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Gloeosporium psoraleae 



Pustules minute, on brown or blackish brown orbicular spots, 

 ,25-75 mm broad, partly concealed by the hairs on the lower sur- 

 face of the leaf; spores oblong or subellipsoid, straight or slightly 

 curved, hyaline, 14-20 x 4-5 /i. 



Leaves of prairie apple, Psoralea esculenta Pursh. 

 Webster, Nebraska. June. E. Bartholomew. 



Graphyllium chloes junci 



This variety differs from the type in its spores which are not dis- 

 tinctly constricted at the septa and in its paraphyses which are rudi- 

 mentary or obsolete. 



On stems of baltic rush, J u n c u s b a 1 t i c u s Willd. Scotia, 

 Nebraska. September. J. M. Bates. 



Henningsinia caespitosa 



Stroma subclavate, .5-1 cm high, 3-4 mm broad at the top, nar- 

 rowed below into a stemlike base, cespitose or rarely only two united 

 at the base, obtuse at the apex, sometimes with a slight umbo, black, 

 sometimes shining; perithecia oblong, about i mm long, vertical in 

 the upper part of the stroma, interior substance white beneath them ; 

 asci ovate or clavate, 35-40 x 14-16 fi; spores crowded in the ascus, 

 oblong, continuous, colored, 10-12 x 6-7 fi. 



Bark of West Indian birch. Burse r a gummifera Jacq. 

 Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. November. C. F. Baker. 



This species differs from Henningsinia durissima A. 

 ]\Ioell. in its mode of growth, much smaller size, shorter perithecia, 

 broader asci and broader spores. 



- Hysterium cubense 



Perithecia gregarious or clustered, oblong or ellipsoid, straight, 

 curved or rarely flexuous, at first erumpent, then superficial by the 

 falling away of the epidermis, even, 1-2 mm long, .5 mm broad and 

 high, black; asci cylindric, 160-200 x 15-20 fi; spores uniseriate, 

 oblong or ellipsoid, 3-septate, colored, 30-40x12-16 /x, the terminal 

 cells longer than the central cells. 



Dead branches lying on the ground. Nazarene, Cuba. September. 

 C. F. Baker. 



This species is related to Hysterium p u 1 i c a r e Pers. 

 from which it may be separated by the smooth perithecia, cylin- 

 dric asci and uniseriate and larger spores. 



