466 



On dead stems of Andromeda racemosa, Vaccinium corym- 



bomm, V. Pennsylvanicum, Azalea, Gaylussacia resinosa, Newfield, 

 N.J. 



We find no definite characters to separate V. decidua from V. 

 delicatula. In both, the tips of the ostiola are more or less swollen, 

 but usually not as abruptly as represented in the figure in Grevillea. 

 The ostiola are united in a pale brown disk, which in very thrifty 

 specimens becomes obliterated. The deciduous habit is common to 

 both, and the sporidia, as we see them, do not differ appreciably in 

 size or shape. The perithecia (10-20 in a stroma) are of the same size 

 and shape in both. 



V. Lavatera, Cke. & Hark. Grev. XIV, p. 8. 



Stromata gregarious, immersed in the blackened wood, covered 

 by the epidermis. Perithecia 3-6 in a stroma, subglobose, black. 

 Ostiola elongated, cylindrical, slender, emergent. Asci clavate, 8- 

 spored. Sporidia allantoid, hyaline, 8x2//. 



On stems of Lavatera assurgentifolia, California (Harkness). 



V. ribesia, Karst, Myc. Fenn. II, p. 138. 



Valsa agnostica, Cke. & Hark. Grev. XIII, p. 17. 



Erumpent, subrotund, nestling in the bark, at first covered, then, 

 with the suborbicular disk, bare. Perithecia 8-12, subglobose, black, 

 collected in a pallid stroma. Ostiola short, straight, obtusely rounded, 

 shining. Asci subclavate, p. sp. 22-25 x 5-6 [i, 8-spored. Sporidia 

 allantoid, straight or somewhat curved, biseriate, hyaline, 6-7 xl| //. 



On branches of Ribes, California and Canada. 



We have seen no authentic specimen of V. ribesia, Karst., but < 

 the specc. of V. agnostica, from Harkness, are the same as collected 

 in Canada by Dearness, and both agree so well with the diagnosis of 

 V. ribesia, Karst, that we have no hesitation in referring them to that 

 species. 



V. Lupini, Cke. & Hark. Grev. XIV, p. 8. 



Exsicc. Ell. & Evrht. N. A. F. 2d Ser. 1570. 



Pustules small (1 mm.), numerous, prominent, black. Perithecia 

 4-8 in a stroma, collected in a subcorneal group. Ostiola minute, con- 

 verging, globose-conical, only slightly projecting, erumpent in a black 

 disk. Asci clavate, long-attenuated below, 75-80 x 6 //, 8-spored. 

 Sporidia allantoid, hyaline, nearly straight, 7 x 2 p.. 



On steins of Lupinus, California (Harkness). 



V. Eucalypti, Cke. & Hark. Grev. IX, p. 85. 



Exsicc. EH. N. A. F. 871. 





