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SPHMIULINA, Sacc. 



Michelia I, p. 399. 



Perithecia as in Sphmrella. Sporidia hyaline, 2-or more-septate. 



S. sambiicina. Pk. 38th Rep. p. 106. 



Perithecia minute, numerous, closely gregarious, unequal and 

 irregular, orbicular, oblong or even flexuous, covered by the epidermis, 

 then erumpent, opening by a pore or a narrow chink, black. Asci 

 clavate or subcylindrical, 75-125x12 //, without paraphyses. Spo- 

 ridia crowded or biseriate, oblong-clavate, 5-7-septate, constricted at 

 the middle septum, colorless, 23-30 x 7j-8f p) the lower half narrower 

 than the upper. 



On dead branches of Sambucus Canadensis, New York State 

 (Peck). 



Apparently related to S. intermixta (B. & Br.), but differs in its 

 longer asci and its sporidia. 



S. Peckii, (Speg.) 



Sphcerella Peckii, Speg. in Thum. M. U. 1356. 

 Metasphceria Peckii, Sacc. Syll. II, p. 172. 

 Sphcerulina Peckii, Cke. Syn. No. 5799. 



Perithecia epiphyllous, gregarious, at first innate in the epidermis, 

 then protuberant, sphseroid-lenticular, texture subcarbonaceous, pierced 

 above, black, 100-120 p diam. Asci cylindrical, attenuated below 

 into a short, thick stipe, rather acutely rounded at the apex, 8-spored, 

 without paraphyses, 50-60 x 6-7 J p. Sporidia biseriate, hyaline, 

 fusoid or subcylindrical, obtusely acuminate at each end, mostly a 

 little curved, protoplasm at first, 2-parted and spuriously septate, then 

 multiseptate but never constricted, 15-18 x 3-3 \ p. 



On dry leaves of Amelanchier Canadensis, Albany, N. Y. 



S. dryophila, (Cke. & Hark.) 



Sphcerella dryophila, Cke. & Hark. Grev. IX, p. 86. 

 Leptosphceria dryophila, Sacc. Syll. 3036. 

 Sphcerulina dryophila, Cke. Syn. 5816. 



Epiphyllous. Spots orbicular, reddish-brown. Perithecia brown, 

 subimmersed. Asci clavate, sessile. Sporidia lanceolate, triseptate, 

 pale brown, 20 x 3 J-4 p. 



On leaves of Quercus, California. 



S. myriadea, (DC.) (Plate 27) 



Sphczria myriadea, DC Fl. Fr. VI, p. 148. 

 Sphcerella myriadea, Rab. in F. Fur. 149. 

 Sphcerulina myriadea, Sacc. Syll. 3524. 

 Fxsicc. Rab. F. Fur. 149. Thum. M. U. 2157. Cke. F. Brit. 1st Ser. 172. id. 2d Ser. 269.. 

 Rav. F. Am. 156. Kriegr. F. Sax. 279. Sydow. M. March. 1931. Rehm Asc. 947. 



