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rinearum (Rabh.), but differs in its host plant, its more prominent peri- 

 thecia and its straight, slightly constricted sporidia. 



On dead leaves of Phlox longifolia, Belt Mts., Montana (Ander- 

 son). 



S. Harknessii, Sacc. Syll. I, p. 511. 



SphcBrella brachytheca, Cke. & Hark. Grev. IX, p. 8 (not Cke. Grev. VII, p. 88). 



Perithecia scattered, covered, small (60 //), membranaceous. Asci 

 ovate, 20 x 16 p. Sporidia elliptical, hyaline, uniseptate^ 8x4/^. 

 On stems of Convolvulus, California. 



S. leucophiea, E. & K. Journ. Mycol. II, p. 3. 



Perithecia punctiform, minute (70-100 //), buried in the substance 

 of the leaf, except their slightly projecting, perforated apices. Asci 

 oblong, sessile, or nearly so, 75-80 x 7-8 p. Paraphyses none. Spo- 

 ridia biseriate, fusiform, hyaline, uniseptate, and very slightly con- 

 stricted at the septum, 18-20 x3| p. 



On dead leaves of Baptisia leucophcea, Manhattan, Kansas (Kel- 

 lerman). 



This is different from Sphoerella baptisiicola, Cke., which has 

 shorter asci, mostly not over 55 or 60 p long, surrounded at first by 

 paraphyses, and which has also shorter (12-15 x3|-4 p.), yellowish 

 sporidia. % 



S. baptisiicola, (Cke.) 



Sphceria baptisiczcola, Cke. Grev. XI, p. no. 

 Fxsicc. Rav. F. Am. 680. Eli. & Fvrht. N. A. F. 2d Ser. 1799. 



Perithecia scattered, punctiform (100 p.), covered by the epi- 

 dermis, subprominent. Asci oblong, subinequilateral, mostly 35-55 x 

 7 p, imperfectly paraphysate at first. Sporidia biseriate, oblong- 

 fusoid, uniseptate, yellowish-hyaline, 15 x 3J ju. 



On dead stems of Baptisia tinctoria, Newfield, N. J., and on 

 stems of B. leucantha, South Carolina. 



S. granulata, E. & E. Journ. Mycol. II, p. 102. 



Fxsicc. FH. N. A. F. 2d Ser. 1798. 



Densely gregarious, occupying a definitely limited area of the 

 stem. Perithecia minute (165 p.), covered by the epidermis, which is 

 raised and fissured over them, but not blackened, though the black 

 perithecia are visible through it. Ostiolum papilliform, only slightly 

 prominent ; ascigerous nucleus, white. Asci nearly cylindrical, about 

 70x7 [/., subsessile, without paraphyses, and containing eight biseriate, 



