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of the leaf, often elongated and acute at one end, brownish- 

 black, with an irregularly shaped white center, which is well 

 defined, angular, 3 to 5 mm. in the longer diameter. Peri- 

 thecia epiphyllous, but also visible below, small (65 to 75 /*), 

 scattered, dark. Sporules abundant, nearly straight or slight- 

 ly curved, continuous, 22 to 30 x 2 /*. 



Differs from >5\ Anemonis Desm. in its broad, dark- 

 margined white-centered spots, and rather longer and thicker 

 sporules. 

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



TYPE HABITAT : On Viola primulae folia, July 26, 1894 

 (Nuttdl, discov. 1641, 572). Also on V. blanda, Michigan 

 (Hicks) ; and on V. lance olata, Massachusetts (Miss Clarke}. 

 Spots minute (.5 to i mm.) white, with a dark purple- 

 shaded border. Perithecia punctiform, black, epiphyllous, 

 subglobose, 65 to 75 /* diameter, not abundant. Sporules 

 filiform, nearly straight, or slightly curved, hyaline, nucleate, 

 not visibly septate, 20 to 40 (mostly 25 to 35) x i to .1.25 /*. 

 S. Violae West, has yellowish-brown perithecia on pale 

 zonate spots with a reddish-brown border. 

 S. ACICULOSA E. & E. 



On Fragaria cult., Nov. 3, 1894. Sporules 15 to 25 x .75 /x 

 (Nuttall, 1731). 

 S. HELIANTHI E. & K. 



On Helianthus decapetalus, Oct. 29, 1894. Sporules 50 x 

 2 fji (Nuttall, .1723) . 

 S. LEPTOSTACHYAE E. & K. 



On leaves Phryma Leptostachya, July 4, 1894. Sporules 

 20 to 25 x i //, (Nuttall, 1584). 



S. NOLITANGERE Thum. 



On hnpatiens biflora, Aug. 5, 1894. Sporules 20 to 25 x 

 1.5 to 2 ^ (Nuttall, 1649). 

 S. VIOLAE West. 



On Viola sagittata, June 30, 1893. Sporules + 25 x 1.25 

 /* (Nuttall, 1577). 

 S. SAXIFRAGAE Pass. 



On Heuchera Americana, June 10, 1894. Sporules 15 to 

 20 x 2.5 to 3 /* (Nuttall, 1544, 521). 

 S. LOBELIAE Peck. 



On Lobelia cardinalis, June 22, 1894 (Nuttall, 1559). 



S. SCROPHULARIAE Peck. 



On Scrophularia Marilandica, June 10, 1894. Sporules 40 

 to 50 /A long (Nuttall, 1538). 

 S. VERBENAE Rob. & Desm. 



On leaves Verbena urticacfolia, Jefferson Co., near Shen- 

 andoah Junction (Millspaugh). 



