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L. latehi'osa, (Ell.) 



Sfilnnia lalfbrosa, Kll. Hull. Torr. Dot. Club, VIII, p. 90. 

 Leptosplun ia latebrosa, Sacc. Syll. 3176. 



Pcrithocia gregarious, minute, subelliptical, 150x200 p, subcu- 

 (icular, l)iit prominent and covered by the blackened cuticle. Ostio- 

 lum papilliform, erumpent. Asci clavate- cylindrical, 60-70x8 /^ 

 -cssile. Paraphyses filiform, interwoven, longer than the asci. Spo- 

 ridia crowded, fusiform, slight]} 7 curved, 3-septate, pale brown, sub- 

 constricted at the middle septum, 20-25 x 3 p. 



On basal sheaths of old Andropogon, New-field, N. J. 



L. epicarecta, (Cke.) 



SphcEria epicarecta, Cke. Grev. V, p. 120. 

 Leptosphceria epicarecta, Sacc. Syll. 3090. 

 Heptameria epicarecta, Cke. Syu. 4859 



Perithecia scattered, covered by the cuticle, which appears darker 

 over them. Asci clavate. Sporidia biseriate, broadly lanceolate, 

 3-septate, yellow, second cell rather larger, 30 x 10 p. Perithecia 

 when dry, scarcely visible. 



On leaves of Carex pulla, Egedesminde, Greenland. 



In the Greenland specimens the asci were 66-70x20-22 p; spo- 

 ridia 28-30 x 9-1 0//. 



L. orthogramina, (B. & C.) 



Spliceria orthogramma, B. & C. Grev. IV, p. 144. 

 Leptosphczria orthogramma , Sacc. Syll. 3071. 

 Heptameria orthogramma, Cke. Syn. 4839. 

 Exsicc. EH. N. A. F. 195. 



Forming parallel black lines, surrounded on each side by the 

 cuticle, and 1 mm. or more long. Perithecia small, with only the 

 apex erumpent. Asci clavate, about 80 x 10-12 p., paraphysate. Spo- 

 ridia biseriate, oblong-fusoid, yellow, 3-5-septate, with the middle joint 

 swollen, 25-35 x 7 p.. 



On Zea and Erianthus, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Carolina. 



L. sorgo phi la, (Pk.) 



Sphceria sorgophila, Pk. 315! Rep. p. 51. 

 Leptosphtzria sorgophila, Sacc. Syll. 3072. 

 Heptameria sorgophila, Cke. Syn. 4840. 



Perithecia very minute, immersed, erumpent through a longi- 

 tudinal chink, elliptical, black. Asci elongated-clavate. Sporidia 

 biseriate, oblong-cylindrical, triseptate, constricted at the septa, pale 

 when young, then colored, 27-30 p. long. 



