731 



Perithecia gregarious on the back of the exposed tip of the scale. 



minute (74 it.}. buried, except the black, smooth, conic-papilliform apex. 



Asci narrow clavate-cylindrical, gradually attenuated below. 75-80 x 



5 /JL. paraphyses none. Sporidia uniseriate. ovate, uniseptate and con- 



stricted at the septum, hyaline, 6-7 x 3-3 J- //.. 



On scales of dead cones of Abies Douglasii, Belt Mts.. Montana. 

 Sept., 1889 (F. W. Anderson, 612). 



Tliis is near N. Pinx'ijto, Thiim.. but differs in its habitat, its 

 longer, narrower asci and smaller sporidia not constricted at the sep- 

 tum. S. conigena, Pk..has broader asri and crowded, longer (10-1 2 //) 

 sporidia. We have changed the specific name. SphcvreUa conigena 

 having precedence. 



Page 28"). Add to habitats of Sphaerella Stellarineanini- 

 Stellaria longipes, S. longifolia, S. crassifolia, Arenarla 

 i Cerastium arvem' and C. nutun*. Montana (Anderson). 



Page ii!2. Alter SpIiHrelIa Laethcse. E. & K.. insert- 

 S. raelfna, (Fr.) 



a melczna, Fr. S. M. II, p. 431. 

 Sphcerella melezna, Sacc. Syll. 1986, Cke. Sj'n. 5569. 



Peritheria black, densely crowded, and connate, pierced aboM . 

 60-80 it diam. Asci ol. ovate, sessile, 8-spored, 27xl4//. Sporidia 

 2-3-seriate, crowded, obovate-oblong, rounded at the ends, uniseptate 

 Itelou the middle, not constricted, pale yellow or subhyaline. 



Common on herbaceous stems, Pennsylvania (Schw.). 



Page 292. After Sphaerella sabaligena. inseit- 

 S. allicina, (Fr.) 



Sphceria allicina, Fr. S. M. II, p. 437. 



Spfuzrella allicina, Awd. Mycol. Eur. Pyren. p. 19, fig. 69. 



Perithecia ainphigenous, covered ly the gi-ay epidermis, densely 

 gregarious, sometimes confluent, globose, perforated, black. 80 p. diam. 

 Asci slightly narrowed above from a broad base, sessile. 8-spored, 

 55-58 x 14 ti. Sporidia biseriate. oblong, rounded at the ends, nearly 

 straight, uniseptate, not constricted, hyaline, 16x4-5 //.. 



On leaves of Allium schcenoprasum, Nazareth, Pa. (Schw.). 



Page 302. After Lizouia Sphagiii, insert- 

 L. Thalictri, Rostr. Fungi Gronl. p. 556. 



Perithecia ovoid, coriaceo-membranaceous, with a conoid papilla. 

 collapsing when dry, \-ci thick-clavate, very thick-walled at the 



