41 



SjXttidia pale, crowded, elliptical, coarsely granular, about 15x10 //, 

 with 1-2 large vacuoles at first. 



On dead twigs of Lindera Benzoin, West Chester, Pa. (Everhart). 



A. minor, E. & E. Journ. Mycol. II, p. 42. 



Perithecia applanate, superficial, orbicular, \ mm. diam., black, 

 mycelium obsolete. Asci obovate, 25-30 x 12-15 fi. Sporidia crowd- 

 ed, oblong-obovate, uniseptate, yellowish, 10-13 x3-3| jut (becoming 

 brown?). Differs from A. ramularis, Ell., in its smaller perithecia 

 and sporidia. 



On dead twigs, Texas (Ravenel). 



A. inquinans, E. & E. Journ. Mycol. Ill, p. 41. 



Exsicc. EH. & Evrht. N. A. F. 2d Set. 1785. 



Perithecia scutelliform, black, umbonate, of radiate-cellular struc- 

 ture, the marginal cells subelongated and slightly enlarged at their 

 extremities. Asci ovate or obovate, 35-40 x 1 8-22 //, contracted at 

 the base into a short stipe. Sporidia irregularly crowded, ovate- 

 elliptical or oblong-elliptical, yellowish and faintly uniseptate (?), 10- 

 12x5-7//. The perithecia are thickly scattered over both surfaces 

 of the leaf, and look much like the masses of exuded spores of some 

 Pestalozzia or Melanconium. 



On dead leaves of Sabal Palmetto, Louisiana (Langlois). 



A. lepidigena, E. & M. Am. Nat 18, p. 1148. 



Exsicc. EH. N. A. F. No. 1361. 



Mycelium hyaline, scanty, hypophyllous. Perithecia black, sub- 

 globose, at length flat, very thin and fragile, 200-300 jut diam. Asci 

 ovate. 8-spored, 30x15 or 42x12 jut. Sporidia obovate, uniseptate. 

 12x4//. 



Attached to the epidermal scales on old, living leaves of Androm- 

 eda ferruginea, Florida (Martin). 



A. pustulata, E. & M. Am. Nat. 18, p. 1148. 



Exsicc. EH. & Evrht. N. A. F. 2d Ser. 1543. 



Perithecia brown, soft, flattened, hypophyllous, adnate, 200-500 /* 

 diam., consisting of a membranaceous disk of brown, branching, coa- 

 lesced hyphas, covering the nucleus and forming a narrow border 

 beyond. Asci subglobose, 8-spored, 50-60 p. diam. Sporidia hyaline, 

 obovate, uniseptate, 30-40 x 10-12 //. 



On living leaves of Quercus laurifolia, Florida. 



A. stomatophora, E. & M. Journ. Mycol. I, p. 98. 



Perithecia lenticular, scattered, small, 170-185 jm diam,, with -a 



