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end, colorless, sometimes multinucleate, .o016 to .o025 in. long, oozing 
out and forming a whitish globule 
Dead stems of Vibwrnwm lantanoides. Adirondack mountains, June. 
Gelatinosporium fulvum, ~. sp. 
Perithecia czspitose, crowded, erumpent, externally pulverulent, 
pale-tawny, opening at the apex when moist and revealing the white 
spore-mass within ; spores elongated, curved, gradually tapering toward 
each end, colorless, .003 in. long. 
Dead branches of birch, Betula lutea. Caroga. July. 
This is the third species of this genus that has its habitat on birch. 
Coniothyrium valsoideum, 2. sp. 
Perithecia cespitose, crowded, erumpent, surrounded by the laciniz 
of the ruptured epidermis, subglobose or angular from mutual pressure, 
black ; spores numerous, subglobose or ovate, colored, .0002 to .o0025 
in. long, nearly as broad. 
Dead branches of alder. West Albany. Apr. 
Septoria Ribis, Desm. 
Living leaves of fetid currant, /ibes prostratum. Adirondack 
mountains. June. 
Septoria alnicola, Che. 
Living leaves of alder, Alnus incana. Caroga. July. 
Septoria Lysimachie, Jest. 
Living leaves of Lysimachia ciliata. Osceola. Aug. 
Septoria Dalibarde, x. sp. 
Spots small, jwhitish or cinereous, with a reddish-brown margin, peri- 
thecia minute, epiphyllous, few, black ; spores filiform, nearly straight, 
-0015 to .oo2 in. long. 
Living leaves of Dalibarda repens. Caroga. July. 
This species closely resembles S. Waldsteiniw, but the spores are 
much longer than in that species. 
Septoria Dentariz, x. sp. 
Spots large, suborbicular, indefinite, greenish, perithecia minute, nu- 
merous, slightly prominent, epiphyllous, black; spores filiform, nearly 
straight, .coo8 to .co12 in. long, oozing out in yellowish or amber- 
colored tendrils or masses. 
Living or languishing leaves of pepper-root, Dentaria diphylla. 
Adirondack mountains. June. 
Septoria punicei, 2. sp. 
Spots two to four lines broad, indefinite, blackish-brown above, brown 
or reddish-brown below, perithecia hypophyllous ; spores very long, 
flexuous, filiform, white in the mass, .oo4 to .0045 in. long. 
Living leaves of Aster puniceus. Caroga. July. 
The species is well marked by its very long and very white spores. 
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