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*"** Species imperfectly known. 

 D. carpinigera, (B. & C.) 



Diatrype carpinigera, B. & C. Grev. IV, p. 96, and Cke. Syn. 1617. 

 Diaporthe carpinigera, Sacc. Syll. 6092. 



"Pustules small, black. Perithecia hidden. Sporidia oblong, 

 uniseptate, 14-1 5 ju long." 



On hornbeam, Pennsylvania (Berk, in Grev. 1. c.). 



D. innata, (B. & C.) 



Valsa innata, B. & C. Grev. IV, p. 102. 

 Diaporthe innata, Sacc. Syll. 2440, Cke. Syn. 2032. 



"Perithecia forming a flat, annular ring around the raised disk 

 within which the ostiola are concealed. Asci filiform. Sporidia in a 

 single row, oblong, slightly narrowed each way from the center, 7-8 ft 

 long." 



On Castanea vesca, mountains of New York. 



D. ciliata, (Pers.) 



Sphceria ciliata, Pers. Syn. p. 35. 

 Diaporthe ciliata, Sacc. Syll. 2442. 



Perithecia (sec. Winter) 10 or less together, circinating in the 

 inner bark, and covered by the pustuliform-raised epidermis, ovate, 

 converging. Ostiola long, slender, flaccid, diverging, smooth, 1-2 

 lines long. Sporidia (sec. Stevenson Add. to Cooke's Valsei of the 

 U. S.), naviculoid, biseptate, 12| x5/i. 



On bark of dead limbs, Carolina and Pennsylvania (Schw.). 



D. sphendamnina, (B. & C.) 



Diatrype sphendamnina, B. & C. Grev. IV, p. 96, and Cke. Syn. 1608. 

 Diaporthe sphendamnina, Sacc. Syll. 2367. 



" Pustules splitting the bark longitudinally, and overtopped by 

 its fragments. Ostiola short, cylindrical. Asci clavate. Sporidia 

 uniseriate, narrow, hyaline." 



On Acer rubrum, Pennsylvania (Michener). 



D. lixivia, (Fr.) 



{Sphceria lixivia, Fr. S. M. II, p. 385)? 



Valsa lixivia, Cke. Vals. U. S. No. 124, Sacc. Syll. 2410. 



Stromata small, yellowish. Perithecia small, subglobose, black, 

 loose, ("laxis"). Ostiola fasciculate, granulose, becoming relaxed 

 (" relaxatis "). Sporidia lanceolate, uniseptate and constricted, 4-nu- 

 cleate, 12 ft long. 



On bark of Juglans cinerea, Bethlehem, Pa. (Schw.) 



