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C. coccinea (Reb.) Fr. 



QnRobiniaPseudacacia, Feb. 2, 1894. Sporules 3 x .75 n (Nutt- 

 all, 1355)- 



C. - - sp. 



Spermogonia of Valsa goniostoma Sz. ? On fire-killed Liquid- 

 ambar Styraciflua, Oct. 21, 1895 (Nut tall, 1884). 



C. orthospora B. & C ? 



On Robinia Pseudacacia, April 20, 1894. Sporules irregular in 

 shape 12 to 18 x 2.5 to 3 // (Nuttall, 1478, 458). 



C. carphosperma Fr. 



On Asimina triloba, Nov. 5, 1893 (Nuttall, 1292, 237). 



SPH^ROPSIS 

 S. Linderae Peck. 



On dead twigs Benzoin Benzoin, April 8, 1895 (Nuttall, 1795). 



S. Asiminae E. & E., Proc. Phila. Acad., 1894, 361. 



TYPE HABITAT: On dead limbs Asimina triloba, Feb. 24, 1894 

 (Nuttall, discov. 1397, 370). 



Perithecia scattered or subseriate, buried in the bark which is 

 raised into little pustules over them and soon ruptured. Peri- 

 thecia small (.25 mm.) thick-walled, with an obscurely papilliform 

 ostiolum. Sporules oblong-elliptical, brown, obtuse, i8to 22 x 8 

 to 10 IJL. 



S. Asiminae fructigena E. & E. var. nov. 



TYPE HABITAT: On old dried-up fruits of Asimina triloba, Oct. 

 3, 1895 (Nuttall, discov. 1871, 755). 



A fructigenous form of S. Asimince E. & E. Perithecia smaller 

 than in the species (no to 140 //) and more abundant. Sporules 

 a little larger (20 to 24 x 9 to 12 //). 



S. Ampelopsidis C. & E. 



On Parthenocissus quinquefolia, March 30, 1894. Sporules i8to 

 20 x 10 to 12 <i. (Nuttall, 1460, 437). 



S. cerasina Peck. 



On Primus serotina, alt. 1,200 ft., Nov. 22, 1894 (Nuttall, 1746). 



S. Physocarpi E. & E., Proc. Phila. Acad., 1894, 361. 



TYPE HABITAT: On dead Opulaster opulifolius, May 2, 1894 (Nutt- 

 all, discov. 1502, 482, 486). 



Perithecia scattered, .33 mm. diameter, buried in the inner bark, 

 with their apices and papilliform ostiola erumpent, white inside 

 (at first), sometimes, as in the preceding species 2 to 3 confluent. 

 Sporules varying from short-elliptical 12 to 15 x 10 // to oblong 

 or obovate-elliptical 15 to 20 x 10 /i. 



Differs from S. Niellia E.& E. in its buried perithecia and much 

 larger sporules. 



S. celastrina Peck. 



On branches Celastrus scandens, April 27, 1895 (Nuttall, 1812).. 



