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00025 to .0003 in. long, .00012 broad. Dead leaves of two-leaved 

 Solomon's seal, Majanthennim lifolium. Elizabethtown. May. 



Phoma Clintonii, n. sp. 



Perithecia numerous, sunk in the wood, oblong or subhysteriiform, 

 black; spores oblong-ovate, colorless, .0004 to .0004:5 in. long, .00016 

 broad, supported on slender basidia. 



Decorticated wood of horse-ciiestnut, ^sciihis Hippocastannm. 

 Albany. May. Clinton. 



This is quite distinct from P. diplodioides, both in habit, form of 

 perithecia and character of the spores. 



Dendrophoma Cephalanthi, n. sp. 



Perithecia small, .02 to .025 in. broad, erumpent, depressed, with 

 a papillate ostiolum, black; spores abundant, straight or slightly 

 curved, colorless, .0001(3 to .0002 in. long; basidia very slender, 

 branched above, .001 to .0015 in. long. 



Dead branches of button bush, Cep)hcda7ithus occidentalis. Karner. 

 Oct. 



Dendrophoma Tilise, n. sp. 



Perithecia minute, scattered, erumpent, black, white within; spores 

 obloTig or subcylindrical, obtuse, colorless, .0006 to .001 in. long, 

 .0003 to .00035 broad; basidia filiform, branched. 



Dead branches of bass wood, Tilia Americana. Quaker Street. 

 June. 



Vermicularia uncinata, B. £ C. 



Dead stems of Desmodium nudiflorum. Sandlake. June. 



Cytispora intermedia, Sacc. 

 Dead branches of oak, Quercus rubra. Albany. Apr. 



Sphseropsis tiliacea, n. sp. 



Perithecia at first covered, then erumpent, subglobose or depressed, 

 numerous, minute, .007 to .010 in. broad, opening by a minute 

 pore, black ; spores oblong or subelliptical, at first pale, then colored, 

 .0007 to .0009 in. long, .0005 to .0006 broad ; sporophores scarcely as 

 long as the spores. 



Dead bark of bass wood, Tilia Americana. Albany. Apr. 



Sphaeropsis Linderse, n. sp. 



Perithecia numerous, minute, .005 to .010 in. broad, erumpent, 

 black, wliito within ; spores obvate or elliptical, at first pale, then 

 colored, .0008 to .0011 in. long, .0005 to .0006 broad supported on 

 sporophores shorter than themselves. 



Dead branches of spice bush, Lindera benzoin. Albany. May. 



Very near the preceding species. 



Sphaeropsis Juniperi, n. sp. 



Perithecia gregarious, numerous, small, .008 to .011 in. broad, erum- 

 pent, bhick ; spores oblong or elliptical, 0008 to .00095 in. long, 

 .00045 to .0005 broad. 



