272 



H!<>. Sporidia narrow^elliptical, obtuse at the ends, uniscptate, hyaline. 

 5 x 1 1 //. 



On leaves of Prino* ghtber. South Carolina. 



The specc. in our copy of Rav. F. Am. are sterile. 



S. Gardenia 1 . Cke. Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 108. 



Hypophyllous. Perithecia scattered, punctiform, semiinnate. 

 black. Asci clavate. Sporidia inordinate, elongated-elliptical, uni- 

 septate. hyaline, 12x3| it. Spermogonium, PJtyUoxticta Goi-dcnnt'. 

 Cke. 



On leaves of Gardenia Jlorida, South Carolina. 



S. Gordoniae, Cke. 1. c. 



Hypophyllous. Perithecia scattered, covered, scarcely visible. 

 Asci subclavate. Sporidia inordinate, elliptical, uniseptate, hyaline. 

 10 x 4 /2, scarcely constricted. 



On leaves of Gordonia lasianthus, Darien, Ga. 



Inadvertently published in Rav. F. Am. No. 799 under the name 

 of tiphcerella Gardenia' on Gardenia instead of Sphcerella Gordo- 



u\ on Gordonia. 

 S. Nigredo, (Schw.) 



Sphceria Nigredo, Schw. Sj'u. N. Am. 1799. 

 Sphtzrella Nigredo, Cke. 1. c. p. 109. 



Hypophyllous, scarcely innate, aggregated or solitary. When 

 aggregated, the pcrithecia are often covered with a pulverulent- 

 cinereous crust arising from the parenchyma of the leaf. Perithecia 

 comparatively large, rugose, papillate, subperforated. Asci clavate. 

 Sporidia sublanceolate, uniseptate, hyaline, cells subconical, 8-10x3 //. 



On leaves of Rhitx glabra. Bethlehem, Pa. Allied to S. maculi- 

 formis. 



9' 



S. hypericina, Ell. Bull. Ton-. Bot. Club, IX, p. 74, 



Exsicc. Bll. N. A. F. 797. 



Amphigenous. Perithecia minute, erumpent in little clusters ol 

 two to six. Asci oblong, 25-30 x 4-5 . Sporidia crowded, clavatc- 

 oblong, uniseptate, slightly curved, yellowish-hyaline, 1011 x 2 J it. 



On fallen leaves of Hyper i cum prolificum, Newfield, N. J. 



S. ai-biitieola, Pk. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, X. p. 75 (July, 1883). 



SphareUa Umbellularicz, Cke. & Hark. Grey. XIII, p. 21 (1884). 

 Exsicc. Ell. & Evrht. N. A. F. 2d Ser. 1682. 



Maculicolous. Spots suborliicular, blackish or subcinereous, 



