274 



more diaui., eninipcnt, rouji'li. minute, I)roadly pierced above. Asci 

 oblonjr, 35-40x6-8 /i, without ]iarai)liyrie.s Sj)oridia bineriate, cla- 

 vate-oblon<i', uniseptato, 10-1 2 x 2^-3 n. 



On livinj^ or partly dead leaves of Andromeda poUfolia, London, 

 Canada (X Dearness). 



S. Madiirse, E. & E. 1. e. 



Spots red-brown with a definite, darker boi-der, 3-10 mm. diam. 

 or l)y confluence more, very bi-ittle, the cential part paler and soon 

 falling out. Perithecia innate with their vertices ei'umpent, small 

 (75 /i). Asci oblontf-cylindrical, 50x8-10 //, without paraphyses. 

 8poridia biseriate, ol)long-pyriform, constricted, slightly curved, 12- 

 14 X 5 /i, ends sul)acute. 



On leaves of Madura auranthica, Missouri (Demetrio). 



S. qnadriiiignl^ta, E. & E. 



5. Sapindi, I-;. & E. Joiirn. Mycol. II, p. loi. 



Perithecia epiphyllous, glolujse, prominent, j^ nun. dia?n., scat- 

 tered, on roughish, definitely margined, white spots, 3-4 mm. diam. 

 Asci oblong-cylindrical, 60x12 /i. Sporidia biseriate, subelliptical 

 (a little narrower at one end), uniseptate and slightly constricted, 

 16x4 /i. The conidial stage is a Jfacrosporiiim on the same sj)ots, 

 with long, sti])itate conidia and slender, septate hypha?. 



On Fraximis quadraiiffidata, Missouri. This was at first sup- 

 posed to be on Sapindus. 



S. salicicola, (Fr.) 



Spharia salicicola, Fr. S. II. II, p. 530. 



Sphaiclla salicicola, Fckl. Sjmb. Mycol. p. 106 .ind Sacc. Rel. Myc. Lib. Ser. II, 

 No. 169. tab. XX, fig. 9. 



Perithecia ei)iphyllous, here and there in densely gregarious 

 groups, covered by the epidermis, globose-depressed, perforated 

 above. Asci davate-cylindrical, very short-stipitato, 40-45 x 5-6 //. 

 Sporidia clavulale, uniscjttate, not constricted, hyaline, 6x2 //. 



On leaves of Sallx herhacea, Greenland. 



S. macul<\ris, (Fr.) 



Sphtcria macularis, Kr. S. M. II, p. .502. 

 Pirostoma macularc, Kr. Suiuiii. Veg. Scaud. p. 395. 

 Sphicrella maciilaiis, Karst. Myc. Fen. II, p. 174, 

 Spharella maculosa, Sacc. SyU. I, p. 4S7 (sec. Winter). 

 Exsicc. Kuuze. F. Sel. 245. 



Perithecia amphigenous, but mostly liyi»opliyllous, sunk in the 

 parenchyma of the leaf and seated on a filamentose, brown subiculum 



