I'iiliii cniwdcd, cluiiiriitt'd. Iivjiliiic siiii|tlt' oi' dhscurclv iiiii^cptatc'. 

 iJi'»-'2>< /I lt)ii;r, ^'t'lii'inlly sli^Hitly ciirvctl. 



On (Ifiiil Iciivcs ()\' J*fcn'M iKfiiih'iiit, New York Stiitc (I'rck). 



'I'lic |n'iillM'('ia lire sn riiiiill ih tu lie easily nvcilookcil, 'I'lic spo- 

 ridia arc uidikc tliusc ol »S'. I'tiriilis, hciiiu' twite lus long and \w\ 

 di>fin('M_v septate. 



S. Iiy«'0|i0(lii, Pk. .'5!Mli Hep. p. 'A. 



I'critlu'ciu minute (100 /i|, Matkisli. Asci oldonii' or Hulieyliii- 

 drical, olti-n sliuldly narrowed towaid the apex, 30-40 x 10 /i. Spo- 

 ridia oldonji-, lli-l.'t x .'{/,—! //. 



On seiiles ofijead sjiikes ol' Li/vopodiiim cliii'tittim, Adiiondaek 

 . Mts„ New York. 



This dilVers from N. li/('o/)o«lhi(f in ha place <»r ^rtmth and in its 

 •imallcr asci and sporidia. 



S. siiiM^HIiia, Fckl. in Kli. A- Kvrlit.'s N. A. V. 2d Ser. 2i;U. 



A I'ccxiimination ol the sjiecc in the cojtics now accessil le shows 

 (tnly a I'/iodk/ witii oMonji' ')-" x 2-2^ // sporules. Sec. Kckl. the 

 Phniiia accomjtanyin^' Sphd'nlhi miix rffna has sjiorules "cylindrical, 

 curved, niinute.'' indicatinj; a dilVei'ent tliiiijj; from this, 



S. paiidiirata. E. & E. JJull. Torr. IJot. Clul», X, p. 117, is DiiJif- 

 niclla loj)/iuspoi'(i, Sacc. 



In the I'ollowinir Schweinitzian s])Ocics, apjiarcntly referalde to 

 the Sjt/tn'i'('flo/(hw, the Iructilication is unknown. 



Spha-rla thjriiunis, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 1804. — Spots I'oiind or 

 sul)irreiiular, about 4 mm. diam., darker in the center, on account of 

 the abundant, minute, astomous, hiack i>eritliecia. 



On the under side of oak leaves. Allied to S. myrladea. 



Sphti'i'ld suhbiiUdiiH, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 17!)7. — S])ots Itullato- 

 elevated, orbicular, Idack, coviM'cd with the numerous, innate, minute 

 f)erithecia, with only their papillate ustiola visible. 



On the u)»per side of leaves ol' Pyr us Mai us, Bethlehem, Pa. 



(<iplnet'iu Staphyhd'., Selnv. Syn. N. Am. 1800. — Perithecia scat- 

 tered or ajij'i'C'.'ated, innate, minute, irrejiular, flattened, black, asto- 

 mous, fui'uished with a distinct, included sack, linally empty. 



A'ery connnon on capsules of Stop/iylea trifolia, Ik'tlileheni, Pa. 



Splnvrhi phnifaghiicohf, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 1806. — Perithceia 

 minute, punctiform, very l)lack, innate on both sides of the leaf, suit- 

 conically elevated, astomous, thickly but irregtdarly scattered, shining, 

 lioeoming" empty, but hard, so a,s tt> be with diflieulty cut. 



