272 



sile. Sporidia narrow-elliptical, obtuse at the ends, mriseptate, hyaline 

 5 x 1 J a. 



On leaves of Prinos glaber, South Carolina. 



The spece. in our copy of Raw F. Am. are sterile. 



S. Gardenia?, Cke. Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 108. 



Hypophyllous. Perithecia scattered, punctiform, semiinnate, 

 black. Asci clavate. Sporidia inordinate, elongated-elliptical, ani- 

 septate, hyaline, 12 x 3 fi. Spermogonium, Phyllosticta Gardenias 

 Cke. 



On leaves of Gardenia florida, South Carolina. 



S. (fordonise, Cke. 1. c. 



Hypophyllous. Perithecia scattered, covered, scarcely visible. 

 Asci subclavate. Sporidia inordinate, elliptical, uniseptate, hyaline, 

 1 x 4 /jl, scarcely constricted. 



On leaves of Gordonia lasianthus, Darien, Ga. 



Inadvertently published in Rav. F. Am. No. 799 under the name 

 of Sphcerella Gardenim on Gardenia instead of Sphmrella Gordo- 

 aim, on Gordonia. 



S. Nigredo, (Schw.) 



Sphceria Nigredo, Schw. Syu. N. Am. 1799. 

 Sphcerella Nigredo, Cke. 1. c. p. 109. 



Hypophyllous, scarcely innate, aggregated or solitary. When 

 aggregated, the perithecia are often covered with a pulverulent- 

 cinereous crust arising from the parenchyma of the leaf. Perithecia 

 comparatively large, rugose, papillate, subperforated. Asci clavate. 

 Sporidia sublanceolate, uniseptate, hyaline, cells subcorneal, 8-10x3 a. 



On leaves of Phus glabra, Bethlehem, Pa. Allied to S. maculi- 

 for mis. 



S. hypericina, Ell. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, IX, p. 74, 



Exsicc. EH. N. A. F. 797. 



Amphigenous. Perithecia minute, erumpent in little clusters of 

 two to six. Asci -oblong, 25-30 x 4-5 a. Sporidia crowded, clavate- 

 oblong, uniseptate, slightly curved, yellowish-hyaline, 10-11 x2| /1. 



On fallen leaves of Hypericum prolificum, Newfielcl, N. J. 



S. arbuticola, Pk. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, X, p. 75 (July, 1883). 



Sphcerella Umbellnlarice, Cke. & Hark. Grew XIII, p. 21 (1884). 

 Exsicc. EH. & Evrht. N. A. F. 2d Ser. 1682. 



Maculicolous. Spots suborbicular, olackish or subcinereous. 



