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Sagedia cestrensis Tuck. 

 Bark of basswood, Tilia americana L. Orient Point. 

 March. R. Latham. 



Septoria aquilegiae Penz. & Sacc. 

 Living leaves of wild columbine, Aquilegia canadensis 

 L. Rossie. May. Septoria aquilegiae E. & E. appears 

 to be the same species. 



Septoria dianthi Desm. 

 Living or languishing leaves of sweet william, D i a n t h u s 

 barbatus L. Orient Point. June. R. Latham. In these speci- 

 mens the spots are surrounded by a purple border. 



Septoria malvicola E. & M. 

 Leaves of the common or round leaved mallow, M a 1 v a 

 rotundifolia L. Rossie. May. 



Septoria mirabilissima n. sp. 



Perithecia scattered, very minute, .1-2 mm broad, superficial, 

 black; spores filiform, flexuous or curved, continuous, hyaline. 

 40-150 x 1.5-2 fi, supported on slender sporophores, 20 x 1 /x. 



Slightly discolored bark of white pine, P i n u s strobus L. 

 Four year old seedlings. White pine plantation, Saranac Lake. 

 April. C. R. Pettis. 



A remarkable species because of its peculiar habitat and its 

 minute size. It is scarcely visible to the naked eye. The spores are 

 unusually long and when moist the perithecia are easily scraped 

 from the bark. The bark tissues had assumed a dark rusty red 

 color, probably from some bacterial invasion and the trees were in 

 a dying condition. 



Sphaeronema minutulum D. Sacc. 

 Dead stems of showy sedum, Sedum spectabile Bor. 

 Lyndonville. October. C. E. Fairman. 



Sphaeropsis amorphae E. & B. 

 Dead stems of false indigo, Amorpha fruticosa L. 

 Menands. March. S. II. Burnham. 



Sphaeropsis maclurae Cke. 

 Dead branches of osage orange, Maclura pomifera (Raf.) 

 Schneid. Kenwood. .May. S. H. Burnham. The perithecia arc 

 densely gregarious and cover the branches on all sides. Occasion- 



