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Specimens found at Newfield, N. J., June, 1880. on leaves of 

 Kalmia angusUfolia, have the perithecia 65-75 /j. diam., bristles 40- 

 70x4 a. Asci oblong-ovate, 30-35x12 //. without paraphyses. Spo- 

 ridia biseriate, i'usoid. 9-12x3-4 //. 4-nucleate when first found, now 

 (1890) distinctly uniseptate. 



V. applanata, Ell. & Martin, Am. Nat. 1884, p. 69. 



Perithecia hypophyllous, lenticular, 100 p. diam., pierced in the 

 center, texture subradiate-cellular, with 12-15 erect, sparingly septate 

 bristles 70-100 IJL long. Asci oblong, about 40x10-12 p, sessile, 

 without paraphyses. Sporidia in two or three series, ovate-oblong, 

 uniseptate, yellowish, 10-12x3 ti. 



On living leaves of Magnolia glawa, Florida. 



T. formosa. Ell. & Martin, (in Herb.) 



Perithecia hypophyllous, scattered, depressed-spherical, 220-300 ft. 

 diam.. with long (100-175x5-6 ,), spreading, septate, obtuse, pale 

 brown hairs around the sides and base, and a few shorter ones above. 

 Ostiolum indistinct or wanting. Texture of perithecia thin-membra- 

 naceous, fragile, pale. Asci about 50x20 a, sessile and without par- 

 aphyses. Sporidia biseriate. oblong-fusoid, yellowish, uniseptate, 20- 

 23 x 7-8 p. 



On living leaves of Olea Americana, Florida. 1885. 



V. myrtilli. ke. in Journ. Bot. (1866), p. 245. tab. L, fig. 4. 



Splicer ia I'accinii, Fckl. Synib. p. 106 (1869). 



Perithecia ainphigenuiis. scattered or gregarious, superficial, black, 

 very small, armed with long, spine-like, black bristles. Asci broad at 

 the base, narrowed above, 50 x 12-14 //, 8-spored. Sporidia biseriate 

 or crowded in the lower part of the asci, ovoid -oblong, uniseptate. not 

 constricted, straight, greenish-hyaline. 12-14x4-5 a. 



On fallen leaves of Vawinnnii ? New York (Peck). 



V. curviseta, Pk. 35th Rep. p. 46. 



Exsicc. EH. N. A. F. 1356. 



Perithecia numerous, often crowded, minute. 75-100 a diam. 

 (mostly not over 75 //), globose, crowned above, with 5-8 divergent, 

 broadly curved, black bristles 75-125x4 IJL. Asci oblong, attenuated 

 above, often slightly curved, 40-50 //. long. Sporidia crowded or 

 biseriate, oblong, 10|-12J x4-5 //, hyaline, the upper cell broader. 



On fading leaves of NemopantJies Canadensis, Center. X. Y. 



