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Diaporthe (Chorostate.) eucalypti. 



Peritlieca aggregated iu valsseform spots, bordered by a 

 raised black line, rostra 1 mm. or more long, lax, somewhat 

 agglutinated; asci oblong-fueoid, /< 33 X 7; sporidia fusiform, 

 slightly curved, hyaline, 1-septate, 4-guttate, acuminate. 

 M 15 X 4. 



On dead leaves of Eucalyptus globulus. San Francisco, 

 June. 3613. 



Diaporthe (Tetrastaga) lupini. 



Perithecia clustered, rostrum short, thick; asci very deli- 

 cate, fusoid. yw 15 X 4; sporidia fusoid, 1-septate, 4-guttulate, 

 slightly constricted; cells frequently unequal, readily sep- 

 arating at the septum, f-i 55 — 60 X 9- 



On branches of Lupinus arboreus. San Francisco, March. 



2247. 

 Didymosphaeria circinans. 



Hypophyllous, perithecia gregarious in circular spots, 

 1 — 6 mm. in diameter, covered, staining the matrix around 

 the ostiolum; asci 8-spored, cylindrical, sessile, yu 66 X 6; 

 paraphyses filiform; sporidia oval, or oblong, uniseptate, 

 slightly constricted, olive brown, /.i 5 — 7 X 3 — 4. 



On the early form of leaves, of Eucalyptus globulus. Berke- 

 ley, Oct. 2877. 



Massaria pulchra. 



Perithecia scattered, covered; contents white, 1 — lh mm.; 

 ascus 8-spored, broadly clavate, j^ 126 X 36; sporidia fusi- 

 form-navicular, of two irregular, unequal cones, united by 

 their bases, and surrounded by a gelatinous stratum; at 

 first unisepstate and hyaline, slowly becoming brown, and 

 unequally 3 — 5-septate by division of the endochrome. 

 M 58—60 X 20—22. 



On dead branches of Umbellularia Californica. Sausa- 

 lito, July. 2710. 



Massaria cleistotheca. 



Perithecia minute, covered; asci 8-spored, pyriform, or ob- 

 ovate, thick-walled, closed all round, without stipe, or point 



