291 



On Aquilegla Jonesii, Belt Mts., Montana (Anderson). 

 Differs from S. pachyasca, Rost., which is also found in Montana 

 on Phlox ccespitosa, principally in its broader sporidia. 



S. (Enotherae, E. & E. Journ. Mycol. I, p. 151. (Plate 27) 



Exsicc. EH. & Evrht. N. A. F. 2d Ser. 1681. 



Perithecia erumpent, hemispherical, 90-100 [i diam., broadly per- 

 forated above, densely gregarious and mostly in broad strips or series 

 on the valves of the capsules. Asci oblong, slightly narrower above 

 and abruptly contracted below into a short, stipe-like base. Sporidia 

 biseriate, variable from oblong or ovate-oblong, 10-15x3 /i and 

 nucleate, to oblong-fusiform, slightly curved, faintly uniseptate and 

 15-20x3-3 J fi. The smaller ones are apparently immature, being 

 without septa. 



On old capsules of Oenothera biennis, Newfield, N. J. 



S. fuscata, Ell. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, VIII, p. 125. 



Perithecia minute, densely crowded, forming elongated, dark 

 colored patches 1J-2 cm. or more long, and about half as wide. Asci 

 obovate, 40-50x15-18 //. Sporidia inordinate, oblong, uniseptate, 

 mostly narrower at one end, hyaline, 1 5-16 x 4-5 /*. Perithecia ovate* 

 conical, rough, subcuticular, but finally throwing off the epidermis and 

 blackening the matrix. 



On dead herbaceous stems, Utah (S. J. Harkness). 



S. Sarracenise, (Schw.) 



Sphceria Sarracenice, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 1759. 

 SpJuErella Sarracenice, Sacc. Syll. iQ4i. 



Perithecia scattered, depressed-hemispherical, brownish-black, 

 covered by the blackened cuticle, pierced above, about 100 fi diam. 

 Asci clavate, 35-40 x 6-8 /z, without paraphyses. Sporidia biseriate, 

 fusoid-oblong, yellowish-hyaline, about 10x3 [i, 3-4-nucleate. 



On species of Sarracenia, Carolina, on Sarracenia purpurea, 

 Northern U. S. and Canada. 



S. ciliata, E. & E. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. July, 1890, p. 231. 



Thickly gregarious. Perithecia subglobose, 150 fi diam., covered 

 by the cuticle, but not sunk in the matrix, ostiolum papilliform. Asci 

 clavate-cylindrical, 40 x 7 fi. Sporidia biseriate, clavate-oblong, hya- 

 line, uniseptate and constricted, 10-12 x3 //. 



On dead stems of Steironema ciliatum, London, Canada (Dear- 

 ness). 



