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Kugnomonia. In S. petiolorum Schw., which according to 
Fuckel is the same as S. amena Nees., the perithecia are sur- 
rounded by a white tubercle and the spores are shorter and half 
as broad as long. 
SPHRELLA FRAXINEA, 2. sp. 
Perithecia numerous, minute, .003’ broad, black, either epi- 
phyllous or hypophyllous, generally collected in groups forming 
suborbicular spots; asci oblong, often slightly narrowed above, 
.0014’— .0016’ long ; spores crowded, oblong-ovate, uniseptate, 
colorless, .0004’— .00045' long, .00016'-— .0002' broad, divided by 
the septum into two very unequal parts, the smaller part one- 
third or one-fourth the length of the larger. 
Fallen leaves of ash, Praxzinus Americana. Helderberg moun- 
tains. May. 
Distinct from Spherie Frazicola Schw., in the character of the 
spots and of the perithecia. I have not seen fertile specimens of 
that species. 
VENTURIA CURVISETA, 7. sp. 
Perithecia numerous, minute, .003’— .004' in diameter, clus- 
tered or subgregarious, black, bearing near the apex five to 
eight diverging black setze, .003’— .005’ long and abruptly curved 
near the base; asci oblong, narrowed above, often slightly curved 
.0016’— .002’ long; spores crowded or biseriate, oblong, colorless, 
.00045'— .0005’ long, .00016’—.0002’ broad, faintly uniseptate, 
the upper cell broader than the lower. 
: Callen leaves of mountain holly, MNemopanthes Canadensis. 
Fenter. May and June. 
The peculiar feature of this species is found in the curved bases 
of the sete. These are so strongly bent that they spread nearly 
horizontally and appear like stellate rays when the perithecia are 
viewed from above. ‘They are few in number and often unequal 
in length. 
(5.) 
REMARKS AND OBSERVATIONS. 
GERANIUM MACULATUM, L. 
A form with white flowers. Syracuse. Mrs. S. M. Rust. 
CASSIA NICTITANS, L. 
Banks of the Hudson river. North Greenbush. 
MITCHELLA REPENS, L. 
The form producing white berries occurs near Moravia, MM. F. 
Merchant. 
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