253 

 M. tumefaciens. (Ell. & Hark.) 



Sf>h<i ia (MontagneUd) tumefaciens. Ell. & Hark. Journ. Mycol. II. p. 41. 

 Montagnella tumefaciens, Sacc. Syll. 7315. 

 Exsicc. Ell. & Evrht. X. A. F. 2d Ser. 1667. 



Perithecia hemispherical, 200-333 u. diam.. black, ronirh. crowded, 

 united U.'low in a crustose stroma. bursting out through longitudinal 

 cracks in the bark and forming densely-compacted series, contin- 

 uous or interrupted, 3-5 cm. long, on swollen portions of the limb 

 ir stem. Asri 100-120x10-12 IJL, subcylindrical, with abundant 

 paraphy- ~. Sporidia mostly biseriate, cylindric-fusifbrm. slightly 

 curved, 3-septate, yellowish, 25-30 x 6-7 //. Bears a general resem- 

 blance to Dothidea mofbo^i. Schw., but the perithecia are arranged 

 in series and the sporidia are (jiiite different. 



On dead limbs of Artemisia Californica, Mt. Diabolo. ( 1 ala. 

 (Harknessi. 



PARODIELLA, Speg. 



Fungi Arg. Pugill. I, p. 17^. 



IVritheeia gregarious, superficial, astomons. black. base adnate r> 

 tin- h'ai'. A.-i-i cylindric-clavate, 8-spored. paraphysate. Sjioi-idia 

 oldong 01- subelliptical, Itrown. uniseptate. Foliicolous. 



F. ^raiinnodes, (Kze.) (Plate 41) 



Splice ria gi ain>des, Kze. in Weigand's Exs. 

 Dothidt-a grammodes, Klze. in Berk. Cuban Fungi. No. 868. 

 Aclidinm Crotalariee, Schw. MS. 

 Dothidea perisporioides, B. & C. Grev. IV, p. 103. 

 Dothidt'a st-niinata, B. & Rav. Grev. IV, p. 104. 

 Dothidea grammodes, Sacc. Syll. 5279. 

 Par odiella gram-modes, (Kze.) Cke. Syn, 1375. 

 Exsicc. Ell. N. A. F. 685. Rab. F. E. 3251- 



Perithecia globose, astomous, black, 150-200 a diam.. base adnat. 

 finally more or less wrinkled and umbilicate-collapsed above, often 

 covering the whole upper surface of the leaf. Asci davatc. short-s.tip- 

 itate. To x 20 t u, paraphysate, 8-spored. S]oridia biseriate. oblong- 

 elliptical or snbbiconicai. uniseptate and slightly constricted in the 

 middle, hyaline, becoming brown, upper cell mostly a little broader, 

 nearly straight, ends obtuse, 20-24x7-8 ^(28-30x10-11 >L Sacc.) 



On living leaves of various leguminous plants. Psora-lea. Rliyit- 

 cosia, DrxiHodium and Indigofera, Southern and Western States 

 common. 



Dotfiidea serninat<i. B. and Rav., is given as a synonym on the 

 authority of Cooke in Grevillea. XIII, p. 106. 



