421 



tin- blackened epidermis. Asci obdavate. Sporidia elongated-ellip- 

 tical, binucleate, brown, 14 x 4 u. 



On stems of Bupti*/<i perfoliata. Aiken. South Carolina, with 

 Phonw Baptisia*, Cke. 



A. nigrotecta, (B. & Rav.) 



SphfEria nigrotecta, B. & Rav. Grev. IV, p. 155. 

 Anthostotndla nigrotecta, Sacc. Sj-ll. 1054, Cke. Syn. 4601. 



Perithecia shining black, white in the center around the ostiolum. 

 Asci linear. Sporidia uniseriate. brown. elliptical. 

 On leaves of //<>.. ( 'amlina. 



Externally like Pkysalospora philoprina, ( B. cV (\) but smaller. 

 Sporidia "/'/// <i li/ultnc appendage t one or both end*. 



(Entosordaria}. 



A. confiisa. Sacc. Syll. UK;."). 



Spluf) ia af)pi'iidicnli>S(i . P>. 6c C. ('.rev. IV. p. 153. iiiot I?. N: Br.i, Cke. Syn. Pyr. 

 4636. 



Perithecia collected two or three together, closel} 7 suri-onmlcil a: 

 tin- base by tin- <-iit!<-le. Asci oblong. Sporidia biseriate. fusiform. 

 quadrinucleate, 1'2- 1,') // lonu. with a sti-ai.^lit. hyaline, filiform append- 

 au'e at each end. 



Oil leaves of Sapindus, Texas. 



A. rostrispora. 



htnia in.^rispora, (ier. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, V, p. 26. 



, Sacc. Syll. 1068, Cke. Syn. 4637. 



Perithecia orbicular, dciisclv crowded, seated on a blackish, com- 



V 



pact, librous stmuui. Asci cylindrical. Sporidia ovate, binucleate. 



l>rown. 1 ."> \ .1 n. with a hvaline beak at each end. 

 / > 



Hi i circling the base of a stalk of Inula Hdcunmi. Xew Paltx. 

 N. Y. 



A. sabalensioides, (E. cV M.) 



Sphczria sabalensioides, E. & M. Am. Nat. Oct. 1882, p. 810. 

 Anthostomellasabalensioid.es, Sacc. Syll. 5932, Cke. Syn. 4635. 

 Exsicc. Ell. & Kvrht. X. A. F. 2d Ser. 1694. 



Perithecia scattered, minute. \ mm. diam.. globose, covei-ed. the 

 >hort ostiolum barely piercing the epidermis and visible under the lens 

 as a small black dot. Asci 75-80x7|-9 //, without paraphyses? 

 Sjtoi'idia biseriate, elliptic-fusoid, appendiculate. yellowish, surrounded 

 by a gelatinous stratum, 13-15 x3|-4 . The short, filifoi-m append- 

 ages at each end of the sporidia are soon absorbed. 



On petioles of Sobal serrulata, Florida. 



