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glutinate paraphyses. Sporidia biseriate, oblong-cylindrical, hyaline, 

 2-5- (mostly 3-) septate, not constricted, ends rounded, 10-14 x 3-3 J//. 



Patinella macrospora E. & E. 



On dead stems of Geum Rossii, mountains above Cameron Pass, 

 N. W. Colo., alt. 12,000 ft., July, 1894 (Prof C. S. Crandall, No. 

 24). 



Ascomata gregarious, discoid, superficial, attached by a central 

 point, olive-black, glabrous, about f mm. diam., disk flat, with a 

 thin, narrow, entire, erect margin. Asci clavate-cylindrical, 100- 

 110 X 15-20,'/. 8-spored. Paraphyses stout, simple, olivaceous 

 above, and enlarged into an obovate, olivaceous head, 6—7 x 5—6//.. 

 Sporidia uniseriate below, sul)biseriate above, elliptical, hyaline, 

 smooth, 2-nucleate, about 20 x 10,", apparently not fully matured. 



Differs from P. hyalophcea Sacc. principally in its much larger 

 sporidia. 



Scleroderris orientalis E. & E. 



On dead limbs of Cedrus Libani (cult.), Newfield, N. J., April, 

 1894. 



Ascomata erumpent, cespitose, obconical, dirty white, small, 300- 

 400,'. diam., pulverulent, closely crowded together, or more rarely 

 single, with much the same habit as S. pallldala Cke., and Dermatea 

 carnea C. & E. Disk plane or convex, immarginate. Asci clavate- 

 oblong, stipitate, p. sp. 55-60 x 12-14'/, i)araphysate. Sporidia 

 biseriate, oblong, obtuse, straight or slightly curved, 3-septate, not 

 constricted, hyaline, 18-23 x 8-10,". 



.* * * * SPH^ROPSIDEiE. 



Phyllosticta lindericola E. & E. 



On leaves of Lindera Benzoin, Nuttallburg, West Va., Sept. 

 1894 (L. W. Nuttall, No. 593). 



Spots various, punctiform and minute without any definite border 

 or irregular in shape, 1 mm.-l or li cm. diam., or marginal, form- 

 ing a narrow strip along the edge of the leaf for half its length, pale 

 brown, nearly the color of weather-beaten wood, with a dark (almost 

 black) border. Perithecia epiphyllous, hemispherical, 100-120//. 

 diain., covered by the blackened epidermis which is raised into pustules 

 barely pierced at the apex. Sporules oblong-elliptical, hyaline, 4- 

 7 X 2-3//.. 



This differs in almost every respect from Ph. Liiuleni' E. & E. 



