363 



Sublanceolate in the asci. oblong-elliptical when free, straight or slight- 

 ly curved, pale yellow. 20-25 x 5-6 >, 3-septate at first, becoming 5- 

 septate. 



On dead stems of Boccotiiu Mjult.i. Xewfield, X". J. 



L. cassitecola, E. & E. Journ. Mycol. II, p. 41. 



Perithecia gregarious, minute. 125-175 a diam., covered by the 

 blackened epidermis, which is raised into little pustules and at length 

 pierced by the papilliform ostiola. Asci 70-75x8-10 . Sporidia 

 biseriate, fusiform, slightly curved, 5-septate, yellow-brown, not con- 

 stricted at the septa. Has the general aspect of a Sphcerella. 



On dead stem- of Cassia, Houston. Texas (Ravenel). 



L. subcsespitosa, Cke. & Hark. Grev. XIV, p. 10. 



Perithecia erumpent, subcespitose, black, crowded, 4-8 in a clus- 

 ter or arranged in elongated strips. Ostiola cylindrical, elongated, 

 emergent, Asci clavate, 8-spored. Sporidia lanceolate, constricted 

 in the middle. -V septate, brown, 35-38x7 //. 



On stems of Geranium, California (Harkness). 

 L. Ogilvilnsis, (B. & Br.) 



Ogilviensis, B. & Br. Brit. Fungi, No. 642, tab. XI, fig. 28. 

 Leptosphfsria Ogilviensis, Ces. & De Not. Schema, p. 61. 



Exsicc. Kunze F. Sel. 332, 580. Rab. F. E. 2115. Rehm. Asc. 35, 534. Thum. M. U. 649. 

 Ell. N. A. F. 585. Iiu. Fungi Hung. 163. M. March. 746, 2537. 



Perithecia mostly very numerous, thickly scattered over the stems. 



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at lir-t covered. <>r with only the papilliform ostiolum projecting, after- 

 wards naked and free, depressed-hemispherical, with flattened, sessile 

 base, black and shining, finally umbilicate. Asci cylindrical, sessile. 

 60-75 x 10-12 fjL. with filiform paraphyses. Sporidia fasciculate, long- 

 fusoid, obtuse at the ends, constricted in the middle, often with one 

 half broader than the other, 5-septate, yellow-brown, 35-40 x 3|-4 //.. 



On dead herbaceous stems, especially of the Composite, A*t( > 

 E riyeron, Bidens, Solidago, Xewfield. N. J. 



L. tenera. Ell. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, Till, p. 124. 



Perithecia ffres:arious, seated just beneath the cuticle which closely 



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covers them, and is raised into little pustules and blackened, 200- 

 300 /JL diam.. subglobose or a little depressed, strongly fringed around 

 the base with brown, spreading hyphae. Ostiolum papilliform. erum- 

 pent. Asci clavate-cylindrical, slender, 65-70 x 5-6 //, paraphysate. 

 Sporidia overlapping and subbiseriate above, fusoid. slightly curved. 



