304 • 



Asci sublancoolate. Sporidia oblony, simple, colorloss, 7J /-< loiijU'. 

 On dead stems oflierbs, fJreenbiisli, N. Y. (Peek). 



P. Ciipiessi, (B. & ('. 



Spherria Cupiessi. B. & C. (irev. IV, p.i^S. 

 P/nsa/osfiont, Ciipiessi, Sacc. Syll. 1679, Ckc. Syn. 4091. 



Peritlieeia eovered I»y the euticle, liut proiniiient, with a distinet 

 ostiohim. Asei ehavate. p. sp. 7 ') x 20 //. Sporidia inordinate, ine(|ui- 

 hiteially elliptical, hyaline, 20-23 x 1»» /i. 



On limbs oi' Cttpirssitsfhyoi(Jcs, Carolina (Kavenel). 



The measurements (»f asci and sj)oridia are taken from a spec. com. 

 I»y Farlow I'rom JIerl». Curtis. 



P. eeaiiotliina, (Pk.) 



Sfiluciia ccanolhina, Pk. 2yth Rep. p. 62. 



P/iysalospoxi ccanothina, S.icc. Syll. 1692, Cke. Syn. 4093. 



Peritlieeia scattered or rarely two or three crowded together, 

 smooth, subuloliose. Ostiola jjiercinjr the epidermis, somewhat rujrged. 

 often curved or deformed. Sporidia crowded or biseriate, oblong, 

 obtuse, sometimes curved, hyaline, 12-1 ') // long. 



On dead stems oH Ci'anotluia Americcnius, New York. 



P. Liidwi^isp, (Oke.) 



SplKnia Ludwigier. Cke. HecUv. 1.S6S, p. 39. 

 Physixlotpora Liiciruigiir, Sacc. Syll. 1720. 

 Phomatospora I.Hd:ui);ia:, Cke. Syn. 4357. 



Gregarious. Peritlieeia covered Ity the blackened and raised 

 epidermis. Asci clavate. Sporidia biseriate, elliptical or [lyriform. 

 hyaline, continuous, 25 x 10 /i. 



On stems of Z/itdwigia, So. Carolina. 



P. auraiitia, E. & E. in Ell. & Evrht.^s N. A. F. 2d Ser. 2355. 



(Plate 27) 



Peritlieeia scattered, buried in the parenchyma of the leaf, sub- 

 olilong, 175-200x130-150 /i, of a fine orange color, which is readily 

 seen in a section of the leaf, the surface of which is nniformly black- 

 ened and slightly pustulates from the scarcely erumpent ostiola. Asci 

 clavate-cylindrical, 100-110x12-15 fi, with paraphyses. Sporidia 

 uniseriate, oblong-elliptical, granular, h3-aline, continuous, 12-22 x 

 8-9//. 



On dead leaves of AstvagaJus pectinatni<, Sand Coulee, Montana 

 (Anderson). 



