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contracted into a thick, stipe-like base. Spnridia hyaline, fusiform or 

 clavate-fusifornij faintly 3-septate, 18-20x3-3^ //. 



On fading leaves oft Xerophyllum asphodeloides, New Jersey. 



A. lepidigenoides, E. & E. Journ. Mycol. IV, p. 121. 



Mycelium obsolete. Perithecia hyppphyllous, scattered, attached 

 to the scales on the leaf, small, pierced above, scutellate. Asci oblong. 

 sessile, (>0xl2 /j., mostly broader below. Sporidia biseriate, fusoid, 

 3-septate. hyaline, 12-14 x2-2| //. 



On living leaves of Capparis Jamaicensis, Key West, Florida 

 (Coll. A. H. Curtis. Com. A. Commons), 



Closely allied to A. lepidigena, E. <fe E., but differs in its smaller 

 perithecia, longer asci, and 3-septate sporidia. 



A. decolorans, B. & C, Grev. IV, p. 9. 



" Spots orbicular, red, undulate, bullate. Mycelium scanty, con- 

 sisting of a few moniliform threads and others entire. Perithecia 

 punctiform. Asci short, oblong. Sporidia uniseptate, 10 p. long." 



On an unknown leaf. New Jersey. 



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A. euticulosa, Cke. Grev. VII, p. 49. 



Exsicc. Rav. F. Am, No. 328. 



Perithecia brown, orbicular, applanate, adnate, hypophyllous, 

 clustered near the margin of the leaf, 500-800 /Jt diam., structure 

 cellular-membranaceous. Mycelium scanty. Asci globose, 25 // diam. 

 Sporidia elliptical, ends obtuse, uniseptate, subconstricted, hyaline, 

 10x5 p. A somewhat abnormal species. 



On leaves of Ilex opaca, Georgia (Eavenel). 



A. plantaginis, Ell. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 9, p. 74. 



Exsicc. EH. N. A. F. No. 790. 



Spots brownish, immarginate. Perithecia brown-black, subglo- 

 bose, menibranaceous, innate, clustered in the spots, mostly epiphyllous, 

 70-80 p. Asci ovate, 26-33x13-16 //. Sporidia hyaline, oblong, 

 obtuse, uniseptate, slightly constricted in the middle, or 2-nucleate, 

 9-1 Ox 3-5 /JL. 



On living leaves of Plantago major, Philadelphia, Pa., and New- 

 field, N. J. Approaches Sphc&rella. 



A. ranmlaris, Ell. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 9, p. 20. 



Exsicc. EH. N. A. F. No. 720. 



Mycelium pale, subhyaline, very scanty. Perithecia flattened, 

 orbicular, clustered, frequently coalescing, sublimate, 250-300 //, con- 

 sisting of dark brown, moniliform hyphae covering the nucleus, obsolete 

 beneath, mostly sterile. Asci oblong, spore-bearing portion 50 x 25 p> 



