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fungus was found abundant and even in better condition than the 
type described by Doctor Peck as Helminthosporium 
absinthii, on Artemisia absinthium trom ‘North 
Elba; N.Y. 
Cercospora namae Dearness & House, sp. nov. 
Spots pale brown, immarginate ; hyphae tufted, sooty-brown, short, 
distinctly visible under the hand lens, epiphyllous or at least mostly 
so; conida subcylindrical, hyaline, curved, 45-100 p, mostly about 
75» by 2.5 pe 
On Nama ovatum (Nutt.) Britton, (Hydrolea ovata 
Nutt.) Crebs, Indian Territory (Oklahoma). Charles S. Sheldon, 
August 21, 1891. Type in the herbarium. of New York State 
Museum. 
Cylindrosporium spigeliae Dearness & House, sp. nov. 
Spots circular, grayish, 1-5 mm broad, with a distinct dark bor- 
der about .5 mm wide; similar on both surfaces of the leaf; acer- 
vuli amphigenous, numerous, especially on the lower surface of the 
leaf, 50-go p, nearly concolorous but with somewhat darker mar- 
gin; sporules hyaline, mostly straight, very obscurely if at all sep- 
tate, but somewhat granular, 15-35 by 2 u. 
On living leaves of Spigelia anthelmia Linn. Elliott’s 
Key, Florida. A. H. Curtiss, no. 5454, July 4, 1895. Type in her- 
barium of New York State Museum. 
Laestadia galactina Dearness & House, sp. nov. 
Perithecia dark brown, subcuticular, thickly and evenly scattered, 
mostly epiphyllous, globose, flattish but not depressed, 100-230 
in diameter; asci aparaphysate, broadest near the middle, 8-spored, 
short-stipitate; spores 60-75 by 25 ; sporidia hyaline, grumous to 
finely guttulate, 25-30 by 6-7 p, rounded at the ends. 
On dead and languishing leaves and petioles of Galax 
aphylla Linn. Biltmore, N.C. H. D. House. June 1913. Type 
in herbarium of New York State Museum. 
Phyllosticta maurandiae Dearness & House, sp. nov. 
Spots thin and circular, white with a raised border but no con- 
tiguous discoloration, scattered, small, 1-2 mm in diameter; pycni- 
dia 0-21 on a spot, distinctly visible from both sides of the leaf, 
reddish, subglobose, go-144 p in diameter ; spores hyaline, flat, oval, 
minute, 3.5-4 by 1 » when measured on their edges, 3.5-4 by 2.75-3 
» when measured on their face, distinctly 2-nucleate. 
