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angular from mutual pressure, rather less than J mm. diam., buried in 

 the light-colored stroma in a single layer with rather short but slender 

 necks and subglobose, black ostiola erumpent in a dark brown, convex 

 disk loosely surrounded by the ruptured epidermis. Asci clavate, 

 100-125 x 12-15 fi, aparaphysate, subsessile. Sporidia biseriate above, 

 fusoid-oblong, hyaline, subobtuse, 3-5-pseudoseptate, 40-55 x 6-8 fi. 



On dead branches of Carya, Knowersville, N. Y. (Peck), Iowa 

 (Holway). ** 



We have supplemented the original description by an examina- 

 tion of specimens sent us by Mr. Peck. 



Species imperfectly known, 



Cr. gemmata, (B. & C.) 



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

 Valsa {Calospora) gemmata, Cke. Syn. 2046. 

 Calospora gemmata, Sacc. Syll. 3704. 



"Perithecia few, circinating, necks united. Ostiola stellate. 

 Sporidia shortly fusiform, triseptate." On Rhus radicans. South 

 Carolina. 



Gr. ciliata, (Pers.) 



Sphceria ciliata, Pers. Syn. p. 35. 



Valsa ciliata, Stevenson's Add. to Cke. Valsei, No. 100. 



Diaporthe {Chorostate)? ciliata, Sacc. Syll. 2442. 



Perithecia about 10 together, erect-convergent, circinating in* the 

 inner bark, which is raised into a small, round pustule above them. 

 Ostiola very slender, 1-2 lines long, subsetaceous, divaricate, subflaccid. 

 Sporidia (sec. Stevenson 1. c), navicular, biseptate, 12Jx5 /i. 



On bark of elm, Carolina and Pennsylvania (Schw.). 



Cr. inconspicua, (C. & E.) 



Valsa inconspicua, C. & E. Grev. VI, p. II. 

 Valsa {Calospora) inconspicua, Cke. Syn. 2047. 

 Calospora inconspicua Sacc. Syll. 3706. 



Perithecia valsoid-aggregated. Sporidia narrow-fusoid. 3-septate, 

 4-nucleate, 15x4/*. 



On dead alder, Newfield, N. J. 



Our specc. of this species are entirely without fruit. 



PSEUDOVALSA, Ces. & De Not. 



Schema Sferiac. p. 32. 



Stroma and perithecia as in Melanconis. Asci 4-6 or 8-spored, 

 typically paraphysate. Sporidia 2- or more-septate (not muriform). 

 mostly brown. 

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