106 Thirty-eighth Report on the State Museum. 



Sphaerulina sambucina, n. sp. 



Perithecia minute, numerous, closely gregarious, unequal and irregu- 

 lar, orbicular, oblong or even flexuous, covered by the epidermis, erum- 

 pent, opening by a pore or a narrow chink, black , asci clavate or sub- 

 cylindrical, .003 to .005 in. long, about 0005 broad, aparaphysate ; 

 spores crowded or biseriate, oblong-clavate, constricted at the middle 

 septum, five to seven-septate, colorless, .0009 to .0012 in. long, .0003 to 

 .00035 broad, the lower half more narrow than the upper. 



Dead branches of elder, Sambucus Canadensis. West Albany. May. 



This is apparently related to S. intermixta, and, like that species, it 

 is remarkable for its anomalous and irregular perithecia, but it is distin- 

 guished from it by its longer asci and longer spores, strongly constricted 

 in the middle, and with more numerous septa. 



Cryptospora Caryae, n. sp. 



Plate 2, figs. 28-31, 



Pustules scattered, covered by the epidermis, erumpent, circum- 

 scribed by a black line or at length covered by a black crust beneath 

 the epidermis , perithecia four to twelve in a pustule, globose or angu- 

 lated by mutual pressure ; ostiola crowded, rather prominent, subglo- 

 bose, even, black; asci subclavate, .004 to .005 in. long, .0005 to .0006 

 broad , spores crowded or biseriate, subcylindrical, slightly narrowed 

 toward one or both ends, granular within, at length spuriously three to 

 five-septate by the division of the endochrome, colorless, .0016 to .0024 

 in. long, .00025 to .00032 broad 



Dead branches of hickory, Carya alba. Knowersville, May. 



The epidermis is loosened over the pustules and is generally ruptured 

 in longitudinal chinks. When it is removed the blackened pustules are 

 conspicuous. The spores are sometimes constricted in the middle. 



Mazzantia sepium, Sacc. £ Fe7iz. 



Dead stems of Calystegia Sepium. North Gieenbush. May. 

 The spores in our specimens are a little larger than in the typical form 

 and trinucleate. 



D. 



• REMARKS AND OBSERVATIONS. 



Caulophyllum thalictroides, L. 

 A form occurs on the Helderberg mountains which bears two pani- 

 cles, or clusters of flowers. One is much smaller than the other, and 

 is usually about three flowered. 



Viola cucullata, Ait. 

 The variety with peduncles, much longer than the petioles (van 

 longipes), is common in wet places in the Adirondack region. It blos- 

 soms there about the middle of June. 



