62 TWENTY-NINTH REPORT ON THE STATE MUSEUM. 
Sprmria (OBrECT#) CEANOTHINA 2. Sp. ; 
Perithecia small, scattered or rarely two or three crowded together, 
smooth, subglobose ; ostiola piercing the epidermis, somewhat rugged, 
often curved or deformed ; spores crowded or biseriate, oblong, obtuse, 
sometimes curved, colorless, .0005—.0006' long. 
Dead stems of Ceanothus Americanus. Center. May. 
SpH#riA (OBTECTA) MELANTERA 2. Sp. 
Perithecia gregarious, minute, covered by the blackened epidermis ; 
asci linear ; spores crowded or biseriate, oblong or subfusiform, trisep- 
tate, slightly constricted at the septa, colored, .0005—.0007’' long. 
Dead stems of raspberry, 2eubus strigosus. Center. May. 
Spoaria (CauLicoLz) Futana C. d& P. n. sp. 
Perithecia gregarious, sometimes disposed in lines, soon free, glo- 
bose, black, smooth, shining, scarcely papillate, .01—.012’ in diameter, 
at length collapsed ; asci clavate or cylindrical ; spores filiform, curved 
or flexuous, multinucleate, at length multiseptate, colorless, .003’ long. 
Dead stems of herbs. Albany. May. 
This is allied to S. rubella, S. acuminata, S. Bardanw and S. 
Urtice. 
SpH@RIA (CAULICOLA) SMILACININA 2. 8p. 
Perithecia abundant, minute, at first covered by the thin often 
blackened epidermis, slightly prominent ; asci cylindrical or subcla- 
vate; spores crowded, ovate or unequally elliptical, pale greenish- 
yellow, .0005'-.0006’ long, usually containing a single large nucleus. 
Dead stems of Smilacina stellata. Center. May. 
SpH2RIA (CAULICOL) MINUTELLA 2. Sp. 
Perithecia minute, somewhat flattened, black, the upper part at 
length breaking away leaving the base attached to the matrix ; asci 
sublanceolate ; spores oblong, simple, colorless, .0003' long. 
Dead stems of herbs. North Greenbush. June. 
SpH#@RIA CULMIFRAGA Desm. 
Dead stems of grass. Watkins. September. 
SPH#RELLA COLORATA 2. Sp. 
Spots orbicular, small, scattered or rarely confluent, reddish-brown, 
usually with a darker margin; perithecia minute, black, epiphyllous ; 
asci cylindrical ; spores cylindrical or subfusiform, uniseptate, color- 
less, .0006—.0007' long. 
