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00025 to .0003 in. long, .00012 broad. Dead leaves of two-leaved 

 Solomon's seal, Majanthemuyn hifolium. Elizabethtown. Mav. 



Phoma Clintonii, n. sp. 



Perithecia numerous, sunk in the wood, oblong or subbysteriiform, 

 black; spores oblcng-ovate, colorless, .0004 to .00045 in. long, .OOOIG 

 broad, supported on slender basidia. 



Decorticated wood of horse-chestnut, ^scidus Hippocastayinm. 

 Albany. May. Cluito/i. 



This is quite distinct from P. diphdioides, both iu habit, form of 

 perithecia and character of the spores. 



Dendrophoma Cephalanthi, n. sp. 



Perithecia small, .02 to .025 iu. broad, erumpent, depressed, with 

 a papillate ostiolum, black; spores abundant, straight or slightlv 

 curved, colorless, .00016 to .0002 in. long; basidia very slender, 

 branched above, .001 to .0015 iu. long. 



Dead branches of button bush, CephalcmtJi us occidentalis. Karner. 

 Oct. 



Dendrophoma Tiliae, n. sp. 



Perithecia minute, scattered, erumpent, black, white within; spores 

 oblong or subcylindrical, obtuse, colorless, .0006 to .001 iu. long, 

 .0003 to .00035 broad; basidia filiform, branched. 



Dead branches of bass wood, Tilia Americana. Quaker Street. 

 June. 



Vermicularia uncinata, B. £ C. 



Dead stems oi Desmodium nudiflorum. Sandlake. June. 



Cytispora intermedia, Sacc. 

 Dead branches of oak, Quercus nibra. Albany. Apr. 



Sphseropsis tiliacea, 7i. sp. 



Perithecia at first covered, then erumpeut, subglobose or depressed, 

 numerous, minute, .007 to .010 iu. broad, opening by a minute 

 pore, black ; spores oblong or subelliptical, at first pale, then colored, 

 .0007 to .0009 in. long, .0005 to .0006 broad ; sporophores scarcely as 

 long as the spores.. 



Dead bark of bass wood, Tilia Americana. Albany. Apr. 



Sphaeropsis Linderse, n. sp. 



Perithecia numerous, minute, .005 to .010 in. broad, erumpent. 

 black, white within ; spores obvate or elliptical, at first pale, tlien 

 colored, .0008 to .0011 in. long, .0005 to .0006 broad supported on 

 sporophores shorter than tliemselves. 



Dead brandies of spice bush, Lindera benzoin. Albany. May. 



Very near the preceding species. 



Sphseropsis Juniperi, n. sp. 

 Perithecia gregarious, numerous, small,. 008 to .011 in. broad, erum- 

 pent, black ; spores oblong or elliptical, U008 to .00095 in. long, 

 .00045 to .0005 broad. 



