Part 1, 1922] PHYLLOSTICTACEAE 65 
253. Phyllosticta verbascicola Ellis & Kellerm. 
Bull. Torrey Club 11:115. 1884. 
Spots large, brown, rather indefinitely limited, reaching a diameter of 5 mm. to 1 cm., 
several often becoming confluent and then reaching a diameter of 2-4 cm. and giving rise to 
irregular areas; pycnidia buried in the substratum, reaching a diameter of 100-150 uw; spores 
subhyaline or pale-brownish, 1.5-2 X 3.5-4 mu, with a few darker and larger. 
ON ScROPHULARIACEAE: 
Verbascum Lychnitis L., New York. 
Verbascum Thabsus I,., Kansas. 
TYPE LocaLIty: Kansas, on Verbascum Thapsus. 
DISTRIBUTION: New York and Kansas. 
Exsiccati: Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Fungi 3155; Ellis & Ev. Fungi Columb. 566; Ellis & Ev. N. 
Am. Fungi 3151 and Ellis & Ev. Fungi Columb. 567 (as Phyllosticta Verbasci Sacc.). 
254. Phyllosticta Richardsoniae Ellis & Ev. Jour. Myc. 
8:62. 1902. 
Spots irregular in form, dirty-white, usually occurring at the tips of the leaves which 
become dead and bleached; pycnidia scattered over the infected spot, subglobose, reaching 
a diameter of 80-110 u; spores ellipsoid, abundant, 1.5 X 44. 
On RUBIACEAE: 
Richardia scabra 1,. (Richardsonia scabra A. St. Hil.), Alabama. 
TypE Locality: Tuskegee, Alabama, on Richardsonia scabra. 
DistrRipuTION: Known only from the type locality. 
255. Phyllosticta ferax Ellis & Ev. Proc. Acad. Phila. 
1894: 355. 1894. 
?Phoma Lupuli Ellis & Ev. Bull. Washburn Lab. Nat. Hist. 1: 6. 1884, 
Spots indefinite, the infected area often covering a large part of the leaflet which becomes 
yellowish and dead; pycnidia very numerous, irregularly scattered or collected in groups, 
giving to the surface of the leaf a grayish appearance, reaching a diameter of 150 »; spores 
very numerous, minute, ellipsoid, 1-1.25 X 3-4 u. 
On FaBACEAE: . 
Lupinus albifrons Benth., California. 
Lupinus formosus Greene, California. 
Lupinus humicola A. Nelson, Wyoming. 
Lupinus sp., Colorado, Ni evada, Washington. 
Type LOCALITY: Pasadena, California, on Lupinus albifrons. | . 
DistRIBUTION: Wyoming and Colorado to Washington and California. . 
Exsiccati: Ellis, N. Am. Fungi 1364; Clements, Crypt. Form. Colo. 472 (as Phoma Lupuli). 
256. Phyllosticta Astragali Peck, Bot. Gaz. 6: 275. 1881. 
No definite spot, but the entire leaflet pale-yellowish; pycnidia numerous and quite 
evenly scattered over the entire surface of the leaflet or congested in groups, becoming super- 
ficial, conspicuous, black with a distinct ostiolum, reaching a diameter of 200. or rarely 
larger, restricted to the upper side of the leaflet; large spores scant, ovoid, granular within, 
6 X 7-9», accompanied by minute rod-like spores which are about 1 X 4-5 u. 
On FABACEAE: . 
Astragalus sp., Minnesota; Ontario. 
TypPEH LOCALITY: Ontario, on Astragalus sp. 
DIstTRIBUTION: Ontario and Minnesota. 
257. Phyllosticta Adoxae Clements (Crypt. Form. 
Colo. 242, hyponym. 1907), sp. nov. 
Spots indefinite, often covering the entire leaf which becomes yellowish and dead; pyc- 
nidia numerous, subsuperficial and conspicuous, black or brownish-black, quite evenly dis- 
tributed over the infected portion of the leaf, reaching a diameter of 80-100 »; spores minute, 
rod-like, 1-1.5 X3-4 u. 
