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On Aquilegia Jonesii, Belt Mts., Montana (Anderson). 



Differs from S. pachyasca, Rost, which is also found in Montana 

 <jn Phlox ccespitosa, principally in its broader sporidia. 



S. (Enothme, E. & E. Journ. Mycol. I, p. 151. (Plate 27) 



Exsicc. Ell. & Evrht. N. A. F. 2d Ser. 1681. 



Perithecia erumpent. hemispherical, 90-100 // cliam., broadly per- 

 forated above, densely gregarious and mostly in broad strips or series 

 on the valves of the capsules. Asci oblong, slightly narrower above 

 and abruptly contracted below into a short, stipe-like base. Sporidia 

 biseriate. variable from oblong or ovate-oblong, 10-15x3 p. and 

 nucleate, to oblong-fusiform, slightly curved, faintly uniseptate and 

 1 5-20 x 3-3 J /JL. The smaller ones are apparently immature, being 

 without septa. 



On old capsules of (Enothera &iennis, Xewfield, X. J. 



S. fuscata, Ell. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, VIII, p. 125. 



Perithecia minute, densely crowded, forming elongated, dark 

 colored patches l|-2 cm. or more long, and about half as wide. Asci 

 nliovate, 40-50x15-18 p. Sporidia inordinate, oblong, uniseptate, 

 mostly narrower at one end, hyaline, 1 5-16 x 4-5 //. Perithecia ovate- 



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conical, rough, subcuticular, but finally throwing off the epidermis and 

 blackening the matrix. 



On dead herbaceous stems, Utah (S. J. Harkness). 



S. Sarraceniae, (Schw.) 



Sphceria Sarracenia, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 1759, 

 Sphezrella Sarracenia;, Sacc. Syll. 1941. 



Perithecia scattered, depressed-hemispherical, brownish-black, 

 covered by the blackened cuticle, pierced above, about 100 // diam. 

 Asci clavate, 35-40 x 6-8 ,, without paraphyses. Sporidia biseriate. 

 fusoid-oblong, yellowish-hyaline, about 10x3 ^, 3-4-nucleate. 



On species of Sarracenia, Carolina, on Sarracenia purpiirnt. 

 Xorthern U. S. and Canada. 



S. ciliata, E. & E. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. July, 1890, p. 231. 



Thickly gregarious. Perithecia subglobose, 150 p diam., covered 

 by the cuticle, but not sunk in the matrix, ostiolum papilliform. Asci 

 ciavate-cylindrical, 40 x 7 ,. Sporidia biseriate, clavate-oblong, hya 

 line, uniseptate and constricted, 10-12 x 3 //. 



On dead stems of Steironema HI Jot-urn. London, Canada (Dear- 

 ness). 



