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Specimens found at Newfield, N. J., June, 1880, on leaves of 

 Kalmia angustifolia, have the perithecia 65-75 ft diam., bristles 40- 

 70 x 4 ft. Asci oblong-ovate, 30-^5 x 1 2 ft, without paraphyses. 8pi >- 

 ridia biseriate, fusoid, 9-12x3-4 fi, 4-nucleate when first Pound, new 

 (1890) distinctly uniseptate. 



V. applanata, Ell. & Martin, Am. Nat. 1884, p. 69. 



Perithecia hypophyllous, lenticular, 100 ft diam., pierced in the 

 center, texture subradiate-cellular, with 12-15 erect, sparingly septate 

 bristles 70-100 ft long. Asci oblong, about 40x10-12 ft, sessile, 

 without paraphyses. Sporidia in two or three series, ovate-oblong, 

 uniseptate, yellowish, 10-12x3 ft. 



On living leaves of Magnolia glauca, Florida. 



T. formosa, Ell. & Martin, (in Herb.) 



Perithecia hypophyllous, scattered, depressed-spherical, 220-300 ft 

 diam., with long (100-175x5-6 ft), spreading, septate, obtuse, pale 

 brown hairs around the sides and base, and a few shorter ones above. 

 Ostiolum indistinct or wanting. Texture of perithecia thin-membra- 

 naceous, fragile, pale. Asci about 50x20 ft, sessile and without par- 

 aphyses. Sporidia biseriate, oblong-fusoid, yellowish, uniseptate, 20- 

 23 x 7-8 ft. 



On living leaves of Ol ea Americana, Florida, 1885. 



V. myrtilli, Cke. in Journ. Bot. (1866), p. 245, tab. L, fig. 4. 



Spharia Vaccinii, Fckl. Symb. p. 106 (1869). 



Perithecia amphigenous, scattered or gregarious, superficial, black, 

 very small, armed with long, spine-like, black bristles. Asci broad ;r 

 the base, narrowed above, 50 x 12-14 ft, 8-spored. Sporidia biseriate 

 or crowded in the lower part of the asci, ovoid-oblong, uniseptate, not 

 constricted, straight, greenish-hyaline, 12-14x4-5 ft. 



On fallen leaves of Vaccinium f New York (Peck \, 



V. curviseta, Pk. 35th Rep. p. 46. 



Exsicc. EH. N. A. F. 1356. 



Perithecia numerous, often crowded, minute 7.~>-liM> u diam. 

 (mostly not over 75 //), globose, crowned above, with 5-8 divergent, 

 broadly curved, black bristles 75-125 x4 ft. Asci oblong, attenuated 

 above, often slightly curved, 40-50 ft long. Sporidia crowded or 

 biseriate, oblong, 10i-12Jx4-5 /i, hyaline, tin' apper cell broad 



On fading leaves of Nemopanthes Canadensis. Center, V ^ 



