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few rigid black hairs or sete; asci rather broad, often nar 
rowed above; spores crowded or biseriate, at first hyaline, 
then yellowish, uniseptate, with the cells unequal, slightly 
constricted at the septum, .00035’—.0005’ long. 
Fallen leaves of Betula populifolia. Center. May. 
VENTURIA CLINTONII 2. Sp. 
Gregarious in indeterminate suborbicular patches; peri- 
thecia nearly free, globose, black, hispid with few straight 
black bristles; asci linear; spores obovate, uniseriate, uni- 
septate, yellowish or yellowish-brown, .0004’ long, the 
septum usually nearest the small end. 
Under surface of fallen leaves of Cornus circinata. Buf- 
falo. Clinton. May. (Plate 2, figs. 22-25.) 
The decidedly colored uniseriate spores afford a peculiar 
character in this species. 
VENTURIA KALMIZ N. Sp. 
Perithecia minute, prominent, centrally aggregated on small 
orbicular brown spots or scattered along the midrib, black- 
bristly with straight rigid divergent black hairs ; asci sub- 
cylindrical, .0013’ long; spores oblong or subfusiform, 
minutely nucleate, .00035’ long. 
Upper surface of living leaves of Kalmia glauca. Kasoag- 
July. (Plate 2, figs. 6-9.) 
The affected leaves are the older ones occupying the lower 
part of the stem. 
NEW STATIONS OF RARE PLANTS, 
REMARKS AND OBSERVATIONS. 
BRASENIA PELTATA Pursh. 
Mud Pond near the base of Mt. Dix. Also in many other 
lakes and ponds of the Adirondack region. V. Colvin. 
SOLEA CONCOLOR Ging. 
Manlius. Wibbe. Pine Plains. ZL. H. Hoysradt. “New 
Lebanon near the Shaker Settlement.’’ Beck Herbarium. 
