452 SPH^RONEMEI. 



109. CooTce exs. no. 144. Ascochyta virgaurece, Lib. exs. no. 55. 

 Rabh. exs.no. 1321. 



On leaves of Solidago virgaurea. 



Spores ('l-OS m.m.) •0035--002 in. long. 



Gen. 123. PHYLLOSTICTA, Pers. 



Perithecia few and minute, innate; pierced witli a terminal 

 pore, seated on discoloured spots ; nucleus gelatinous ; sporidia 

 ovoid or oblong, straight, minute, ejected in tendrils. 



It is doubtful whether any satisfactory characters have yet been indicated 

 to separate this genus from Sejitorm. 



1344. Phyllosticta atriplicis. Desm. " Goose-foot Phyllosticta." 



Ampliigenous ; spots orbicular, Tvbitisli, with a tawny or 

 brownish margin, scattered or confluent; perithecia on the upper 

 surface, very minute, numerous, globose, innate, brownish-black, 

 pierced at the apex ; tendrils yellowish-white ; sporidia cylin- 

 drical, obtuse, straight or curved, and somewhat torulose, with 

 from three to five nucleoli. — Ann. des Sc. Nat. 1851, xvi./». 298. 

 Cooke Seem. Journ. iv. p. 97./. 22. Sphceria {Depazea) vagans, 

 atriplkkola, Fr. S.M. ii. p. 582. Cooke exs. no. 148. Cooke L. F. 

 no. 71. 



On leaves of Atriplex and Chenopodiuni. 



1344a. Phyllosticta cirsii. Besm. " Thistle Phyllosticta." 



Epiphyllous ; spots roundish or irregular, numerous, whitish 

 with a brown margin ; perithecia innate, black ; sporidia very 

 minute, oblong, with two nucleoli. — Ann. Sc. Nat. 1847. viii.^. 

 31. Cooke Seem. Journ. \Y.p. 97. 



On leaves of Cirsium arvense. Sept. 



1345. Phyllosticta viciae. "Yetch Phyllosticta." 



Epiphyllous ; spots white, rounded, with a purplish margin ; 

 perithecia minute, aggregate, black, with a terminal pore; ten- 

 drils white ; sporidia ellipsoid with two, sometimes three nucleoli. 

 — Cooke Seem. Journ. iv.p. 97. Ascochyta vicice, Lib. exs. no. 

 356. Phyllosticta Ervil West. Bull, des Brux. 



On leaves of Vicia sepium. Oct. 



