24 Annual Report of the State Botanist. 



Diplodia Liriodendri n. sp. 

 Perithecia hemispherical, subdepressed, erumpeut, single or two 

 to four in a cluster, black ; spores oval or oblong, at first simple, 

 then uniseptate, colored, ".0007 to .0009 in. long, .0005 broad. 



Dead branches of tuliptree, Liriodendron tulipifera. Sandlake. 

 June. 



Diplodia multicarpa n. sp. 



Perithecia very numerous, sometimes surrounding the branch on 

 all sides, minute, erumpent, slightly prominent, partly covered by 

 the longitudinally or stellately ruptured epidermis, black ; spores 

 oblong eliptical, .0007 to .0009 in. long, .0004 to .00045 broad. 



Dead branches of sassafras. CarroUton. September. 



Hendersonia epileuca B. & C. 

 Dead branches of red mulberry, Morus rubra. Saugerties. May. 



Septoria Pteridis n. sp. 

 Perithecia hypophyllous, subconic, black; spores filiform, very 

 long, curved or flexuous, continuous, .0003 to .0004 in. long. 



Dead fronds of common brake, Pteris aquilina. Sandlake. June. 



Melanconium zonatum E. & E. in ed. 



Dead branches of ironwood, Ostrya Virginica. Clarksville. 

 September. 



This species has sometimes been referred to M. bicolor, which it 

 resembles, but from w^ioh it may be distinguished by the absence 

 of the conspicuous ^.'le stroma of that species and by the trans- 

 lucent zone in the middle of the spores. 



Septomyxa Carpini n. sp. 



(Plate 4, figs. 13 and 14.) 



Heaps subcutaneous, slightly prominent, erumpent, whitish 

 within; spores hyaline, narrowly fusiform, binucleate, at length 

 uniseptate, oozing out and forming a subrufescent convex mass on 

 the surface of the matrix. 



Bark of water beech, Carpinus Americana. Meadowdale, Albany 

 county. June. 



Pestalozzia lignicola Cke. 



Decorticated wood of spruce, Picea nigra. Kedfield. July. It 

 sometimes has a hysteriiform appearance. 



