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carbonaceous, about 200 it diam. Ostiolum nut prominent. Asei 

 clavate-cylindrical, narrowed below, paraphysate, 70-75 x 8-10 /n. 

 Sporidia biseriate, fusiform, 3-septate, acute, 20-22 x2|-3 /*. 

 On decorticated limbs of pear or apple, Newfield, N. J. 



In Grevillea (1. c.) the sporidia are said to be 5-septate, con- 

 stricted in the middle, with the third joint slightly swollen, 40x5 /i, 

 but our specc. are as above stated, sporidia not constricted, and none 

 of the cells swollen. 



M. hoiieera, (C. tf E.) 



Sphtxria boucera, C. & E. Grev. VIII, p. 15. 

 Metasphceria boucera, Sacc. Syll. II, p. 161, and Cke. Syn. 4456. 

 Exsicc. EH. N. A. F. 887, (in part). 



Perithecia scattered, covered by the epidermis, subglobose, promi- 

 nent, black. Asci cylindric-clavate. Sporidia biseriate, fusoid, tri- 

 septate, hyaline, slightly curved, with a horn-shaped appendage at 

 each end, 30-32 x 7J /* without the appendages (which finally dis- 

 appear). 



On dead herbaceous stems, Xewfield, N. J. 

 M- plagarnm, (Cke. & Hark.) 



Sphferia plagarum, Cke. & Hark. Grev. XIII, p. 19. 

 Endophhea plagarnm. Cke. & Hark, in Cke. Syn. 4160. 

 Metaspheeria plagarum, Sacc. Syll. 7025. 



Perithecia gregarious, covered, elevated, subglobose, black, car- 

 bonaceous, collected in patches covered by the convexly elevated 

 cuticle. Asci clavate, sessile, 8-spored. Sporidia lanceolate, inor- 

 dinate, triseptate, hyaline, 18-20x4 /.*, ends acute. 



On bark <tf Eucalyptus, California. 







M. Cattanei, Sacc. Svll, 3482. 



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Perithecia membranaceous, scattered, black, immersed in the par- 

 enchyma of the leaf, covered by the slightly pustulate-elevated epi- 

 dermis, subglobose, perforated above, 200-300 // diam. Asci numerous, 

 subsessile, 8-spored, 150 tj. long, p. sp. 50 x 8 p. Sjjoridia subbiseriate, 

 oblong- fusoid, slightly curved, 1-3-septate. slightly constricted at the 

 septa, 20-22 x4-5 a (27 xB }i, Sacc.), hyaline. 



On withered leaves of rice, South Carolina and Louisiana. 



M. Myricae. Pk. 38th Rep. p. 105. 



Perithecia numerous, broadly conical, 400-500 it diam., covered 



