REPORT OF THE BOTANIST. 61 
Our specimens were too old, when collected, for a full 
description. 
ANCIDIUM MACROSPORUM 1%. Sp. 
‘ Spots small, orbicular, yellowish, not thickened; peridia 
elongated, cylindrical, few, generally forming a circle about a 
free central space; spores yellow or pale orange, minutely 
roughened, nearly globose, very large, 74)’—51,’ in diameter ; 
Spermogonia numerous, distinct, on the upper surface of the 
leaf. 
On leaves of Smilax rotundifolia. Riverhead. July. 
There is seldom more than one spot on a leaf, and generally 
not more than one or two on aplant. The species is quite 
distinct from MWeidium Smilacis Schw., and is related to AWeid- 
tum Hydnoideum B. & C., from which it differs in its larger 
spores, fewer cups growing close to the margin of the spot, 
and in its more distinct spermogonia. 
AKCIDIUM CLEMATITIS Schw. 
On virgin’s bower, Clematis Virginiana. New Baltimore. 
Howe. 
ILLOSPORIUM CARNEUM FY. 
On lichens, Peltigera aphthosa. Helderberg Mts. 
SPOROCYBE PERSIC® /7. 
On the bark of peach trees. New Baltimore. Howe. Also 
on the wild cherry tree, Prunus Penasylvanica. Sandlake. 
August. 
HELMINTHOSPORIUM TraRA B. & R. 
Dead branches on the ground. Greenbush. May. 
MACROSPORIUM CHEIRANTHI FY. 
On dead herbs. Common. May and June. 
Botrytis ViTicoLa B. & C. 
Leaves of grape vines. Shelter Island. July. 
STREPTOTHRIX ATRA B. & C. 
Onmbark of Juniperus Virginiana. Bethlehem. June. 
FusIsPpoRIuM Bux #7. 
Leaves of box, Buxus sempervirens. New Baltimore. 
FHlowe. 
FUSISPORIUM MINIATUM B. & C. 
On sap-moistened stumps of deciduous trees. Helderberg 
Mts. June. 
