2x: 



rincin'iot) {\\i\^)h.), hut ditt'ors in its host i)lniit, its more ]»roniiiioiit jioii- 

 tliccia ainl its strniiflit, sliulitly ('(Histrict*'!! sporidia. 



Oil (loinl k'iivos oi' Phlox loixjifolhi, licit Mts., Moiitaiiii (Aiidci- 



SOll). 



S. Hai'kiiessii, Sacc. k^vII. I, ]>. 511. 



Sphaiella btachythmi, Cke. it Hark. C.rtv. IX, |) 8 (not Cke. Orev. VII, p. S>S). 



Poritliccia soattorod, covered, small ((>() //), iiioiiilirauaceoiis. Asci 

 ovate, 20 X Ifi //. Sporidia ellii)tical, livaliiie, wiiisoptate, 8x4//. 

 On stems {)\ Convolvulus, Calilbrnia. 



S. leiu'oplia'a. K. & K. .Jonrn. Afyeol. II, }». 3. 



IVritlieeia iJiinetirorni, minute (7()-lt)0 /i), I»iiried in the suhstanci' 

 of the leal", except their slijihtly jirojectiim;, perforated aj)i 's. Asci 

 oliloiiji, sessile, or nearly so. 7")-80x 7-S //. Pai'ajihyses none. Spo- 

 lidia biseriate, fusiform, hyaline, uiii,se])t,ate, and very sli<rhtly con- 

 stricted at the scjitum, 18-2()x3i //. 



On dead leaves of Bopthia hucopha'jt, Manhattan, Kansas (Kel- 

 lerman). 



This is diU'erent from Sphivrelht haptidfcola. Cke, which has 

 shorter asci, mostly not over 55 or (50 // jouir, surrounded at tirst Ity 

 jtaraphyses, and which has also shorter (12-15 x 3|-4 /i), yellowisli 

 sporidia. 



S. baptisiicola, (Cke.) 



S/>hiriia bafilisiarola, Cke. Orev. XI, p. no. 

 Kxsicc. Rav. 1'. Am. 6So.— RU. & Kvrht. N. A. F. 2d Ser. 1799. 



Perithecia scattered, jiunctiform (100 //), covcied by the epi- 

 dermis, subprominent. Asci oblonji', suliinecjuilateral, niostly 35-55 x 

 7 fi, imi)erfcctly paraphysatc at first. Sporidia biseriate, oblonu- 

 fusoid, uniseptate, yellowish-hyaline, 15x3^ //. 



On dead stems of Bapti.sia tinctoria, Newfield, N. J., and on 

 stems of B. leucuntha, South Carolina. 



S. Ri-aiuilata, E. & E. Journ. Mycol. II, ]>. 102. 



Exsicc. I-;il. N. A. F. 2d Ser. 1798. 



Densely gregarious, occupying a dethiitely limited area of the 

 stem. Perithecia minute (105 ii), covered by the ejiidermis, which is 

 raised and fissured over them, but not lilackeiied, though the black 

 ]»eritliecia are visiltle through it. Ostiolum papilliform, only slightly 

 prominent; ascigerous nucleus, white. Asci nearly cylindrical, about 

 70 X 7 //, subsessilc. without paraphyses, and containing eight biseriate, 



