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10-15 ; sporidia evenly to obliquely uniseriate, 3-7 but mostly 5-6 
septate, 20-26 by 11-12 pw, somewhat constricted at the middle 
septum. 
On dead stems of Ceanothus americanus. Albany. 
H. D. House, November to April. Type in the herbarium of the 
New York State Museum. 
Cyphella conglobata Burt 
(Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 1:375. 1914) 
Adirondack mountains and North Elba. Collected by Dr C. H. 
Peck. (Determined by E. A. Burt.) 
Dendrophoma albomaculans (Schw.) Starb. 
On dead branches of Lilac (Syringa vulgaris ieee 
Rensselaer. H. D. House, June 9, 1915. 
Diaporthe ailanthi Sacc. var. viburni Dearness & House, var. nov. 
On dead twigs of Viburnum dentatum L, Sylvan 
Beach, Oneida county, N. Y. H. D. House, May 13, 1915. 
The largest perithecia are about 360 uw in diameter, the asci are 
45-60 x 6-9 » and the 4-nucleate sporidia are 11-15 x 3-3% p. The 
only difference between this and the typical form of the species 
occurring on Ailanthus is that here the sporidia are not constricted, 
while in D. Ailanthi they are said to be slightly constricted. 
Diaporthe comptoniae (Schw.) E. & E. 
On dead twigs of Comptonia peregrina (L.) Coulter. 
Near Albany, N. Y. H. D. House, July 19, 1915. 
Diaporthe minuta Dearness & House, sp. nov. 
Perithecia minute, .3 mm; thickly scattered, the black entire 
ostiola scarcely visible above the ruptured cuticle, flesh white; asc 
fusoid, short-stipitate, 75 by 6-7 yw, profusely paraphysate, para- 
physes linear and longer than the asci; sporidia uniseptate, some- 
what constricted, hyaline, nucleate, acute at each end, 15 by 3 pz. 
On dead stems of -Ceanothus americans em 
Albany. H. D. House, March, tg15. Type in the herbarium of the 
“New York State Museum. 
Cercospora lathyri Dearness & House, sp. nov. 
Spots bluish gray, becoming darkened with age, many of them 
finally arid, bounded by a narrow reddish border limited by the 
veinlets, 2-4 x 2-3 mm; hyphae very short on numerous evenly 
scattered brownish bases, amphigenous; conidia mostly epiphyllous, 
