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SpHa#ria (Cavticots) Semen C. & P. 
Perithecia soon free, globose, clustered, pierced at the apex, black ; 
asci clavate or cylindrical; spores biseriate, lanceolate, straight or 
curved, triseptate, deeply constricted in the center, colorless, .0012’— 
.0013’ long. 
Fallen petioles of mountain ash, Pyrus Americana. 
Spoaria (Cavticots#) suscontca C. & P. 
Perithecia conoid, flattened at the base, somewhat collapsed when 
dry, seated beneath the epidermis which is at length thrown off, 
black ; asci cylindrical; spores triseptate, brown, .0012’ long, .0003’ 
broad. 
Dead stems of herbs. 
It resembles S. Doliolum in habit, but differs in fruit. 
Spu#eia (CavuLicoL#) RACEMULA C. & P. 
Perithecia cespitose, rugose, small, flattened, black, at length col-_ 
lapsed, separating with the epidermis which is pierced by the elon- 
gated ostiola ; asci clavate, sessile; spores narrowly lanceolate, color- 
less, four-nucleate, .0006’ long. | 
Dead stems of Hpilobium angustifolium. 
AZALBA viscosa ZL. 
This beautiful shrub has been found in the town of Schodack, 
Rensselaer county by Rev. H. Wibbe. 
ARCEUTHOBIUM PUSILLUM P&. 
Mrs. L. A. Millington informs me that she has found this parasite 
growing on upland spruces, so that it is not limited to those growing 
in and around marshes. 
Roumex Encetmannti Ledeb. 
Grassy grounds. Albany. Prof. J. Hall. 
Scirpus MAritimvs L. 
Fine specimens were collected near Syracuse by Urs. Rust. 
BorrycHiuM MATRICARIHFoLIUM A. Braun. 
Lewis county. Mrs. Barnes and W. W. Hill. 
In the development of a science like Mycology it is not possible 
wholly to avoid mistakes and the necessity of changes in names and 
arrangement. Recent European publications enable me to make 
some corrections in the nomenclature of previous reports. 
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