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rimicleahivi and desiuazierii. An examination of the original speci- 

 mens of B. & C. , if they are in satisfactory condition, would throw 

 light upon these small triseptate forms. If, as we suspect, they are 

 the same as L. triscptatuvi, the question of priority of publication 

 would come up. 



335. Lophiostoma cephalanthi Fairman. Journal of 

 Mycology, Vol. X., page 230. On decorticated area of branch of 

 CephalantJuis occidentalism Ridgeway, N. Y., Aug. 1904. This should 

 probably be referred to Lophiostoma prominens, Peck. 



336. Lophiostoma imperfecta Ellis and Fairman, n. sp. 

 On dead stems of Asclepias} Lyndon ville, N. Y. , Sept. 1904, 

 (Fairman coll.). Perithecia superficial, scattered on blackened areas 

 of the stem, hemispherical, collapsing to plane or shallow cup-shaped, 

 about one-half millimeter in diam. ; ostiolum slightly compressed, 

 minute ; asci clavate-cylindrical, stipitate, paraphysate, 40-50 x 6-8 // ; 

 sporidia uniseriate, or biseriate above, oblong-elliptical, narrowed at 

 the ends, brown, triseptate, scarcely constricted, straight or curved, 

 12-18 X 6-7 (J.. The sporidia in many of the asci are imperfectly 

 developed, and appear shriveled and of a darker color. 



Section VI. DICTYOSPORiE Sacc. 



Platystomum Trevisan. 



337. Platystomum compressum (Pers. ) Trev. Sphceriac, 

 Pars., 1 80 1. Lophidium compressum in Sacc, Syll. , No, 5531., 

 N. A. Pyren, p. 234, and Berlese, Icones, tab. X., fig. 4. Platys- 

 tomum c, Feltgen, No. 917. According to Feltgen, Platystomum 

 was founded by Trevisan in 1877 and Lophidium by Saccardo in 1878. 

 Hab. on decorticated logs and limbs. 



Family VIL HYSTERIACEiE Corda. 

 Section III. HYALODIDYMiE Sacc. 



Glonium Muhl. 



338. Glonium simulans Gerard. Sacc, Syll., 5602. N. A. 

 Pyren., p. 683. On old wood. 



339. Glonium nitidum Ellis. Sacc, Syll., 5605. N. A. 

 Pyren., p. 683. On the inner surface of loosely hanging bark of 

 cedar fence posts. 



