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S. iiliiloclioi-ta. Cooke, .lonni. lint. ISS3. p. i;{7. 



K|»i|>liylli»iis, scnttficil. I'ciitln'ciii iiiiiiiitc, ulohosc, siilipi'oiiiiiiciit, 

 hluck, covri'cil hy tlii> ('pitli'i'iiiis. Ostioliiiii |)ti|iilliit(', [icrlorntrtl. 

 Asci cliiviitt'. Sporidiu nnriKW, cyliiiilric-cllipticiil. olitiisc iit the cutis, 

 iiiiiscptiitc, sciiiccly foiistrit'tcfl, liynlinc, l.'l-17x.'5 //. 



Oil Iciivcs uCsoiiic ^'i!iss, Miiiiic. 



S. Miihleiibeipa'. KM. Am. Niii. lHS:i, p. .'$17. 



ExHlcc. Kll. N. A. I'. I.5.SJ. 



I'ciitlicciii <'niiiip('iit. iiiimifc, licticiJiIIy cloiiunitcfl-sciiiitc. Asci 

 (»l(|rtiiii', .">•'» X S-10 n. .*«pnfi(li!i Itiscriiitc, clliptifjil, iiiiiscptiitc 1 1-l ;') x 

 ?>-?>}, ft. Stylusporc-; in liirj-cr pcritlicriii, l.'J-lt) x 4 /i (Plmiii'i). 



On IciiVcs (if MiihlcuUvfijUi, \('\v('h'I(|. \. .1. 



This iiinl tlic picccdinu' species, piililislM'd iiltoiit tlie sniiic time, 

 liiiiy l)e the Siiiiie. Init we hiive no specc. ol' Cuolxe's species lor ('(iiii- 



p!l|-iS()||, 



S. (jililornira, Cke. & Hark. .loinn. IJot. 1SS.'J. p. 13(i. 



I'critheciii sm;iil, sciittereil. siiltspliericiil. iiiiiate-pi'dmiiieiit. dark 

 l»f(»\vri, perloraled idinve. Asci (davai ■-cyliiidiicai. Spoiidia narrow- 

 elliptical, iinisepfate. hyaline, n(»t cdnstricted, 8 x 2 //. 



On leaves id' some native j;rnss. 



On specimens in oni- llei-lt. sent l»y Hr. Ilarkness as SphfP.rcJhi 

 (JdN/onu'ri/. we liiid only a Scjtforf'd with perithc'-ia 7')-ll<> // <liam.. 

 and spoi-nles cylindrical, curved, hyaline, continuous, 12-14 x 1^ ft. 

 Cooke (I. c.)is inclined to retianl this as the mature state of L(v»f(i(li(i 

 pi'fj>iisi/la. Sacc. 



S. Spai'tinas E. & E. .Jonrn. Mycol. IV, ].. 97. 



I'eritliecia of coarse, cellular structure, suhastomous, ollijitical. 

 100-1 12 X 17()-1!>(> /i, huried in the |»ai'enchyma of the leal', but plainly 

 visii>lc above or (Jii the (jutside, and faintly so below, (piite evenly and 

 thickly .scattered. Asci mostly iunnaturo in the spocc. examined, but 

 evidently f)resent. Free sporidia (which we believe to be ascospores) 

 oltlonjr-elliptical, yellowish, constricted and faintly uniseptate in the 

 middle, with about 4 small nuclei, 12-10x4^-5^ //. This can not be 

 the Atiroc/i i/f(i S/xn-t/inc, Ti'elease, .lourn. Mycol. 1, ji. 14, on account 

 of the absence of any spots and the (juite dift'erent spori<lia. We are 

 also confident that the Nebraska specc. are ascigerous. 



On deatl leaves and sheaths of Spavtina cynosuroiden, Nebraska 

 (Webber). 

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