REPORT OF THE BOTANIST. 65 
VALSA (OBVALLATA) INNUMERABILIS 7. SD. 
Pustules small, very numerous, generally crowded and seri- 
ately placed ; perithecia four to ten, nestling in the inner bark ; 
ostiola short, crowded, quadrisulcate, black ; spores crowded, 
cylindrical, curved, obtuse, slightly colored, .0004 long. 
Dead elm branches. Greenbush. May. 
On the smaller twigs the pustules are more scattered and not 
arranged in lines. 
CUCURBITARIA BERBERIDIS G7. 
Dead stems of barberry, Berberis vulgaris. Buffalo. Decem- 
ber. Clinton. 
LoPHIOSTOMA OBTECTUM 72. Sp. 
Perithecia numerous, immersed, slightly elevated, covered 
by the epidermis which is pierced by the narrow compressed 
ostiola ; asci cylindrical or clavate; spores variable, crowded 
or biseriate, rarely uniseriate, at first pale, subacute and one to 
three-septate, then obtuse, oblong or subfusiform, five or six- 
septate, colored, .001'-.0014 long, usually constricted at the 
septa and occasionally with longitudinal septa. 
Dead branches of prickly ash, Xanthoxzylwm Americanum. 
Bethlehem. July 
Apparently aie to L. bicuspidata Ck., but I can detect no 
hyaline beaks at the extremities of the young spores. 
SPHARIA (VILLOS#) CLINTONII 2. sp. (Plate II, figs. 19-23.) 
Perithecia very small, .005—.006' broad, subglobose, gregari- 
ous, black, clothed with erect, black, bristly hairs ; spores fusi- 
form, multinucleate, then five to seven-septate, colorless, 
.0016—.0018' long. 
Decaying wood. Alden. November. Clinton. 
Related to S. scopula C. & P., trom which it differs in its 
smaller perithecia, and broader spores with fewer septa. 
SPHZRIA XESTOTHELE B. & C. 
Birch bark. Oneida. Warne. : 
SPHZRIA (DENUDATA) EXIGua C. & P. 
Perithecia subgregarious, small, .013’ broad, globose, some- 
times collapsed, smooth, shining, black, papillate ; asci clavate 
or cylindrical ; spores elliptical, binucleate, then one to three- 
septate, hyaline, .0006—.0007' long, .0003' broad. 
Decaying wood. Richfield Springs. July. Clintcn. 
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