[Vol. 2, 1916] 

 656 ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN 



Alabama : on Symplocos tinctoria, Auburn, Ala. Biol. Surv. 



(in. Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb., 4969). 

 Indiana : on Syttiplocos tinctoria, Robertsdale, A. M. Rhodes 



(in Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb., 741178). 



SPECIES IMPERFECTLY KNOWN 



E. decolorans Harkness, Cal. Acad. Sci. Bui. 1: 31. 1884. 



''Eeceptaculum effused, producing conspicuous yellowish- 

 white, orbicular spots, 1-2 cm. in diameter, not at all distort- 

 ing the leaf ; spores appearing upon the under surface, hyaline, 

 straight, /x 7-8 X 4-5. 



' * On living leaves of Rhododendron occidentale. Tamalpais 

 [Cal.]. Autumn. 2887." 



The above is the original description. I have seen no speci- 

 mens referable here nor on the host stated. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



E. mycetophilum Peck ex Burt, Torr. Bot. Club Bui. 

 28: 285-287. pi. 23. 1901. 



Tremella mycetophila Peck, N. Y. State Mus., Bui. 28: 53. 

 pl.l.f.4. 1879. 



This curious structure on Collyhia dryopliila, I no longer 

 regard as parasitic but, rather, as a teratological production 

 of C. dryopliila, induced by protracted wet weather during 

 development of the fructification. 



(To be continued.) 



