Parr 1, 1922] PHYLLOSTICTACEAE 57 
minute, black, globose-depressed, reaching a diameter of 50-80 n, loosely arranged in rows, 
the walls composed of polyhedral cells, 6—8 # in diameter; spores oblong-bacilliform, 0.5 
4-5 yu. 
ON CYPERACEAE: 
Carex sp., Alaska. 
Tyre LocaLiry: Orca, Alaska, on Carex sp. 
Distrrsvurion: Known only from the type locality. 
ILLUsTRATIONS: Harriman Alaska Exp. Crypt. pl. 6, f. 18. 
218. Phyllosticta melanoplaca Thiim. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mose. 
55': 230. 1880. 
Phyllosticta Fraserae Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Phyllost. 47. 1900. 
Spots several cm. long and 3-4 mm. wide, blackish or with a slight reddish tint, visible 
on both sides of the leaf but paler on the under surface; pycnidia very numerous, thickly 
scattered over the surface of the infected spot, so numerous as to give the spot a blackish 
appearance, reaching a diameter of 1004; spores abundant, minute, 1-2 X 2-5 nu. 
ON MELANTHIACEAE: 
Veratrum speciosum Rydb., Colorado, Utah (the host incorrectly determined as Frasera 
sp.). 
TYPE LOCALITY: Siberia, on Veratrum album I. 
DistRIsuTion: Colorado and Utah; also in Europe and Asia. 
Exsiccatl: Barth. Fungi Columb. 2250. 
219. Phyllosticta vagans Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. 
State Mus. 40: 58. 1887. 
Spots wanting or indefinite, often covering the entire leaf which turns yellow; pycnidia 
scattered over the entire surface of the infected spot, minute, reaching a diameter of 75-90 u; 
spores very minute, rod-like, 1 X 3 nu. 
On CONVALLARIACEAE: 
' Vagnera racemosa (L,.) Morong (Convallaria racemosa L., Smilacina racemosa Desf.), New 
York. 
Type LocaLtity: Conklingville, New York, on Smilacina racemosa. 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
220. Phyllosticta hispida Ellis & Dearness, Proc. Can. Inst. 
IV. 1: 91. 1897. 
Leaf-surface becoming discolored but with no definite spots; pycnidia scattered over the 
entire surface of the leaf but more congested in places, minute, reaching a diameter of 75-90 u, 
visible on both sides of the leaf but apparently opening below; spores minute, rod-shaped, 
straight or slightly curved and allantoid, 1-1.5 < 3-4u. 
ON SMILACACEAE: 
Smilax hispida I,., Ontario. . 
Type LocaLity: London, Ontario, on Smilax hispida. 
DistRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
Exsiceatt: Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Fungi 3541. 
221. Phyllosticta typhina Sacc. & Malbr.; Sacc. Michelia 
2: 88. 1880. 
Phyllosticta Renouana Sacc. & Roum. Rev. Myc. 6: 32. 1884, 
Spots elongate and rather indefinite in form, often reaching a length of 1 cm. or more, 
cinnamon-brown or reddish, becoming pale in the center; pycnidia reaching a diameter of 
100-110 », globose-lenticular; spores ellipsoid, 2 X 4u. 
ON TYPHACEAE: 
Typha latifolia L., Nebraska, New York. 
Type Locality: Europe, on Typha sp. . 
DIstRIBUTION: New York and Nebraska; also in Europe. 
222. Phyllosticta Caricis (Fuckel) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 3: 61. 1884. 
Ascochyta Caricis Fuckel, Fungi Rhen. 1697. 1866. 
Spots consisting of irregular dark-colored blotches scattered over 2 yellowish discolored 
