptus globulus Labill. (cult.), California. 
Type LOCALITY: California, on Eucalyptus sp. 
DIstRIBuTION: California. 
