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Fr('»Hioiit oil iloatl loaves of Pluntayo hinreolafd of last year's 

 jjjrowtli, IJetlilehoin, Pa. 



SpliO'tiu rncchieo-iiiaculdfa, i^eliw. Syii. N. Am. 1801. — IVii- 

 tlieeia Idack, seriate or inordinate, astonious, oIilon<«-, linally enijity, 

 seate<l on a scarlet sjiot slifilitly elevat^Ml in the eenter. 



On leaves of. urasses, l>etlileliein. Pa. 



Sphif'fid Androiiieihft'uni, Seliw. Syn. X. Am. 1702. — Peiitlieeia 

 minute, innate, scattered or asr,!rie<>-ated, convex-gloliose linally, as it 

 wore, cirenniseissilo. tlie upper part deciduous. 



On tiie lower side of leaves of Andromeda aj'iJhtrix, ."^aleni, N. V,. 



Sphivrhi apcftluscuhi, Seluv. Syn, X. Am. 178"). — Peiitlieeia 

 scattered, brownisli-ldack, minute, arisiiiu- from tlie Itiillate jiareii- 

 cliyma, at lirst innate, with a larjro opening aliove, linally em])ty. 

 Resembles a minute Pcziza. 



Rarely met with, on the lower side of leaves of CIihks f'tdni, 

 New York State (Torrcy). 



Sphceria jyer/'gyn/'cola, Schw. Syn. X. Am. 1782. — Perithecia 

 scattered, very minute, astomous, black, erumiioiit, suheonic-comjuessed, 

 at length empty, often distantly scriate-eruni])eiit. 



Met with occasionally on the jtorigynia of Car/ces, especially of 

 C. xanthophysa, Mt. Pocono, Pa. Allied to <S. rcriititd. 



Spha't'ia Angelicai luchlti'.t^dwv. Syn. N. Am. 1781. — Perithecia 

 scattered, innate, suhprominent, dark, astomous. colla])sing, occupying 

 the lower side of languishing leaves, effused on suherustaceous, yellow 

 spots. 



On leaves of An(/elka lucida, JJethlohem, Pa. 



SpJuei'ia herhkohi, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 1794. — Pei'ithecia at lirst 

 concealed under an elfusod, subhimaiitoid, Avliite crust, which linally 

 disa])pears (except around the ostiolum), leaving the scattered, lilack 

 perithecia bare. Ostiola conical, oijual in length to the dianiotei' ol" 

 the perithecia, finally deciduous; then the perithecia appear globose 

 and perforated. 



On leaves (jf various herbaceous plants, Bethlehem, Pa. 



PHARCIDIA, Koiber. 



Parerga licheiiol. p. 469. 



Perithecia more or less sunk in the matrix, finally erumjient, small, 

 membranaceous, with a simple, jiei'forated ostiolum. Parajihyses unit- 

 ed in a shiny mass or wanting. Sporidia l-3-sei)t{ite, liyaline. 



