312 



SPHJ]RULINA, Sacc. 



Michelia I, p. 399. 



Perithecia as in Spfic&rella. Sporidia hyaline, 2-or more-septate. 

 S. sambiicina. Pk. 38th Rep. p. 106. 



Perithecia minute, numerous, closely gregarious, unequal and 

 irregular, orbicular, oblong or even flexuous, covered by the epidermis, 

 then erumpent, opening by a pore or a narrow chink, black. Asci 

 clavate or subcylindrical, 75-125x12 //., without paraphyses. Spo- 

 ridia crowded or biseriate, oblong-clavate, 5-7-septate, constricted at 

 the middle septum, colorless, 23-30 x 7|-8| //; the lower half narrower 



than the upper. 



On dead branches of Sambucus Canadensis, New York State 

 (Peck). 



Apparently related to S. intermixta (B. & Br.), but diifers in its 

 longer asci and its sporidia. 



S. Peckii, (Speg.) 



Sph<zrella Peckii, Speg. in Thum. M. U. 1356. 

 Metasphceria Peckii, Sacc. Syll. II, p. 172. 

 Spktzrultna Peckii, Cke. Syn. No. 5799. 



Perithecia epiphyllous, gregarious, at first innate in the epidermis, 

 then protuberant, sphasroid-lenticular, texture subcarbonaceous, pierced 

 above, black, 100-120 p diam. Asci cylindrical, attenuated below 

 into a short, thick stipe, rather acutely rounded at the apex, 8-spored, 

 without paraphyses, 50-60 x 6-7 1 JJL. Sporidia biseriate, hyaline, 

 fusoid or subcylindrical, obtusely acuminate at each end, mostly a 

 little curved, protoplasm at first, 2-parted and spuriously septate, then 

 multiseptate but never constricted, 15-18 x 3-3| //. 



On dry leaves of Amelanchier Canadensis, Albany, N. Y. 



S. dryophila, (Cke. & Hark.) 



Sphcerella dryophila, Cke. & Hark. Grev. IX, p. 86. 

 Leplosphceria dryophila, Sacc. Syll. 3036. 

 Sphcerulina dryophila, Cke. Syn. 5816. 



Epiphyllous. Spots orbicular, reddish-brown. Perithecia brown, 

 subimniersed. Asci clavate, sessile. Sporidia lanceolate, triseptate, 

 pale brown, 20 x3J-4 p.. 



On leaves of Quercus, California. 



S. rayriadea, (DC.) (Plate 27) 



Sphtzria myriadea, DC. Fl. Fr. VI. p. 148. 

 Sph(zrella myriadea, Rab. in F. Eur. 149. 

 Sphcerulina myriadea, vSacc. Syll. 3524. 



. Rab. F. Eur. 149. Thum. M. U. 2157. Cke. F. Brit, ist Ser. 172. id. 2d Ser. 269. 

 Rav. F. Am. 156. Kriegr. F. Sax. 279. Sydow, M. March. 1931, Rehm Asc. 947. 



