447 



(5-7 p., oblong-clavate. Sporidia biseriate, fusiform. 3-4-nucleate. 

 liyaline, obtuse, slightly curved. 12-15 x 3J-4 //.. 



On dead stems of Lonicera (cult.), Xewfielcl, X. J. 



D. biglobosa, (C. & E.) 



Spheeria biglobosa, C. & E. Grev. VII, p. 9. 

 Diaporthe biglobosa, Sacc. Syll. 2478, Cke. Syn. 2250. 



Covered by tlie blackened epidermis. Perithecia depressed. 

 Asci cylindrical. Sporidia uniseptate, strongly constricted, hyaline, 

 14 x 7 tj>. cells globose. 



On St'.xxfffi'ffs. Xewfield, X. J. 



Our spece. are lost or mislaid. 



D. spicnlosa, (A. & S.) 



Sphceria spictdosa, A. & S. Consp. p. 16. 

 / \ilsa circumscripta, Mont. Syll. p. 220. 

 ]\iha toituosa, Fckl. Kmim. Funtp Xas. p. 55. 

 Diaporthe spicnlosa, Nitsch. Pyr. Germ. p. 256. 

 Kxsicc. Rab. F. E;. 2045. Rehm Asc. 430. Thum. M. U. 868. 



Stroma widely j-fVu^-d. surrounding the lirancli or stem, or <jccu- 

 pyin.u 1 numerous small -pots, or areas, mostly covered by the bark, but 

 sometimes exposed, surface of the \vood blackened \vith a circumscrib- 

 ing line penetrating deeply. JVritlien'a loosely scattered or here and 

 there crowded in subvalsiibrm groups, -mall, globose, partly or wholly 

 sunk in the wood. Ostiola cylindrical, erumpent, spine-like or, by the 

 pressure of the enclosing bark, deformed and bent. Asci cylindrical 

 or subclavate. sessile, 8-spoivd, nO-OO x 7-V) //. Sporidia biseriate or 

 oblitjue, narrow-fusoid, 1'J-loxo //. scarcely constricted. 



On dead stems of Sambucus, Xcw York to Louisiana. 

 D. tunmlata, (C. & E.) 



icci in tiaiiulata, C. & E- Grev. V, p. 49. 

 Diaporthe tuniulata, Sacc. Syll. 2452, Cke. Syn. 2223. 



Perithecia scattered irregularly or subclrcinate, 2-8 together 

 buried in the surface of the wood, about | mm. diam., globose, abruptly- 

 contracted above, their slender necks converging and emerging from 

 the bark in a little fascicle of short (|-1 mm.), black ostiola. with 

 abruptly swollen tips, the bark being raised into slight pustules around 

 them. Stroma variable in extent, 1-3 or more centimeters long and 

 J-l cm. wide, consisting of the scarcely altered substance of the wood. 

 and surrounded by a black line penetrating deeply. Asci p. -p. 

 45-55 x 7 //-, fusoid-oblong. Sporidia biseriate or obliquely uniseriate. 



