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ate, colorless, constricted in the middle, three to five septate, 
.0009-.001 in. long, the two parts formed by the central septum 
unequal in diameter. 
Dead twigs of Staphylea trifolia. Helderberg mountains. May. 
Spo#riA Desmopi Peck. 
Perithecia scattered or seriately placed, minute covered by the 
epidermis which is pierced by the acute or narrowly conical osti- 
olum, black; asci clavate; spores biseriate, fusiform, colorless, 
quadrinucleate, .00035—.0004 in. long. 
Dead stems of Desmodium. Garrisons. June. 
SpH#rIA viripicoma CO. & P. 
Dead branches of beech. Sandlake. October. 
Spua#ria MutTans C. & P. 
Decaying wood. Tyre. September. 
Spu@ria Semen OC. & P. , 
Fallen petioles of mountain ash, Pyrus Americana. Sandlake. 
September. 
Spo ria susconioa C. & P. 
Dead stems of herbs. Greig. September. 
SpH#mria FUSCELLA B. & Br. 
Dead stems of raspberry, Rubus strigosus. Greenbush. June. 
SpH@RIA RACEMULA C<. & P. 
Dead stems of willow herb, Epilobiwm angustifolium. Adiron- 
dack mountains. July. 
Massarta Boronia Tul. ’ 
Bark of white oak trees. Buffalo. Clinton. Poughkeepsie. 
Gerard. Greenbush. May. 
The spores in our plant are a little smaller than in the European, 
being .0006—.0008 in. long. : 
NEW STATIONS OF RARE PLANTS, REMARKS AND OBSERVATIONS. 
Srsuvium PpentANDRUM LI. 
This plant, found by Mr. Merriam near East Hampton, L. f., 
and formerly considered a variety of S. Portulacastrum, is now 
believed to be distinct and our only northern species. 
