40 



contracted into a thick, stipe-like base. Sporidia hyaline, fusiform or 

 clavate-fusiform, faintly 3-septate, 18-20 x 3-3J /i. 



On fading leaves of Xerophyllum asphodeloides, New Jersey. 



A. lepidigenoides, E. & E. Journ. Mycol. IY, p. 121. 



Mycelium obsolete. Peritliecia hypophyllous, scattered, attached 

 to the scales on the leaf, small, pierced above, scutellate. Asci oblong, 

 sessile, 60 x 12 //, mostly broader below. Sporidia biseriate, fusoid, 

 3-septate, hyaline, 12-14x2-2 J /i. 



On living leaves of Capparis Jamaicensis, Key West, Florida 

 (Coll. A. H. Curtis, Com. A. Commons). 



Closely allied to A. lepidigena, E. & E., but differs in its smaller 

 perithecia, longer asci, and 3-septate sporidia. 



A. decolorans, B. & C. Grev. IV, p. 9. 



" Spots orbicular, red, undulate, bullate. Mycelium scanty, con- 

 sisting of a few moniliform threads and others entire. Perithecia 

 punctiform. Asci short, oblong. Sporidia uniseptate, 10 ti long." 



On an unknown leaf, New Jersey. 



A. cuticulosa, Cke. Grev. VII, p. 49. 



Exsicc. Rav. F. Am, No. 328. 



Perithecia brown, orbicular, applanate, adnate, hypophyllous. 

 clustered near the margin of the leaf, 500-800 ti diam., structure 

 cellular-membranaceous. Mycelium scanty. Asci globose, 25 ti diam, 

 Sporidia elliptical, ends obtuse, uniseptate, subconstricted, hyaline, 

 10 x 5 fi. A somewhat abnormal species. 



On leaves of Ilex opaca, Georgia (Ravenel). 



A. plantagims, Ell. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 9, p. 74. 



Exsicc. EH. N. A. F. No. 790. 



Spots brownish, immarginate. Perithecia brown-black, subglo- 

 bose, membranaceous, innate, clustered in the spots, mostly epiphyllous, 

 70-80 //. Asci ovate, 26-33x13-16 li. Sporidia hyaline, oblong, 

 obtuse, uniseptate, slightly constricted in the middle, or 2-nucleate, 

 9-10 x 3-5 fju 



On living leaves of PI antago major, Philadelphia, Pa., and New- 

 field, N. J. Approaches Sphmrella. 



A. ramularis, Ell. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 9, p. 20. 



Exsicc. EH. N. A. F. No. 720. 



Mycelium pale, subhyaline, very scanty. Perithecia flattened, 

 orbicular, clustered, frequently coalescing, subinnate, 250-300 //, con- 

 sisting of dark brown, moniliform hyphae covering the nucleus, obsolete 

 beneath, mostly sterile. Asci oblong, spore-bearing portion 50 x 25 p.. 



