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Spots light brown (wood color), irregular in shape, small, 

 1.5 to 2 mm., inconspicuous and indistinctly margined. 

 Perithecia immersed, small (65 to 70 /*) barely visible with a 

 lens. Sporules 40 to 50 x 2 to 2.5 /*, not strongly curved, 

 nucleate, hyaline. 

 S. BRASSICAE E. & E., Field Mus. Bot., 1 1117 (1896). 



TYPE HABITAT : On leaves Brassica nigra, Nov. 26, 1894 

 (Nuttall, discov. 1759, .646). 



Spots suborbicular or subangular, 3 to 4 mm. diameter, 

 dull white with a narrow, darker and sometimes slightly 

 raised border. Perithecia epiphyllous, numerous, sublenticu- 

 lar v pale brown, coarsely cellular, broadly perforated above, 

 100 to 115 /* diameter. Sporules numerous, curved, obtuse, 

 continuous, hyaline, 25 to 45 x 2 to 3 ju. 



Closely allied to S. Sisymbrii Ell., but that has the spots 

 greenish at first and never becoming more than whitish and 

 the sporules i to 3-septate. 

 S. RUBI West. 



On living leaves Rubus Canadensis, Wood Co., Lockhart's 

 Run, 1891 (Millspaugh). On same host July 26, 1894 

 (Nuttall, 1627). 

 S. CORNI-MARIS Sacc. 



On Cornus florida, alt. 1,700 ft., July 19, 1894 (Nuttall 

 1612). 

 S. CORNICOLA Desmz. 



On Cornus alternifolia, Sewell Valley, Aug. 6, 1894 

 (Nuttall, 1647). 



S. KALMIAECOLA (Schw.) B. & C. 



On living leaves Kalmia latifolia, 1891, Monongalia Co., at 

 Camp Eden (Millspaugh}. 



S. OCHROLEUCA B. & C. 



On leaves Castanea dentata, June 30, 1894. Maximum 

 number of perithecia in a single macula 20 (Nuttall, 1579). 



S. MICROSPERMA Peck. 



On Betula lenta, alt. 1,200 ft., Oct .24, 1894. Sporules + 

 1 8 x .25 p. (Nuttall, 1722). 

 S. POLYMNIAE E. & E., Proc. Phila. Acad., 1894, 368. 



TYPE HABITAT : On leaves Polymnia Uvedalia, June 29. 

 1894 (Nuttall, discov. 1595, 543). 



Spots, scattered, angular, limited by the veinlets, 2 to 4 

 mm. diameter, dirty green. Perithecia epiphyllous, minute, 

 75 p. diameter, scattered, innate, inconspicuous. Sporules fili- 

 form, continuous, 35 to 50 x I to 1.25 /JL. 

 S. TRAUTVETTERIAE E. & E., Proc. Phila. Acad., 1894, 368. 



TYPE HABITAT: On Trautvetteria Carolinensis, July 20. 

 1894 (Nuttall, discov. 1632, 564). 



Spots irregular, subangular, partly limited by the veinlets 



