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IVrillicrm HuiH'what scattered, covered, o'lobnsr. black, subpromi- 

 nent. papillate, altout 200 // diam. Asci clavate, rounded above, 

 paraphysate. about 70x12-14 ft. Sporidia biseriate, lanceolate, en- 

 dochrome 5-parted, hyaline, narrower below, 22-25 x 4 ;i (35-40 x -) //, 

 Cke.), constricted at the septa. 



On Lonicera and' Solidago, Newiield, N. J. 



M. rimularum, (Cke.) 



Sph<zria rinntlarum, Cke. Grev. VI, p. 146. 



) ni riniulai /</, Sacc. Syll. 3502, Cke. Syn. 4500. 



Perithecia covered, globose, crowded in short lines, covered by 

 flic longitudinally fissured cuticle. Asci clavate. Sporidia fusoid, 

 hyaline, 5-septate, constricted, nucleate, 40-50 x 5-6 /^. 



On reeds (Arundinaria), Gainesville, Fla. 



" The perithecia are collected in little, elongated clusters, the 

 cuticle cracked above them in parallel lines, but the ostiola do not 

 penetrate." 



M. brachytheca, (B. & C.) 



Sphczria brachytheca, B. & C. Grev. IV, p. 146. 

 Metasph&ria brachytheca, Sacc. Sj^ll. 3451. 

 Endophlcea brachytheca, Cke. Syn. 4165. 



Perithecia minute, surrounded by the cuticle. Asci obovate r 

 very short. Sporidia clavate, with about 6 septa, 25 p. long, resem- 

 bling those of Patellaria atrata. 



On Rosa, New England. 



M. dissiliens, (C. & E.) 



Sphceria dissiliens, C. & 13- Grev. V, p. 51. 



Metasplueria dissiliens, Sacc. Syll. II, p. 163, and Cke. Syn. 4463. 



Perithecia scattered, black, at length erumpent, subgiobose, with 

 punctiform ostiola, Asci clavate. Sporidia biseriate, fusiform, 8-sep-. 

 tate, 70x9 /^, constricted and divided into two unequal parts, one of 

 u'liich is 3-septate and the other 4-septate, readily dividing at the con- 

 striction, hyaline. 



On stems of Desmodium strictum, Newfield, N. J. 

 B. On monocotyledonous plants. 



Sporidia ^-septate. 

 M. Palmetta, (Cke.) 



Sphcsria Palmetta, Cke. Grev. VII, p. 53. 

 Metasphceria Palmetta, Sacc. Syll. 3489. 

 l$xsicc. Rav. F. Am. 369. 



