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bicular patches, giobose, black, partly hidden by the tomcnturn of tin- 

 leaf, subprominent. Asci linear, 40-50 x 7 /JL. Sporidia oblong, hya- 

 line, unisepfatr, 12-15 x 3-4 JJL. 



On fallen leaves of Quercus tricolor, New York, on leaves of Q, 

 f/tacrocarpa, Manhattan, Ks. (Kellerman). 



S. Catesbeyi, Cke. Grev. VII, p. 53. 



Exsicc. Rav. F. Am. 383. 



Perithecia hypophyllotis, immersed* scattered, often 2-4 together. 

 covered by the cuticle, at length rimose-erumpent Sporidia lanceo- 

 late, uniseptate, 20-22 x4 /JL. 



On leaves of Quercus Catesbeyi, Darien, Ga. (Ravenel). 



S. molleriana, Thiiin. Contr. Mycol. Lusit. No. 537. 



Perithecia amphigenous, but mostly hypophyllous, densety grega- 

 rious, punctiform, conic-subprominent, seniiimmersed, shining-black, 

 minute, on an irregular shaped spot which dries up to a dirty brown, 

 surrounded with a narrow, darker border. Asci fasciculate, broad- 

 clavate, narrowed at each end, 30-40 x 12-15 a, subsessile, 8-spored. 

 Sporidia 2-3-seriate, fusoid, acute at each end, septate in the middle, 

 hyaline, 7-9 x 2| p. 



On leaves of Eucalyptus, California (Harkness). 



S. Pittospcm, Cke. Grev. VII, p. 53. 



Gregarious. Perithecia black, seniiimmersed, crowded in an- 

 gular patches limited by the veinlets of the leaf. Asci clavate-cylin- 

 drical. Sporidia elliptical, uniseptate, rounded at the ends, slightly 

 constricted, 10x4 p. 



On leaves of Pittosporum, Aiken, So. Carolina (Ravenel). 



S. Gaultlieriae, C. & E. Grev. VII, p. 42. 



Exsicc. EH. N. A. F. 799. 



Epiphyllous. Spots white, orbicular, 2-3 mm. across, with a pur- 

 ple margin. Perithecia punctiform, circinate, 75-85 p. diam. Asci 

 clavate, 35-40 x 7-8 /j.. Sporidia biseriate, lanceolate, uniseptate. 

 15-18x4/2, slightly constricted. 



On leaves of Gaultheria proc-umbens, Newfield, N. J. 



The sporidia in our specimens are only 12-14 x 3-3J p. 



S. Vaccinii, Cke. Journ. Bot. 1866, p. 249. 



Sphczrella Myrtilli, Awd. Mycol. Eur. V, Heft VI, p. 10, fig. 46. 

 Exsicc. Rehra Asc. 540. Rav. F. Am, 376. F. Sax. 373. Fungi Gall. 3768. 



Perithecia hypophyllous, thickly gregarious, forming gray, angu - 



