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L. Archangelicae, kostr. 1. c. 



Spots elliptical, large. 1-2 cm. diam., cinereous. Perithecia nu- 

 merous, densely gregarious, depressed-sphaeroid, when dry collapsing 



t<> cup-shaped, black, glabrous. Asci ovate-cylindrical, X-spored. 32- 

 :>x x i;_s IL Sporidia biseriate, fusoid-elongate, 2-3 nucleate, 14 1 * 



x 2-3 // hyaline. 



On dry stems of Archangelica officinalis, Greenland. 



L. canophvllea. (Cke. & Hark.) 



Sph&rella caryophyllta , Cke. & Hark. Grev. XIV, p. 9. 

 La- stadia caryophyllta, Sacc. Syll. 6375, Cke. Syn. 5220. 



IVrithecia liiinute. jdinctiibrin. densely gregarious, very black, 

 convex, emergent. Asci obclavate, S-sjtored. sessile. Sporidia ob 

 tusely lanceolate, biseriato. continuous, hyaline. 2()x7J /i. 



On stems of Dianihus, California. 



L. asarifolia, (Cke.) 



Sphtzretta asarifolia, Cke. Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 13^. 

 Lczstadia asarifolia, Sacc. Syll. 6012, Cke. Syn. 5252 



Epiphyllous. S]ots orbicular and confluent, fuliginous. Peri- 

 thecia small, globose, black, perforated, crowded, circimiately arranged. 

 Asci subcylindrical. 30 it long. Sporidia elliptical, continuous, hya- 

 line, 7 x 2| (L 



On leaves of Awn-nia urtfolinnt. South Carolina. 



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On monocotyledonous plants, etc. 

 L. juniperiiia. (Ell.) 



Sphcerella juniper ina, Kll. Am. Nat. 1883, p. 317. 

 Lcestadiajuniperina, Sacc. Syll. 6008. Cke. Syn. 5254. 



Perithecia at first covered by the cuticle, soon erumpent, scattered 

 MI ot'tener subconfluent in the direction of the longer axis of the loaf, 

 two or three together, appearing then like a minute Hy sternum. Asci 

 fasciculate, 35-40x7-8 it. Sporidia crowded or biseriate. clavate- 

 oblnng, granular, (becoming unisej)tate) ? hyaline 8-10x2J-3| p.. 

 The single perithecia arc conic-glol<sc. perforated above, and about 

 7") 11 diam. 



On dead leave.- vf Juniperu* Viryiuiitnn. Iowa, Found also by 

 Ivai-sten, in Finland. 



L. Bidwellii, (Ell.) 



Sphesrella Bidwllu. Kll. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, VII, p. go. 

 Physalospora Kid'wellii, Sacc. Syll. 1690. 



Pei'ithecia minute, globose. <-overed by the epidermis, finally sub- 



