yO THE WEST \1RC.1MA FLORA 



S. Fkaxini (Peck) Sacc. 



On dead limbs Fraxiniis Americana, Short Creek, alt. 1,300 

 ft., July 16, 1894. Sporiiles 50 to 60 x 2.5 ix (Nuttall, 1609). 



NECTRIOIDACEAE. 



ASCHERSONIA Mont. 



A. sp. 



On Cornus florida. Spores 3 to 5 x .75 ju {Nuttall, 1800, 

 687). ■ 



LEPTOSTROMACEAE. 



LEPTOTHYRIUM Kunze & Schm. 

 L. Pyri Sacc. 



Berkeley: On Mains Mains at Gerrardstown (IVaite). 



L. sp. 



On living- leaves Ilex opaca, Aug., 1894 (Nuttall, 1679, 

 584). Maculse white. 

 L. LiRiODENDRi Cke. 



On dead fallen leaves Liriodendron Tulipifera, April 17, 

 1895 (Nnttall, 1805). 

 L. DRYiNUM Sacc. 



On living leaves Quercus rubra, alt. 1,300 ft., June 29. 

 1894 (Nnttall, 1592, 540). 

 L. Castaneae (Spr.) Sacc. 



On fallen leaves Castanea dentata, April 17, 1895 (Nnttall 

 1806). 



L. PETioLORUM ■ — var. 



On dead leaves Magnolia Fraseri, April 11, 1895. Sporules 

 5 X I /A (Nnttall, 1802, 689). 



L? FORAMINULATUM SaCC. & Ell. 



On fallen leaves Ilex opaca, Aug. 16, 1894. Sporules 25 x 

 3 (x (Nuttall, 1657). 

 L. vuLGARE (Fr.) Sacc. 



On Dioscorea villosa, on Aralia spina sa, and on Onagra 

 biennis. Sporules 5 to 7 x .75 /x on each host, Feb. 8, 1894 

 (Nuttall, 1368, 323Y 



SACIDIUM Nees. 

 S. ViTis E. & E., Field Mus. Bot., 1:121 (1896). 



Type habitat: On Vitis cordifolia, Nov. 6, 1893 (Nuttall, 

 I2S4, 198). Fungi Columbiani 290, N. A. F., 3067. 



Perithecia scattered ; scutellate not perforated, 180 to 220 

 /x diameter. Sporules oblong-cylindrical, straight or curved, 

 15 to 20 x 4 to 5 IX, filled with small nuclei. 



