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Chsetosphaeria longipila, n. sp. 



Perithecia very small, gregarious, black, seated on or involved in a 

 subiculum of very long, slender, webby, cinereous or grayish-brown 

 filaments ; asci oblanceolate, the sporiferous part .0016 in, long, .0005 

 broad ; spores crowded or biseriate, straight, .0004 to .0005 in. long, 

 .0002 to .00025 broad, triseptate, the two intermediate cells colored, 

 the terminal ones hyaline. 



Old barrel in a cellar. Flatbush. March. Zabriskie. 



This is related to C. phceostroma and G. phceostromoides, but it differs 

 from both in its paler subiculum and shorter straight spores. 



Celidium stictarum, Tid. 



Keceptacles of lungwort lichen, Sticta pulmonaria. Catskill and 



Adirondack mountains, also in Sandlake. The fungus blackens the 



surface of the apothecia and thus makes the affected ones easily 



recognizable. 



Micrococcus prodigiosus, Gohn. 



Stale bread in damp places. Menands. Aug. 



(D.) 



KEMAKKS AND OBSERVATIONS. 



Proserpinaca pectinacea, Lam. 

 Manor, L. I. Aug. In the State Flora, Vol. 1, p. 241, Dr. Torrey 

 admits this plant on the authority of Dr. Douglas, and says that " it 

 will very probably yet be found on Long Island." It was found, with 

 Ammannia humilis, growing on the shores of a pond about half a mile 

 Northwest of Manor. It is a very rare species. 



Lonicera oblongifolia, Hook. 

 Tamarack swamp near Knox. Some of the plants in this locality 

 produce united berries, others have them nearly distinct. 



Valerianella Woodsiana, Walp. var. patellaria, Gr. 

 Alluvial meadows along the Chenango river. Oxford. Goville. 



Solidago nemoralis, Ait. 



Elizabethtown, Essex county. A remarkable form with white rays. 

 The general hue of the panicles is creamy yellow. 



Rudbeckia hirta, L. 

 This is already a pestilent weed in some parts of the State. In 

 some meadows it has become as plentiful as the white or ox eye daisy. 

 A double flowered form, probably from Marion, Wayne county, was 

 communicated by Mrs. E. G. Britton. 



