IVritlM'cia gregarious, about J mm. diam. r buried in the unalteivu 

 and sunk to the wood, depressed-globose. Ostiola erumpent 

 singly, short-conic-cylindrical, Mack, rendering tlie branches rough to 

 the toucli. Asci (p. sp.) oblong-fusoid, 50-60 x 9 //. Sporidia. biseriate, 

 oblong-fusoid, 4-nucleate, uniseptate and constricted and easily separ- 

 ating at the septum, obtuse, hyaline, 12-10 x 4-4T//. 



On branches of Lupinns arboreus, California. 



Diagnosis drawn from specc. sent by Dr. Harkne . 



D. Baccharidis, (Cke.) 



Sphceria (Diaporthe} Baccharidis, Cke. Grev. VII, p. 53. 

 Diaporthe Baccharidis, Sacc. Syll. 2636, Cke. Syn. 2424. 

 Exsicc. Rav. F. Am. 370. 



Perithecia scattered, punctiform, covered by the epidermis, which) 

 is blackened, slightly raised, and pierced by the short ostiola. Asci 

 clavate-oblong, sessile, 35 x 12 p. Sporidia biseriate, oblong-fusoid, 

 15 x 3-3J fr 3-4-nucleate (18-20 x 3 p Cke.) 



On Saccharis, Darien, Ga. (Ravenel). 



D. Murrayi, (B. & C.) 



Sphcsria Murrayi, B. & C. Grev. IV, p. 147. 

 Diaporthe Murrayi, Sacc. Syll. 2-564. 



" Perithecia covered by the cuticle, rather prominent. Asci lan- 

 ceolate. Sporidia oblong, constricted in the middle, with 4 nuclei, 

 probably septate when older. Each perithecium is surrounded exter- 

 nally with short, white hairs, but it is uncertain whether they belong 

 to the plant." 



On apple, New England. 



: ~* On dicotyledonous, herbaceous plants. 

 D. nmcronulata, Sacc. Mich. II, p. 568. 



Exsicc. Ell. N. A. F. 1196. 



Perithecia scattered or 23 lying^ close together in a line, covered 

 by the bark which is slightly raised and blackened, about J mm. diam. r 

 not circumscribed. Ostiola short-rostellate, emergent. Asci fusoid, 

 subobtuse at each end, 60x10 p, aparaphysate, 8-spored. Sporidia 

 biseriate or obliquely uniseriate, broad-fusoid, straight or curved, eml- 

 acute and mucronulate, 14-1 5 x 6 /^, faintly septate and constricted in, 

 the middle, 4-nucleate, hyaline. 



On dead stems of SoUdago, not much decayed, Newfield, N. J. 



D. Geraiiii, Cke. & Hark. Grev. XI V, p. 8. 



Perithecia gregarious, immersed in the bark, often surrounded by 



