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Vatsa crnctuta C. & P. n. sp. 
Pustulate; perithecia few, clustered, black; ostiola cylindrical, 
thick, piercing the whitish disk which encircles them with an irregu- 
lar white ring; asci clavate; spores fasciculate, linear, multinucleate, 
at length three to seven-septate, .0024’ long, .0002' broad. 
Dead branches of chestnut. Guilderland. May. (Plate 2, figs. 
21-24.) 
Vatsa Fraxinicota C. & P. n. sp. 
Pustulate, perforating the epidermis; perithecia ovoid, black, cir- 
cinating; ostiola rather long, convergent, somewhat quadrisulcate ; 
asci clavate; spores minute, sausage-shaped, crowded at the apex of 
the asci. 
Ash branches. Tyre. September. 
Vausa LINDERE 2. sp. 
Pustules small, rather prominent, crowded or scattered, closely 
surrounded by the ruptured epidermis, circumscribed by a black line ; 
ostiola crowded, short, dull black, obliterating the blackish disk ; 
perithecia usnally four to six, nestling in the inner bark ; asci slender, 
clavate; spores eight, yellowish in the mass, cylindrical, curved, 
obtuse, .0003—.0005' long. ; 
Dead branches of the spice bush, Lindera Benzoin. Albany. 
July. 
Vatsa Leprasca P. & C. n. sp.* 
‘ Subpustulate, blackish, ernmpent; perithecia small, numerous, 
tapering above into the papillate or subconical ostiola; asci elon- 
gated, cylindrical, slender ; spores uniseriate, simple, oblong or ellipti- 
cal-oblong, usually binucleate, colorless, .0003' long. 
Dead branches of 2hus typhina. Buffalo. Clinton. July and 
August. 
Sometimes the pustules are confluent or effused, in which case the 
plant might be taken for a Spheeria. 
SpH#ria Cotuinsu Schw. 
Leaves of Amelanchier Canadensis. Center. May. 
This remarkable Sphzeria was found in considerable quantity in 
the locality mentioned. It attacks all the leaves on an affected 
branch, and even the branch itself gives indications of the presence 
and influence of the fungus. It is more or less contorted, swollen 
and deflected toward the ground. The upper surface of the leaves 
assumes a dark-green or lurid hue, the lower surface being wholly 
occupied by matted filaments, the subiculum of the Spheria. This 
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