30!) 



"Forming little, brown, irregular specks on a white ground. Asci 

 short, lanceolate. Sporidia cymbaeform with the endochrome retracted 

 to either end, 12-14 /2 long. 7 ' 



On stems of Dolichos, Alabama (Beaumont). 



P. hypericina, (B. & C.) 



Sphczria hypericina, B. & C. 1. c. p. 149. 

 Physalospora hypericina, Sacc. Syll. 1682. 

 Phomatospora hypericina, Cke. Syn. 4346. 



"Perithecia depressed, surrounded by the cuticle. Asci clavate. 

 Sporiclia cymbaeform, hyaline, 25 tj. long." 

 On Hype ft cum. South Carolina. 



P. (Enotherse, (B. & C.) 



SphfEria CEnothercB, B. & C. 1. c. p. 151. 

 Phomatospora CRnothercz, Cke. Syn. 4348. 

 Physalospora CEnothercz, Sacc. Syll. 1687. 



"Very minute black. Ostiola rather prominent. Asci clavate. 

 Sporidia shortly fusiform, ends obtuse, hyaline. 



On (Enothera sinuata, So. Carolina. 



We have seen no specimens of this and the four preceding species. 

 They are all placed in Phomatospora by Sacc. in Syll., and Cooke, in 

 liis Syn. Pyr. in G rev., places them partly in Pkysalospora, and part- 

 ly in the paraphysate sections of Phomatospora and Lcestadia. 



Species imperfectly known. 



P. subsolitaria, (Schw.) 



Sphczria subsolitaria, Schw. in Fr. Blench. II, p. 86. 

 Physalospora subsolitaria, Sacc. Syll. 1701. 



Strorna consisting only of a thin, effused, black stratum under the 

 epidermis and penetrating the inner bark. Perithecia erumpent, sub. 

 solitary, white inside. Ostiolum subprominent, white. 



On bark of Rhus, Carolina and Pennsylvania. 



Perithecia connected in pairs or standing singly, globose, black. 

 Asci elongated, suberect. 



P. subsimplex, (Scliw.) 



Sphczria subsimplex, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 1679. 

 Physalospora subsimplex, Sacc. Syll. 1718. 



At first very thin, covered by the whitened epidermis, then par- 

 tially denuded as the epidermis falls away. Ostiola translucent. 

 Perithecia densely crowded, partly immersed in the bark, often con- 

 fluent, oblong-hemispherical, depressed, rugose, black, papillate, the 



