1894.] NAI'lHAI, SCIKNCES OK PH I LADEI.PHIA. '^75 



Eriimpent superficial. Acervuli tuberculiform, black, 1-1 2 mm. 

 diam., hollowed out so as to be cup-shaped above. Conidia clavate, 

 sessile, 6-9- septate, brown, 60-80 x 12-15//. 



Coryneum abietinum E. & E. 



On bark of fir trees. Exploits, Newfoundland, May, 1894 (Rev. 

 A. C. Waghorn, No. 35). 



Acervuli erumpent, flat, ])ro\vnish-black, IJ-S mm. across, sur- 

 rounded by the upturned epidermis. Conidia pale brown, fusoid- 

 obloug, 3-4-septate, about 20 x 10//, on pedicels of about the same 

 length. 



* * * * * HYPHOMYCETES. 



Bctrytis torta E. & E. 



On dead leaves of Carex Fraseri, Nuttallbiirg, West Va. , Dec. 

 1894 (L. W. Nuttall, No. 257). 



Hyphse simple, sparingly branched, twisted above as in B. strepto- 

 thrlx or in Streptothrix atra B. & C, brown, 80-100 x 3-4//, forming 

 numerous small brownish-black tufts, efl^used or gregarious, on both 

 sides of the leaf. Conidia elliptical, brown, 5-6J x 3-32/^.. 



Differs from B. streptothrix (C. & E.) in its much smaller conidia 

 and more dwarfish growth. 

 Ovularia Vancouverise E. & E. 



On leaves of Vancouveria hexandr a, Caza-dero, Gala,., May, 1894 

 (W. C. Blasdale, No. 213). 



Spots amphigenous, angular, limited by the veinlets, 1-2 mm. 

 diam., dark brown above, paler below. Hyphse hypophyllous, fas- 

 ciculate, simple, 30-35x3//, appearing like a white, pruinose coating. 

 Conidia varying from acutely elliptical, to oblong, and from 10- 

 20x4-6//.. 



Not to be confounded with 0. Berheridis, Cke. 

 Ramularia Castilleiae E. & E. 



On leaves of Castilleia miniata, Mts. of Skamania Co., Wash., 

 Aug. 10, 1886 (W. N. Suksdorf, No. 288). 



On subferruginous, indefinite spots, 2-3 mm. diam. Hyphae 

 hyaline, simple, mostly thickened above, 15-25 x 3-4//, arising from 

 a tubercular base from which they project on all sides, forming light 

 flesh colored, sphperiseform tufts and bearing at their tips the narrow- 

 elliptical, oblong, or cylindrical, hyaline, continuous or uniseptate, 

 15-25 x 3-4/A conidia. 



