m 



septate, exceptionally 8-septate. The perithecia occur both on decor* 

 ticated limbs and on those still covered with the bark, but in the latter 

 case, the bark is old and somewhat decayed. 



On dead willow limbs, near Huron, Dakota, autumn, 1885 (Miss 

 Nellie E. Crouch). 



L. Macliirse, E. & E. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. July, 1890, p. 236. 



Spots as in Sphcerella Madura}, E. & E. (which occurs on the 

 same leaves), suborbicular, reddish-brown, 4-10 mm. diam., with a 

 darker margin and deciduous center. Perithecia mostly hypophyllous, 

 innate-erumpent, small (75 ),l)lack. Asci oblong-cylindrical, 50-60 

 x 8-10 /i. Paraphyses? Sporidia biseriate, fusoid, about 6-nucleate, 

 becoming 5-septate, slightly curved, nearly hyaline, 20-22 x 3 /i. 



On leaves of Madura aurantiaca, Saline Co., Mo. (Demetrio). 



L. puteana, E. & K. (in Herb.) 



Perithecia gregarious, erumpent-superficial, subglobose or de- 

 pressed-globose, about 200 fi diam., black, glabrous, broadly perforated 

 above, rough. Asci subcylindrical, short-stipitate, rounded above, 

 about 75x15-18 jut, paraphysate. Sporidia crowded, sometimes 

 oblique, oblong-fusoid, 6-8-septate, sometimes a little curved, dark 

 brown, 20-27 x 6-8 //. 



On the inside and outside of an oaken well-bucket, Manhattan, 

 Kansas (May Varney). 



B. On monocotyledonous plants. 

 * Sporidia ^-septate. 



L. sabaligera, (B. & C*) 



Sphceria sabaligera, B. & C. Grev. IV, p. 147. 

 Clypeosphceria sabaligera, Sacc. Syll. 3193. 

 Leptosphceria sabaligera, Cke. Syn. 4310. 



Perithecia scattered, minute, covered by the blackened cuticle 

 which is slightly raised. Asci (p. sp.) oblong, 40-50 x 7-9 fi. Spo- 

 ridia biseriate, fusiform, slightly curved, 3-septate, straw-yellow, some- 

 times constricted at the septa, 15-22x4-5 /i '(25 fi long, sec. Berk.). 



On leaves of Sabal, Louisiana (Langlois). 



L. sabalicola, (E. & M.) 



Sphczria sabalicola, J$. & M. Am. Nat. 1882, p. 810. 

 Leptosphceria sabalicola, Sacc. Syll. 6135. 

 Exsicc. EU. & Evrht. N. A. F. 2d Ser. 1963. 



Perithecia gregarious or scattered, with rather thick, coriaceous 

 walls, about \ mm. diarn^ covered by the epidermis, which is raised 



