362 PKOCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1894. 



Differs from the preceding in its huried perithecia and much 

 larger spornles. 



Sph3eropgis Ipomcea E. & E. 



Ou dead peduncles of Ipomcea pandurata, Nuttallbiirg, West Va., 

 Dec. 1893 (L. W. Nuttall, No. 249). 



Perithecia scattered, ovate-globose, 250-300/x diam., the upper 

 part prominent and closely covered by the shining black epidermis. 

 Sporules elliptical, brown, 18-23x10-13", on pedicels of about the 

 same length as the sporules. 



Coniothyrium infuseans E. & E. 



On dead stems of Valerimuf, edulit<, Eastern slope of Rabbit Ear 

 Range, Colorado, July, 1894 (Prof. C. S. Craudall, No. 10). 



Perithecia densely gregarious, blackening the stems, ovate- globose,, 

 membranaceous, black, erumpent-superticial, 170-200//. diam. 

 Sporules globose- elliptical, brown, 6-8," in the longer diam. 



Haplosporella alpiaa E. & E. 



Cameron Pass, Colorado, July, 1894, 10,000 ft. alt. (C. F. Baker, 

 No. 236). 



On dead stems of Sambucus vielanocarpa. Stroma convex- hemi- 

 spherical, erumpent- superficial, black, 300-400,'. diam. Perithecia 

 (cells) buried in the stroma, 100-150,7 diam., their papilliform 

 ostiola visible on the surface of the stroma. Sporules globose, 5,", 

 or elliptical, 6-7x5//, brown. 



Apparently the pycnidial stage of some dothideaceous fungus 

 (Anerswaldia)'^ 



Haplosporella Araliae E. & E. 



On dead limbs of Ar(dla spiiiosa, Nuttallburg, West Va., Feb. 

 1894 (Nuttall, No. 375). 



Stromata seriate-connate, erumpent through longitudinal cracks in 

 the bark, and extending from 4-5 mm. to 2 or more centimetres. 

 Perithecia ovate-globose, buried in the black, subcarbonaceou& 

 stroma, 3-6 in each single stroma, about ;' mm. diam. Sporules 

 elliptical, brown, 20-25x10-12//. 



This may be the pycnidia of BotryospJueri<( fuliginosa (M. & N.). 



Haplosporella Celtidis E. & E. 



On dead lind)s of Celtis. West Va., Feb. 1894 (L. W. Nuttall, 

 No. 315). 



