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This has the sporidia too large (especially too broad) for 

 L. culmicola, and the cells near the upper end are for the 

 most part not distinctly swollen. 



Metasphaeria gaurina, E. & E. 



On dead stems of Gaura %>arviflora, Eockport, Kansas, 

 March, 1893. Bartholomew, No. 964. 



Perithecia gregarious, erumpent-superficial, black, rough, 

 depressed-globose, 200— 250>u diam., ostiolum smooth, shin- 

 ing black, papilliform, at length broadly perforated. The 

 epidermis is continuously and uniformly blackened over the 

 „..„■ occupied by the perithecia for several centimeters m 

 extent. Asci clavate-cylindrical, 75-80xlO/i, short-stipitate, 

 paraphysate, 8-spored. Sporidia fusoid, curved, 3-septate 

 and, when mature, constricted at the septa, hyalme becom- 

 ing yellowish, 20 



area 



Amorpha 



On Amorpha fniUcosa, Eockport, Kansas, Feb., 1893. 



Bartholomew, No. 941. 



Perithecia 3-5 together, sunk in the surface of the wood, 

 globose or elliptical (on a horizontal section), whitish inside, 



the longer diam. Ostiola conic-cylmdrical, 



mm. m 



st^t, rough below, smooth and shining at the apex, piercing 

 the epidermis and slightly projecting above it m a subcom- 

 pact fascicle. Asci clavate-cylindrical, 50-55x6-8/., shor^ 

 stipitate, 8-spored. Sporidia biseriate (at least above), 

 oblong, elliptical, uniseptate and constricted at the septum 

 each cell, nucleate, ends obtuse, not curved, hyalme 8-10 



^^Tht'stroma is 3-4 mm. diam., orbicular or elliptical, a 

 little paler than the surrounding parts, and surrounded by a 

 faint black line visible on the surface of the wood, but not 

 penetrating deeply. 



Cryptospora Kansensis, E. & E. 



On dead twigs and limbs of Symphoricarjms vulgaris, 

 Enrknort. Kansas. Bartholomew. 



