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Sphaeria Staphylina, Peck. 



Peritliecia minute, black, covered by tlie epidermis, ■\vliicli at length rup- 

 tures in a stellate manner or irregularly ; spores biseriate, colorless, con- 

 stricted in the middle, three to five septate, .0009 '-.001' long, the two parts 

 formed by the central septum unequal in diameter. 



Dead twigs of Staphylea trifolia. Helderberg Mountains. May. 



Sphaeria Desmodii, Peck, 



Perithecia scattered or seriately placed, minute, covered by the epidermis, 

 which is pierced by the acute ostiole, black ; asci clavate ; spores biseriate, 

 fusiform, colorless, four nucleate, .00035 '-.0004' long. 



Dead stems of Desmodium. Garrisons. June. 



