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black epidermis. Sporules elliptical, brown, 18 to 23 x 10 

 to 13 /A on pedicels of about the same length as the sporules. 

 S. MENISPERMI Peck. 



On Menispermum Canadensis, Jan. 17, 1894 (Nuttall, 

 1343, 302). 



CONIOTHYRIUM Corda. 

 C. FUCKELII Sacc. 



On Parthenocissus quinquefolia, sporules globular, 2 to 

 2.5 ^ March 31, 1894 (Nuttall, 1442). 

 C. CONCENTRICUM (Desm.) Sacc. ? 



On leaves Yucca filamentosa, Sept. I, 1894 (Nuttall, 

 1187). 



C. PIRINA (Sacc.) J. L. Sheldon. (Phyllosticta Sacc.) 



On leaves Mains, Greenbrier : at Blue Sulphur Springs 

 (Nuttall, 1624.) On same, Monongalia: near Morgantown 

 (Sheldon). 



HAPLOSPORELLA Sperg. 



H. CELTIDIS E. & E., Proc. Phila. Acad., 1894, 362. 



TYPE HABITAT : On dead limbs Celtis occidentalis, Feb. 2, 

 1894 (Nuttall, discov. 1359, 315). 



Perithecia mostly in valsoid clusters of 3 to 10, small, 200 

 /JL white inside, slightly sunk in the inner bark, their papilli- 

 form ostiola rupturing the epidermis. Sporules elliptical, 

 brown, continuous, 18 to 22 x 10 to 12 /x on basidia of about 

 the same length as the sporules. 

 H. ARALIAE E. & E., Proc. Phila. Acad., 1894, 362.- 



TYPE HABITAT : On dead limbs Aralia spinosa, Feb. 26, 

 1894 (Nuttall, discov. 1406, 375). 



Stromata seriate-connate, erumpent through longitudinal 

 cracks in the bark, and extending from 4 to 5 mm. to 2 or 

 more centimetres. Perithecia ovate-globose,- buried in the 

 black, subcarbonaceous stroma, 3 to 6 in each single stroma, 

 about .33 mm. diameter. Sporules elliptical, brown, 20 to 



25 X IO tO 12 fJL. 



This may be the pycnidia of Botryosphaeria fuliginosa 

 (M. & N.). 



DIPLODIA Fries. 



D. LIRIODENDRI Peck. 



On fire killed Liriodendron Tulipifera, Oct. 16, 1894 

 (Nuttall, 1710). 

 D. SALICINA Lev. 



On dead twigs Sali.r nigra, March 25, 1894 (Nuttall, 

 1457)- 



