56 TWENTY-EIGHTH REPORT ON THE STATE MUSEUM. 
SPH ZROPSIS SAMBUCI 2. Sp. 
Perithecia subglobose, scattered or arrhestiadatel rather 
prominent, erumpent, surrounded by the ruptured epider- 
mis, black; spores oblong, colored, .0006’+.0008’ long. 
Dead branches of elder, Sambucus Canadensis. North 
Greenbush, November. 
Sphaeropsis mutica and S. macropsora are said to inhabit 
the elder, but the former is described as having very small 
hyaline spores, and the latter as having much larger sub- 
fusiform spores. : 
SPHAZROPSIS BIFORMIS 2. Sp. 
Perithecia scattered, erumpent, some minute, rupturing 
the epidermis slightly, others larger, rupturing the epider- 
mis distinctly, and generally longitudinally ; spores vari- 
able, obovate elliptical or oblong, sometimes curved, colored, 
.0006’—.001/ long. 
Dead branches of ash, Araxinus Americana. Albany. 
May. 
SPHRONEMA OXYSPORUM Berk. 
Old Merulius tremellosus. Forestburgh. September. 
SPHARONEMA CONFORME 2. Sp. 
Perithecia scattered, erumpent, with a long, rigid, spine- 
like black ostiolum ; globule whitish; spores subfusiform, 
generally curved, nfatb with one or two nuclei, .0006’—.0008’ 
long. 
Dead branches of apple trees. Center. June. 
Almost exactly like S. Spina and S. Magnolie externally, 
but the spores afford distinguishing characters. 
DIPLODIA HERBARUM Lev. 
Dead stems of Thalictrum cornuti. Buffalo. Clinton. 
HENDERSONIA SARMENTORUM: West. 
Dead bark of grape vines. North Greenbush. pes une. 
HrenpERSONIA Prox Clinton n. sp. 
Perithecia minute, punctiform, covered by the epidermis 
which is at length ruptured, black; sporophores long, slen- 
