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A typo differt (an ab atate?) ascis sporidiisque paullo angustioribus. 

 Sphaerella graminum Saccardo & Scalia, sp. nov. (pi. iv, fig. 5.) 



Peritheciis sparsis, punctiformibus, globulosis, 150200^ diam., 

 innato-prominulis, epidermide non atrata tectis, brevissime papillato- 

 pertusis, contextu membranaceo-fuligineo, parenchymatico ; ascis 

 cylindraceis, subsessilibus, apice rotundatis, 65-70 X 10-12 //,, rectius- 

 culis, 8-sporis; sporidiis distichis, elliptico-fusoideis, rectis, 13-16.5 

 X 3.5-4^, uniseptatis, non constrictis, plasmate granuloso v. minute 

 guttulato farctis, hyalinis. 



Shumagin Islands (Harrington in 18712, on dead leaves of Poa 

 stenantha}. 



Affinis S. cruris-galli, prsecipue distinguenda peritheciis majusculis 

 ratione fructificatione. 



Sphaerella wichuriana Schroeter. 



Yes Bay (Howell, on leaves of Carex, 1694). 

 Sphaerella ootheca Saccardo. 



Nagai (Harrington in 1871-2, on leaves of Dryas octopetala). 



Verisimiliter S. octopetalcz Oud. non satis differt. 

 Sphaerella stellarinearum (Rabenhorst) Karsten. 



Russell Fiord (Coville & Kearney, 987*2, on old leaves of Alsine 

 longipes) . 

 Sphaerella harthensis Auerswald. 



Port Clarence (Trelease, 699, on living leaves of Betula glandu- 

 losa, associated with Dothidella betulina). 

 Sphaerella alni-viridis De Notaris. 



Port Wells (Trelease, 7 IO #? 9 IO > on leaves of Alnus, associated 

 with Didymosphceria nana and Gnomoniella tubiformis). 



Sphaerella californica Cooke & Harkness. 



Yes Bay (Howell, on leaves of Agrostis, 1711, associated with 

 Leptosphceria leersiana). 



Sphaerella grossulariae salicella Saccardo & Scalia, var. nov. (pi. iv, 



fig. 6.) 



Peritheciis sparsim gregariis, punctiformibus, 100130 /JL diam. ; 

 ascis tereti-oblongis, 52-70 X 13-15.5 ^5 brevissime stipitatis, octo- 

 sporis; sporidiis polystichis, fusoideo-bacillaribus, rectis, 32-34 X 

 1.5-2.5 ^t, uniseptatis, non constrictis, hyalinis. 



Kadiak (Trelease, 698, on leaves of Salix, associated with Rhy- 

 tisma saliclnum). 



