106 THIRTY-EIGHTH REPORT ON THE STATE MUSEUM. 
Sphzrulina sambucina, 7. sp. 
Perithecia minute, numerous, closely gregarious, unequal and irregu- 
lar, orbicular, oblong or even flexuous, covered by the epidermis, erum- 
pent, opening by a pore or a narrow chink, black, asci clavate or sub- 
cylindrical, .c03 to .oo5 in. long, about ooo5 broad, aparaphysate ; 
spores crowded or biseriate, oblong-clavate, constricted at the middle 
septum, five to seven-septate, colorless, .coog to .oo12 in. long, .0003 to 
.00035 broad, the lower half more narrow than the upper. 
Dead branches of elder, Sambucus Canadensis. West Albany. May. 
This is apparently related to S. intermizta, and, like that species, it 
is remarkable for its anomalous and irregular perithecia, but it is distin- 
guished from it by its longer asci and longer spores, strongly constricted 
in the middle, and with more numerous septa. 
Cryptospora Carya, 2. sp. 
Plate 2, figs. 28-31. 
Pustules scattered, covered by the epidermis, erumpent, circum- 
scribed by a black line or at length covered\by a black crust beneath 
the epidermis, perithecia four.to twelve in a pustule, globose or angu- 
lated by mutual pressure ; ostiola crowded, rather prominent, subglo- 
bose, even, black; asci subclavate, .004 to .oo5 in. long, .o005 to .0006 
broad , spores crowded or biseriate, subcylindrical, slightly narrowed 
toward one or both ends, granular within, at length spuriously three to 
five-septate by the division of the endochrome, colorless, .o016 to .0024 
in. long, .c0025 to -00032 broad. 
Dead branches of hickory, Carya alba. Knowersville. May. 
The epidermis is loosened over the pustules and is generally ruptured 
in longitudinal chinks. When it is removed the blackened pustules are 
conspicuous. ‘The spores are sometimes constricted in the middle. 
Mazzantia sepium, Sacc. & Penz. 
Dead stems of Calystegia Sepvum. North Greenbush. May. 
The spores in our specimens are a little larger than in the typical form 
and trinucleate. 
D. 
REMARKS AND OBSERVATIONS. 
CAULOPHYLLUM THALICTROIDES, L. 
A form occurs on the Helderberg mountains which bears two pani- 
cles, or clusters of flowers. One is much smaller than the other, and 
is usually about three flowered. 
VIOLA CUCULLATA, Att. . 
The variety with peduncles, much longer than the peticles (var. 
longvpes), is common in wet places in the Adirondack region. It blos- 
soms there about the middle of June. 
