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Septoria pentstemonis FE. & E. 
On living leaves of _Pentstemon laevigatus Ait. near 
Catskill; N.Y: HH. D, House, August 21; 5107s. 
Septoria tenuis Dearness & House, sp. nov. 
Pycnidia epiphyllous, numerous, seriate, nearly superficial, 90 p 
in diameter. Sporules continuous, 45-90 x I-1% p. 
On dry dead portions of leaves of Carex tenuis Rudge, and 
on dry portions of leaves yet green. Sylvan Beach, Oneida county, 
N. Y. H. D. House, May 10, 1915. Type in the herbarium of the 
New York State Museum. 
Sphaerella ciliata E. & E. 
On dead stems of Steironema ciliata (L.) Raf. Sylvan 
Beach, Oneida county. H. D. House, May 13, 1915. 
Sphaerella ailanthi Ell. & Barth. 
On dead branches of Ailanthus glandulosa _ Desf. 
Albany, N. Y. H. D. House, February 22, 1915. 
Sphaeropsis ceanothi Dearness & House, sp. nov. 
Pyenidia subcuticular, raising the cuticle in globose-elliptic pus- 
tules, 200-300 yp, firm and white at first, darkening at maturity; 
ostiola round and merely penetrating the cuticle; spores strongly 
nucleate at first, finally homogeneous and brown, 20-22 by I0-II yp, 
on basidia usually about half the length of the spores. 
On dead stems of Ceanothus americanus Emm 
Albany. H.D. House, January 1915. Type in the herbarium of the 
New York State Museum. 
Sphaeropsis coryli E. & E. 
On dead twigs of Corylus americana Marsh. Karner, 
Albany county. H. D. House, June 16, 1915. 
Sphaeropsis parallela Dearness & House, sp. nov. 
* Pycnidia black, subglobose, .3 mm, minutely perforate, almost con- 
tiguous in parallel series, erumpent through elongate and finally con- 
tinuous linear clefts in the cuticle. Conidia brown, pyriform but 
varying to subglobose, 18-30 x 12 p, I-3 guttate, on short basidia. 
