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maturity. The perithecia are more prominent and the sporidia much 

 longer than in L. discors, S. & E. 



On dead culms of Spartina lying on the beach at Cape May, 

 X. J. (Mrs. Caroline Treat). 



L. discors, Sacc. & Ell. Mich. II, p. 567. 



Metasphczria discors, S. & E. Sacc. Syll. 3473. 

 Exsicc. EH. N. A. F. 1341. 



Perithecia loosely gregarious, innate, globose-papillate, black, the 

 ostiola piercing the blackened epidermis. Asci cylindric-clavate, 120 x 

 20 /jt, short-stipitate ; paraphyses filiform, generally dichotomous. Spo- 

 ridia obliquely uniseriate or biseriate, oblong-fusoid, ends rounded, 

 25-30 x 9-10 (jl, 3-septate, constricted at the septa, 4-nucleate, the two 

 inner cells darker, the end cells subhyaline. 



On culms of Spartina, Cape May, N. J. 



L. algida, Rostr. Fungi Gronl. p. 560 (No. 175). 



Perithecia globulose, scattered, 16.0 jx diam. Asci cylindric-ela- 

 vate, somewhat curved, 50-54x12 //, without paraphyses. Sporirlia 

 obliquely uniseriate, oblong, often somewhat curved, yellow, 3-septate, 

 16-20x6-7 ft. 



On leaves of Catabrosa algida, Maneetsok, "Greenland. 



L. Xerophylli, Ell. Am. Nat. 1883, p. 316. 



Exsicc. EH. N. A. F. 1340. 



Perithecia scattered, subglobose, 150-190 it diam., semiimmersed. 

 Ostiolum obtuse with a rather large opening, elevating and splitting 

 the epidermis, by which it is partly covered. Asci oblong or oblong- 

 clavate, sessile, 55-60x15 p, with obscure paraphyses. Sporidia bi- 

 seriate, broad-fusoid, slightly curved, hyaline at first with 4 large nu- 

 clei, becoming 3-septate, slightly constricted at the septa, 19-25 x 

 5-6 J it. Doubtfully distinct fronj L. hysterioides. 



On deall leaves of Xerophyllum asphodeloides, Willow Grove, 

 N.J. 



Accompanied by Hendersonia Xerophylli, Ell. (Torr. Bull. IX, 

 p. 74), and a Pestalozzia. On the same leaves are also superficial 

 perithecia containing oblong-elliptical, brownish spores 4x2 p. 



L. phormicola, Cke. & Hark. Grev. XIV, p. 10. 



Perithecia gregarious, punctiform, erumpent, emergent through 

 cracks in the epidermis, black, subconvex, papillate. Asci clavate, 

 8-spored. Sporidia sublanceolate, rounded at the ends, biseriate, tri- 



