30 



Hat. (»r- 



<ii(jlMis('. 



iiiiisc|i- 



;> a. 



A. Olasti'i. K. & K. .lonrn. Mycol. I. j.. X 



rci'itlicciii liyii(»|iliyllmis. in iirmi|is or sciittcrcd, convex, (irliiciilnr. 

 liIiicU, "J.')** II. (liiiiii.-. with lirowii. riniiatiii.ii- threads of niyrcliiiiii aniiiiid 

 ihr iia>t'. Asei (ii)h)ii,ii'-()vat('. 1 li- 1 .") x (»-" /A iillcd with uraiiiihtr 

 matter. 'I'he parts of the h-afoeeiipied Ity the u'roups ul' pei'itiieeia aie 

 a litth' dari<er than the sunonndinu- portions. 



On liviniT h'aves n\' CeIiinft'Hf< i^rdndeiis, Kansas. 



'J'lie spece. exaniineil \v<"i'e ininiatnre. 



A. comata. B. iN: Uav. Crev. IV. p. 10. 



I';xsicc. K.Tv. I". Am. 7,;.— Kll. S: Evrht. N. A. K. 2(\ Ser. -v,;,').- Roum. K. (■..5o;,6. 



I'eritheeia epipliyUons. snperlicial. seattei'ed. hirii-e ( ^-^l mm. diam. ). 

 dcpi'essed-hemispherieal. (dothed with hhick. spreadint''. sulilascieidate. 

 Iiristle-like iiairs wiiioii are ih-llexod above, h-avinu- the vai'ioiisiy riip- 

 tiiici] ostioinm liare. Asci ol>lon<r, 70-7') x 'iO //. Sporidia liiseriate. 

 (davate-oldonu-. hyaline at first, then lirowu. aliont 20 x .")-7 //, nnisep- 

 tate. 



On leaves of various species iA' Jf(ff/iioh'(f in the Sonthern States. 



Oiten sterile. 



A. piiiiisti'i. Sacc. & Ell. Mich. II. ]». ')(>7. 



/'iii(i(ii,!/'t tigida. K. ft K. Juurii, Mycol. IV, p. 62. 

 Hxsicc. Kll. N. A. K. 7S9. 



Peritlieeia u'reg-arions. su]ierfieial. depi-essed-splierieal. roULihish. 

 without any itromincnt ostioinm. 100-1:20 ii. diam., with a sparini;-. 

 lirown. ereepinii' myctdinm around the base. Asci oblonu'. sessile. tiO- 

 70 X 1*2-1 ") //.very evanescent. I'araphyses (?). Sporidia sul)bise- 

 riate, ovate-oblong', brown, uni.-^ejitate and deeply constricted (the two 

 cells sometimes separating). 1 ")-20 x 7-I> n. Spernioii'oniu sindlar, with 

 hyaline, oblonu" sporules lo-l 8 X 7-8 /i, with a lar,u'e central nucleus. 



(hi dead leaves of P/'niis rigldu, still attached to lind)s cut oti' 

 aliout eiii'htcen months ago, Newfield. X. J., April 20, 1888. 



A. tenella, Cke. (!rev. XIII. i». ()7. 



'■ Kpij)hyllous, elVused, thin, black. Perithccia minute, 220-300 i>. 

 diam.. applanate, mingled with brown, creeping mycelium. Asci 

 saccate, 4-8-spoi-ed. Sporidia 28-30 x 12-14 //.in the 8-spored asci. 

 40x22 // in the 4-spored, light brown." 



On Pci'sea Cdi'olinietisis, Carolina. 



A. XeropliylH, Ell. Am. Xat. 17, j.. 319. 



Mycelium scanty. Peritlieeia entirely sujierticial, orbicular or 

 subelongated, slightly depressed, 1(17 // diam. Asci obovate, 3") x 1") ti. 



