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HUH. aero--. IVrithtna in ;i single stroma, !e\v or numerous, generally 

 rrowded. rarely subconcentrically arranged. subsphaBroid or angular 

 iron) inutiiMl pressure, small, necks coimM-ginu 1 . Ostiola short and 

 -mall or oftener more or less elongated, rough, sulcate-cleft, 3-6-sided. 

 sinuate, at least below. Asci cylindric-clavate, 40-50x5-6 p. (p. spj 

 Sporidia crowded or subbiseriate, allautoid. yellowish. 7-11 (mostly 

 7-9)xlJ-2 IJL, (8-12 x lf-2 /;.. Sacc.). Spermogonia many-celled 

 larger than the' ascigerous stromata. Spermatia filiform, curved 

 20-25 11 lonir. issuing in yellow cirrhi. 



Common on limbs of various deciduous trees throughout the 

 United States. 



Often when the pustules are crowded, a sing'le circumscribing 

 line surrounds an entire group, and the surface of the inner bark is 

 uniformly blackened. As far as the specc. above quoted are con- 

 cerned, we can find no distinctive characters to separate Valsa ven- 

 triosct and F". tetraploa i'roin this species, and have therefore included 

 them in En. steUuluta, (see Cke. Valsei of the U. S. p. 112). 



Eu. Vitis, (Schvv.) 



Splicer ia Vitis, Schw. Syn. Car. No. 117, Syn. N. Am. 1362. 

 Valsa Vitis, Cke. Valsei of the U. S. p. 113. 

 Eiitypa viticola, Sacc. Syll. 669. 

 SphcEria propagata, Plowr. Grev. VII, p. 73. 

 Valsa (EutypeUa) Vitis, Cke. Grev. XIV, p. 45. 

 Exsicc. Rav. F. Am. 363, 664. 



Perithecia 3-4, rather large, nestling in the inner bark and ren- 

 dering the surface bullate. Ostiola irregular, subpulverulent, black, 

 and (sec. Cke. Grev. XIV, p. 45), distinctly sulcate, and sporiclia (see 

 Valsei U. S. p. 1 13) 12-14 p. long. 



Rather rare on young shoots of grape vines. Carolina (Schw.) T 

 Pennsylvania. (Michener), New York (Peck). 



It is doubtful whether this is more than a var. of E >it//pella 

 .<t<'lluhit<i. (Fr.). 



Eu. fraxinicola, (C. & P.) 



Valsa fraxinicola, C. & P. 2gth Rep. N. Y. State Mus. p. 59. 



Perithecia 6-12. subcircinately an-anged and buried in the un- 

 altered inner bark, about \ mm. diam., black, thick- walled, with con- 

 verging necks and stout, quadrisulcate, black ostiola erumpent in a 

 short, compact fascicle in the center of the pustule, closely embraced 

 by the perforated, slightly pustulate epidermis, above which they pro- 

 ject but slightly. Asci clavate, p. sp. about 35 x 5 //. Sporidia 

 biseriate, allantoid. yellowish. 6-8x2 p., moderately curved. 



