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Pcritliociii sc.'iittcrod or 2-3 toiictlicr on the sui'taco of the iiiiici' 

 liark, and (•ov<'n'(l by tlic thin, loosciiod cuticle wliicli is pierced Ity 

 llic liiipilliroi'iii ostiolii. Asci 3.')-40 X ()-7 //, willi slender jiarajtliy- 

 ses. Spoi'idia Itiseriate, obloiiii-i'nsil'onii. uiiiseptat(\ constricted at the 

 -;ciitiMii and sliii'iitlv curved, vellowish-hvaline, with a faint, liristledike 

 ap)ienda,ii'e at each end, antl a nucleus in each cell, 7-S x W,-"2 //. 



On <lead l)ranclies ol'cidtivided roses, IJethielieni, Pa. (Han). 



\). lonliospora, Sacc. & Spe;;. .Mich. 1, p. 370, F. Ital. tnh. 3070. 



J-;x!*icc. N. A. 1". .sSS. 



I'eritliecia irreii'arious. covered by the cuticle, suhproniinent and 

 suli.uloliose. .scarcely papillate, i nun. diani., texture compact, dark. 

 Asci thick-clavate, (!.")-7") x 12 // (p. sp. "A) x 12 //». stipitate, with 

 aluindant lilil'orni |iarapliyses, .S-spored. Sporidia l)iseriate, cylindric- 

 iusoid, straijiht or curved, l.')-18x3-4 /MlO-17x")-(> ii Sacc), uni- 

 septate and (dituse. constricted in the nii(hlle, hyaline, with a broad, 

 ill-delineil appendaife at each end. \"ar. AretoscNti'., KU. tt Sacc. liiis 

 asci N(M)(» X S-IO //, spoiidia 10-12 x 4 //. 



On i'allen oak leaves, Ohio. On peduncles iA' RJnix coptiUliui, 

 bark ol'u'rape vines, twiu's of Sasxafftis, and capsides of CEnnfheni, 

 Newlield, X. .1., and on StaphyU'a, in Penn.<ylvania. 



I). Coi'iiiiti, E. & E. 1. e. 



Perilhecia scattered, minute. 17;')-20() /i diam., attached to the 

 lilackened snrl'ace of the stem just lieneath the thin e])idermis which is 

 liarely pierced by th(> pi'oniinent ostiola. Asci cylindi'ical, nearly 

 sessile, 0.")~7<>x7 n. Paraphy.ses i)r(»sent. Sporiilia bi.<eriate, fusilbrin, 

 yellowish, very sliditly curved, miiseptate and constricted, becominu' 

 3-sei»tate, 20-2") x 3-3.J //, ends subobtuse. 



On dead stems of Aadepias Cornntl, London, Canada (Dearnoss). 



1). Aii(li'«n6f?»iiis, E. & E. 1. c. 



Perithecia hypophyllons, subgreg-arious, about i mm. diam.. 

 buried in the substance of the leaf, with the apex and short, conic-cylin- 

 drical ostiolum jtrojectinu'. Asci cylindrical, narrow, SO-t)Ox o /i, with 

 liliform paraphyses. Sporidia overlaitping-um'seriate, lifsoid-oblong, 

 3-iuicleate, lieccaning 1-2-septate and constricted, acute at first, but 

 linally obtuse, hyaline or yellowish-hyaline, 12-15x3 ft, some of them 

 very sliuhtly curved. Near D. .vibf/enu'na, U. tt C. 



On dead leaves of Aiith'opogon mitricafns, St. Martinsville, La. 



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