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luni. lofiji' nnd H!') // wide, snlt^loltoso. perforated above, 70 // diiiiii. 

 Asoi olon^'ateil-ol»Ioii^', very Hliortsliiiitutc, ^i-sjiored, ;')() x 7-N /t. 

 Spoi'idia hiseriate. wcdge-sliapcd-oldonu', rounded at the ends, straijilit. 

 uniseptato, not eonstrieted at the soptnni, smoky-hyaline, 14x5 //. 



On loaves ol" Typha hitifolia, West Chester. I'a. 



The West Cliester speec. have asel 2o-3J< x 10-12 /i, sporidia 1 1- 

 12x3-3i //, and seem tu lie {\u\fonmi iiiinov ol' Fekl. Syml». p. 107, 

 with asei 3(1 // loiiu' aiitl sjioridia 10x4 [i, Tlio speec. issued under 

 tiiis name in Mycotheca Marehiea 213(5, and Kanm. F. (iall. r)3')4. 

 alVord two s]i('eies of I^Ieonpord, and one of Leptcmpluvria, hnt no 

 Spha'rel/a. 



S. I'wiiteiK'ria', Pk. 40tli Hej.. p. (>{). 



Sf'hevicllapaludosa, E. & H. in Kll. & I-;vrht. N. A. I<'. 2(1 Str. 2.^57. 



Spots rather largo (I5-2 em.), oblonir or elliptieal, sometimes eon- 

 fluent, lirown above, Idackish-brown or gray i.sh-l trow n below. I'eri- 

 theeia minute, (75 /i). hyiiophyllous, black. Asci oblong or sidtfusi- 

 foiin, 50-r)2 X 12^ /i. S]ioiidia crowded or biseriate, oblong-clavate, 

 uniseptate, sometimes (|nadrinucleate, 15-20x5-6 p. 



On languishing leaves of Pontvilwia cort/uta, Whitehall, N. V.. 

 and Newfield. N. J., and on leaves of Nuphur advena. Ijondon. 

 Canada. 



S. iiicisa, E. & M. Journ. Mycol. I, p. 90. 



Perithccia membranaceous, gregarions, globose or de[)ressed- 

 gloltose, \ nun. diam., covered by the blackened epidermis. Asci 

 lanceolate, 100-120 x 8-10 /i, without parajthyses. Sporidia fusiform, 

 attenuated to a l)ristle-like point at each end, endochrome distinctly 

 divided in the middle, jtale yellowish; length, including the bristle- 

 pointed ends, 40-50 p, width, 3-4 p. The walls of the pei-ithecia are 

 closely adnate to the matrix, and with difficulty se}»arable from it. 



On dead petioles oi' Sahal serrvlata, Floi'ida (Martin). 



S. Orontii, E. & E. Journ. Mycol. I, p. 151. 



Perithccia epipliyllous, scattei-ed, minute (100 p), purplish-black, 

 membranaceous, coarsely cellular, perforated above, i)artly erumpent. 

 Asci oltlong, a little nairower above and abruptly contracted below 

 into a very short, stipe-like base, 35-40 x 10-12 //, without paraphyses. 

 Sporidia biseriate, oblong, hyaline, nucleate and faintly uniseptate, 

 about 14 X 4-5 p, a little nai-rower at one end. P/iysalospom Orontii 

 has larger perithccia and rather largei', regularly ellij»tical, continuous 

 sporidia. 



