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ostiola ; asci clavate, fugacious ; spores elliptical, colored, 
.00018’—.0002’ long, .00012’ broad. 
Decorticated wood of deciduous trees. Forestburgh. 
September. Buffalo. Clinton. Jo eek 
The surface of the wood on which it grows is variegated 
with red stains, whence the specific name. ‘The long ostiola 
crowned by the mass of spores have the appearance of 
some minute species of Calicium. The plant belongs to the 
Ceratostome, and is closely related to Spheria pilifera, 
but the type of that species grows on pine wood and pro- 
duces no red stains. Its spores appear to be unknown, and 
unless they shall be found to correspond with those above 
described, this must be considered a distinct species. 
SpH#RIA Urtica Rabh. 
Dead stems of nettles. Greenbush. May. 
The spores are shorter in our specimens than the dimen- 
sions given in the description, but this difference is probably 
only varietal. 
SPHZERIA DATURA Schw. 
Dead stems of Datura Tatula. Buffalo. Clinton. Oc- 
tober. 
SPH HRIA TUBZFORMIS Tode. 
Fallen alder leaves. West Albany. May. 
SPHZRIA MIRABILIS 2. SD. 
Perithecia scattered, innate, subglobose, membranaceous, 
tough, black, ostiola long, slender, curved or flexuous, 
lateral ; asci broadly fusiform; spores crowded, elongated, 
subfusiform, hyaline, generally four to many-nucleate, 
.0011’-.0013’ long, with a slight appendage at one or both 
ends. 
Fallen birch leaves. Bethlehem. June. (Plate 2, figs. 
18-21.) 
The species is remarkable for its lateral ostiola, which are 
about equal in length to the diameter of the perithecia. 
SPH ZRIA PERISPORIOIDES B. & C. 
Upper surface of living leaves of Desmodium Canadense. 
I find no description of this species, and make the deter- 
mination by comparison with Ravenel’s specimens in Hung? 
Ezsiccati Caroliniani, with which ours agree in habit, 
