2S8 



lusiloriii, !<li^litly curved. Iiyaline, yTanuhii- at first, then unisoptati' 

 s|.ori(lia 20-23x3-3^ it. 



On (lead stems ol' Buptisiu tictoria, with Sp/nhrclht haptisiicohi. 

 Cke., Newfiehl. N. .1. 



The speeiuiens found urew ai'ound tlie l)ase of the stem, extend- 

 ing; up fur altout two inches, wliere they were alu'ujttly succeeded l)v 

 Sp/ia>)'('Ihi hiiptisiicola, ('I<e.. in wiiich tlie jteritiiecia arc more scat- 

 tered and tlie spoiidia sliorter (Ili-Ki /i ), and liroadei- (4—5 ji). Tiie 

 speciu'ens of this latter species, in Hav, F. Am., are not well devel- 

 ()|»ed and have the sjioridia narrower (3-3^ //), and more acute, as 

 •lescrilied Ity Cooke. 



S. (lepazesvtormis, (Awd.) 



S/'liiriia (Ifpticetr/ormis, Awtl. in Kab. Herli. Myc. 1641, 

 Sfihtoclla dipa:e(rfornns, CfS. ft De Not. Schema, p. 64. 

 Kiiilia O.iiiluiii, Rah. Herl). Myc. Kd. II, No. sf'7 

 SplKCit'lla A'lii/ii, Fckl. Sjinl). p. 103. 

 /.trs/dilia OMi/idi'i. Sacc. SyU. 1633. 

 Kx.sicc. Krieg. V. Sax. 332 —M. March. 1)45, 2341. 



I'erithecia am])hi,uenous, uloliose, 75-SO /i (40-40 /t, Winter tV 

 Sacc), liroadly perforated at the apex. i)ase sunk in the sulistance of 

 tlie leaf, ,a-enerally seated in the center of round whitisli spots 1-3 

 mm. diam., with a I>rown liorder. Asci ovate-ohlonu'. nearly sessile, 

 t-spored, 35-40 x 12-15 a (34-30 x 8-10 //, Winter). Spc.ridia l)ise- 

 riate, oblonu', olttuse, ,<eptate in the middle luit not constricted, 10-14 



X 3-3^ ft, hyaline. 



On leaves of Oxafin cornicuUihi, var. stricta, Columbia, So. Car- 

 olina (Atkinson). 



The Carolina sjtecc. atrree in all resi)ects, size of perithecia, asci 

 and .>*]toridia, with the s})ecc. in Ivriegers Fun<>i Saxonici. The syn- 

 onymy is from Winter's Pilze. 



S. Thalictri, E. & E. Jouin. Mycol. I. p. 44. 



Perithecia hypophyllous, 90 // diam., of coar.'^e cellular structure, 

 with a i-ather la"ge opening- above, hemispherical (flattened when dry), 

 sctatteretl on small (2-3 mm.), round, white spots with a dark iioi'der. 

 Asci sessile, altout 3G X 7 //. S])oridia cl•o^vded, ovat<'-oblong, granu 

 lar and nucleate, (becoming uniseptate ?) 12-16x3-4^ //. 



On leaves of ThaUctrum dhician, Now Jersey and Iowa. 



S. Earliiuia, Winter. Journ. Mycol. 1, p. 101. 



Perithecia amphigenous, densely crowded in small, black, angular, 

 roundish patches al)out 1-2 mm. i)road, globose, very small, (GO-70 )/i. 

 perforated aI»ove, Itlack. Asci fasciculate, slightly attenuated upwards 

 from the suliventricose base, very short-stipitat«, 8-sporcd, 20-30 x 7 /i. 



