1894.] naturaIj sciences of Philadelphia. 343 



300-o50,'x diam., entirely buried iu the unchanged substance of the 

 wood, their short-cylindrical or conic- cylindrical ostiola exserted 

 either singly or in loose fascicles. Asci cylindrical, 130-140 x 12//. 

 (p. sp. 90-1 10,'/.), paraphysate, 8-spored. Sporidia uniseriate, ob- 

 long-cylindrical, 3-septate and constricted at the septa, obtuse, not 

 curved, brown, apparently roughish, 18-22 x 8— 10«. 



Pseudovalsa viticola E. & E. 



On dead shoots of Vitii riparla, Roekport, Kansas, April, 1894 

 (Bartholomew, No. 1,454). 



Perithecia buried in the unchanged substance of the inner bark, 

 either singly or 2-4 together, globose, soft, i-f mm. diam., raising 

 the epidermis into distinct pustules, which are pierced by the papil- 

 liform or tubercular-papilliform ostiolum. x\sci cylindrical, short- 

 stipitate, 8-spored, paraphysate, 100-120x10-12;/. Sporidia unise- 

 riate, oblong-cylindrical, straight or very slightly curved, obtuse, 

 3-septate and slightly constricted, 15-20x8-9,', light yellow- brown. 



Valsaria allantospora E. & E. 



On dead Xegundo aceroides, Roekport, Kansas, April. 1894 (Bar- 

 tholomew, No. 1,450). 



Stroma cortical, elliptical (in a horizontal section), 4-7x3 mm., or 

 subseriate-elougated for 1-2 cm., formed from the substance of the 

 bark which becomes of a lighter color than the surrounding parts, 

 and is limited by a black line which penetrates the wood to the depth 

 of about 1 mm. Perithecia 6-12 in a stroma, globose, black, thick 

 walled, not sunk in the wood, f-1 mm. diam. Ostiola erumpent, 

 slightly projecting, conical, black, not sulcate, not crowded, con- 

 nected by a thin, black crust. Asci clavate, short-stipitate, p. sp. 

 55-62x8-10// (paraphysate)? Sporidia biseriate, cylindrical, 

 slightly curved, yellowish and 2-nucleate at first, becoming brown 

 and uniseptate, but not constricted, 12-15x8-32//. 



Diatrype celastrina E. & E. 



On dead stems of Celastrus scandens, Roekport, Kansas, May, 1894 

 (Bartholomew, No. 1,472). 



Stromata scattered, cortical, light wood-color within, depressed-coni- 

 cal, 2-3 mm. diam., raising the epidermis into distinct pustules, rup- 

 tured above with a small, elliptical opening by the dark-gray disk. 

 Perithecia 4-12 iu a stroma, subcircinate, ovate, about ixf mm. 

 diam. Ostiola scattered or erumpent around the margin of the disk, 



