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v ate, numerous, 16 ji long. Sporidia linear, obtuse, very small, 4 x 1 J 

 //. hyaline. 



On the lower surface of leaves of Platanus, Bethlehem, Pa. 



L. orientalis. E. & E. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. July, 1890. 



Perithecia amphigenous, depressed-hemispherical, 180-200 t a 

 diam., scattered, erumpent. Asci clavate-cylindrical, p. sp. 45-50 x 

 12 ft or, including the slender base, 70-75 /i long. Paraphyses 

 none. Sporidia crowded-biseriate, inequilateral ly elliptical, hyaline, 

 granular and nucleolate, 12-14 x 5-6 ft. There is also on the same 

 leaves a Septoria with gregarious, subglobose 80-100 jj. perithecia, 

 and hyaline, nucleate, subundulate, 1 2-25 x 1-1 \jt sporules agree- 

 ing with the description of S. Grilletiana Sacc N . in all but its smaller 

 continuous sporules. 



On dead leaves of "Japan Chestnut" Castanea japoniea (cult.), 

 LaFayette, La. (Langlois.) 



L. gregaria, (Cke.) 



Stigmatea gregaria. Cke. Texas Fungi, No. 144. 



Epiphyllous. Perithecia gregarious, black, erumpent, globose, 

 somewhat shining. Asci cylindrical. Sporidia subglobose, hyaline, 

 10-12x9 fi, continuous. 



On unknown leaves, Meskat Bay, Texas (Ravenel). 



L. auripunctum, Hark. Bull. Cal. Acad. March, 1884, p. 43. 



Hypophyllous. Perithecia .scattered, 5-10 on yellowish, orbicu- 

 lar spots, 2-5 mm. diam., bordered by a dark brown line. Nucleus 

 orange. Asci 8-spored, fusiform, long-stipitate, 54 x 10 ft. Sporidia 

 ovate or clavate, hyaline, 10x6 ji. 



On living leaves of Quercus Wislizeni, Folsom, Cala. 



L. crclata, Harkness, 1. c. 



Perithecia hypophyllous, entirely concealed, scattered. Asci 

 mucoid, clavate, long-stipitate, 45 x 15 t a. Paraphyses none. Sporidia 

 8, hyaline, turbinate, "shining," 12x6 /*, endochrome divided very 

 near the pointed end of the sporidium. 



On dead leaves of Quercus denstfiora, California (Harkness). 



L. polystigma, (E. & E.) 



Sphcerdla {LcBstadid) poly stigma, H. & E. Bull. Tofr. Bot. Club, X, p 117. 

 Lczstadia poly stigma, Sacc. Syll. 6371, Cke. Syn. 5203 

 Kxsiec. Ell. N. A. F. 1353. 



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