448 



fusoid-oblong, 4-nucleate, hyaline, subacute, slightly constricted in the 

 middle, straight, 11-14x3-4 p.. 



On dead stems of Gorylus Americana, Newfield, N. J. 



D. rec6ndita, (Schw.) 



Sphceria recondita, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 1300. 



Perithecia sunk in the wood, depressed-globose, with very long, 

 rough ostiola protruding here and there through the epidermis which 

 is finally thrown off, revealing the black, indefinitely effused, crus- 

 taceous stroma. 



On dead stems of Ribesfloridum, Bethlehem, Pa. (Schw.). 



The specimen in Herb. Schw. has fusoid-oblong, hyaline sporidia 

 5-7 xlj fju 



D. subpyramidata, (B. & C.) 



Eutypa subpyramidata, B. & C. Grev. IV, p. 97. 

 Diaporthe subpyramidata, Sacc. Syll. 2456, Cke. Syn. 2227. 



" Effused; perithecia of a somewhat pyramidal shape, forming a 

 rasp-like stratum. Asci lanceolate, much attenuated below. Sporidia 

 laconical, each division much attenuated." 



On oak, North Carolina. 



No measurements of asci and sporidia given* 



D. griseo-tingens, (B. & C.) 



Sphceria griseo-tingens, B. & C. Grev. IV, p. 148. 

 Diaporthe griseo-tingens, Sacc. Syll. 2490, Cke. Syn. 2262. 



" Gregarious, forming little detatchecl or continuous, short, linear 

 prominences, marked with the ostiola. Asci clavate. Sporidia ob- 

 liquely fusiform, 20 //. long." 



On Juniperus Virginiana, Pennsylvania. 



** On dicotyledonous, herbaceous plant's* 

 D. apiculosa, Ell. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club. IX, p. 19. 



Exsicc. EH. N. A. F. 787. 



Perithecia scattered, small, buried in the substance of the stem, 

 which is uniformly blackened on the surface. Ostiola rather stout, 

 slightly projecting. Asci oblong-clavate, 40-50 x 7 p., 8-spored. SjM 

 ridia biseriate, elliptical, 2-3-nucleate, with a faint apiculus at cacl 

 end, 8J-1 x %\ p. 



On the lower part of the stems and the thick part of the roots oi 

 old Erigeron Canadensis, decaying on the ground, Newfield, N. J. 



D. discrepans, Sacc. Mich. II, p. 568. 



Perithecia gregarious, immersed in the more or less blaekcne< 



