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ostiole at length piercing the epidermis; spores black, shining, 
elliptical-oblong, triseptate, .002' long, oozing out and staining the 
bark black. 
Fallen branches of Platanus occidentalis. Buffalo. Clinton. 
Bethlehem. April. 
This closely resembles JMassaria atroinguinans B. & C., of 
which it may prove to be a form. 
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HeEnpersoni1a SAMBUCI 7. 8p. 
Perithecia numerous, scattered, minute, black, at first covered 
by the epidermis, then piercing it; spores elliptical-oblong, colored, 
triseptate, .0005' long, .0002’ broad. 
Dead stems of Sambucus pubens. Knowersville, Albany county. 
May. 
The immature spores are uniseptate. 
Daruuca FiLUM Cast. 
Various Uredines and Uromyces Junci. Poughkeepsie. Gerard. 
Albany. June. 
SEPTORIA MIRABILIS 2. Sp. 
Spots yellow or brown, angular, limited by the veinlets of the 
leaves; perithecia hypogenous, minute, opening by a circular 
orifice, pallid or yellowish ; tendrils long, slender, fragile, several 
from the same perithecium, white; spores large, simple, oblong- 
obovate or subfusiform, .0013' to .0016' long, .0005' broad. 
Fronds of Onoclea sensibilis. Sandlake. September. 
This species is remarkable for the plurality of its tendrils and 
the size and shape of its spores. The spores are generally more 
pointed at one end than at the other. 
SEPTORIA ACERINA 2. Sp. 
Spots brown or yellow with a brown center, mostly angular; 
perithecia variable in size and shape, collapsed when dry; spores 
filiform, curved, simple or very obscurely septate, .0013' to 
.0016' long. 
Upper surface of leaves of the striped maple. Keene, Essex 
county. July. 
Sterile specimens are common but the fertile form is rare. This 
is distinct from S. Aceris B. & Br. 
SEPTORIA SALICINA 2. Sp. ; 
Spots suborbicular, brown with an arid center ; perithecia small, 
brown, pezizoid when dry; spores filiform, curved, very unequal 
in length, obscurely two to four septate, .0016' to .0026' long. 
Upper surface of leaves of Salia lucida. Keene. July. 
