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Phyllosticia tuUpifera Passer. Real. Acad. Linecei 

 Rend, 4. 



The names cited in the synonymy of this species are all 

 based on material collected from the same host in different coun- 

 tries. The first came from Portugal, the second from South Car- 

 olina, the third is merely a renaming of the second, the fourth 

 is fronl Missouri, and the last from Italy. The only points of 

 difference which are emphasized by the descriptions are the size 

 of the spots, the color of their margin, and such minor discrep- 

 ancies in spore measurements as are to be expected. The gross 

 characters are too variable to be of primary taxonomic value, 

 while the spore measurements of these descriptions present less 

 variation than is found in a single collection of material in quan- 

 tity. 



21. Phyllosticta sassafras Cooke, Grevillea, 12:26. 1883. 



This species was originally described from material collected 

 in South Carolina by Ravenel and sent to Cooke for identification 

 and distribution. In their paper on the genus Ellis & Everhart 

 say of this species : "All the specimens are sterile and the species 

 must be considered doaUful" (N. Am. Phyllostictas 44). The 

 present material contains an abundance of very minute spores 

 which conform well to the original measurements. 



22. Rhytisma andromedae-ligustrinae (Schw.) n. n. 



Xyloma andromedac-Ugnstrinae Schw. Syn. Fung. 



Car. 26. 1822. 

 Rhytisma decolorans Fries, Syst. Myc, 2:567. 1822. 

 This is a very poorly understood species which is probably 

 more closely related to Discomycopsis rhytismoides J. Miill. than 

 to the species with which it is usually associated. 



23. RosELLiNiA AQuiLA (Fries) de Notaris. 



Sphacria aquila Fries, Syst. Myc, 2:442. 1828. 

 RoscUinia aquila (Fries) de Notaris, Sferiacei Ital. 

 I :2i. 1863. 

 Perithecia large, seated in a byssoid stroma. On dead 

 branches. 



24. Sphaeropsis alnicola Peck. Ann. Rep. N. Y. St. 



Mus. Nat. Hist. 38:95. 1885. 

 The material agrees in gross appearance and spore charac- 

 ters with the present species and differs from 5". betulae Cooke 

 in its much smaller spores. 



25. Vermicularia petiolicola Brun., Ann. Soc. Sci. Nat. 



Inf. 26:39. 1890. 

 The present collection of material is slightly darker than the 

 description calls for but otherwise it agrees well. 



