JAN. 1896. FLORA OF W. VIRGINIA MILLSPAUGH & NUTTALL. 117 



mostly sub-elliptical. Sporules oblong, hyaline, nucleate, becom- 

 ing one or more septate, 12 to 20 x 2 to 5 /j.. 



S. pedunculi E. & E., Proc. Phila. Acad., 1893, 457. 



TYPE HABITAT: On old fruit peduncles Magnolia Fraseri (not 

 LIRIODENDRON TuLipiFERA, loc. cit.). Short Creek, July 25, 1893 

 (Nuttall, discov. 1135, 119). 



Perithecia gregarious, pustuliform, about . 33 mm. diameter, cov- 

 ered by the blackened epidermis. Sporules cylindrical, 1 8 to 22 

 X2 to 2.5 //, multinucleate, hyaline, straight. 



S. Physocarpi E. & E. , Proc. Phila. Acad., 1894, 365. 



TYPE HABITAT: On dead stems and limbs Opulaster opulifolius, 

 May 12, 1894 (Nuttall discov. 1505, 485). 



Perithecia scattered, depressed-hemispherical; 200 to 250 p. 

 diameter, sunk in the bark, with the upper part prominent but 

 covered by the epidermis, which is pierced by the papilliform osti- 

 olum, white inside. Sporules linear, multiseptate, hyaline 25 to 

 35 x 3 to 4 sj.. 



S. collapsa (C. & E.) Sacc. 



On Acer saccharinum, Jan. 26, 1894. Sporules 15 to 23 x 3 // 

 (Nuttall, 1353, 309). 



S. - - sp. 



On Chionanthus Virginica (Nuttall, 1462, 440). Spores -|- 

 25 x 7 fi. 4-septate. This may prove to be only a stylosporous 

 stage of some Dothidaceous species Ellis. 



CAMAROSPORIUM Schulz. 



C. Linderae E. & E., sp. nov. 



TYPE HABITAT: On dead limbs Benzoin Benzoin, April 15, 1895 

 (Nuttall discov. 1808, 694). 



Perithecia scattered, semierumpent .75 mm. diameter, the upper 

 part, except the papilliform, erumpent ostiolum, covered by 

 the closely adherent epidermis, which is raised into distinct, hemi- 

 spherical pustules. Sporules oblong, 3-septate with i to 2 cells 

 divided by a longitudinal septum, brown, obtuse, not constricted 

 1 2 to 1 8 (mostly 12 to 15) x 5 to 7 //. Theperithecia are of a firm 

 consistence and slaty-black inside. 



SEPTORIA Fries. 



S. Tecomse E. & E.,Proc. Phila. Acad., 1894, 367. 



TYPE HABITAT: On leaves Tecoma radicans, Aug. n, 1894 (Nutt- 

 all, discov. 1671, 580). 



Spots light brown (wood color), irregular in shape, small, 1.5 

 to 2 mm., inconspicuous and indistinctly margined. Perithecia 

 immersed, small (65 to 70 //) barely visible with a lens. Sporules 

 40 to 50 x 2 to 2.5 //, not strongly curved, nucleate, hyaline. 



S. Brassicse E. & E., sp. nov. 



TYPE HABITAT: On leaves Brassica nigra, Nov. 26, 1894 (Nuttall, 

 discov. 1759, 646). 



