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carbonaceous, about 200 ;x diam. Ostiolum not prominent. Asci 

 clavate-cylindrical, narrowed below, paraphysate, 70-75 x 8-10 /x. 

 Sporidia biseriate, fusiform, 3-septate, acute, 20-22 x2|-3 /x. 

 On decorticated limbs of pear or apple, Newfield, N. J. 



In Grevillea (1. c.) the sporidia are said to be 5-septate, con- 

 stricted in the middle, with the third joint slightly swollen, 40x5 /i, 

 but our specc. are as above stated, sporidia not constricted, and none 

 of the cells swollen. 



M. boiicera, (C. & E.) 



Sph&ria boucera, C. & E. Grew VIII, p. 15. 

 Metasphczria boucera, Sacc. Syjl. II, p. 161, and Cke. Syn. 4456. 

 Exsicc. EH. N. A. F. 887, (in part). 



Perithecia scattered, covered by the epidermis, subglobose, promi- 

 nent, black. Asci cylindric-clavate. Sporidia biseriate, fusoid, tri- 

 septate, hyaline, slightly curved, with a horn-shaped appendage at 

 each end, 30-32 x 7 J tx without the appendages (which finally dis- 

 appear). 



On dead herbaceous stems, Newfield, N. J. 



M. plagaram, (Cke. & Hark.) 



Sphceria plagarum, Cke. & Hark. Grew XIII, p. 19. 

 Endophlvea plagarum. Cke. & Hark, in Cke. Syn. 4160. 

 Metasphceria plagarum, Sacc. Syll. 7025. 



Perithecia gregarious, covered, elevated, subglobose, black, car- 

 bonaceous, collected in patches covered by the convexly elevated 

 cuticle. Asci clavate, sessile, 8-spored. Sporidia lanceolate, inor- 

 dinate, triseptate, hyaline, 18-20x4 /x, ends acute. 



On bark of Eucalyptus, California. 



M. Cattanei, Sacc. Syll, 3482. 



Perithecia membranaceous, scattered, black, immersed in the par- 

 enchyma of the leaf, covered by the slightly pustulate-elevated epi- 

 dermis, subglobose, perforated above, 200-300 /x diam. Asci numerous, 

 subsessile, 8-spored, 150 /x long, p. sp. 50 x 8 /x. Sporidia, subbiseriate, 

 oblong- fusoid, slightly curved, 1-3-septate, slightly constricted at the 

 septa, 20-22 x 4-5 /x (27 x 6 pi, Sacc), hyaline. 



On withered leaves of rice, South Carolina and Louisiana. 



M. Myrica\ Pk. 38th Rep. p. 105. 



Perithecia numerous, broadly conical, 400-500 t u diam.. covered 



