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j^optatu. (•xi'c)»ti()nally S-scptato. Tlic poritliocia occur liotli on dccoi- 

 ticated liiiil).-* and on tlio,-c AWl covoi-cd with tlic hark, hut in tiic latter 

 case, tlio hark is old and soniewhat dccayc<l. 



On dead willow liinh.«, niiar Ilui'on, Dakota, autumn. 1885 (Miss 

 Nollic E. Croucli). 



L Jlacliirsp, E. & E. Proc. Acad. Nf^l. Sci. Phil. .July, 1800, p. 28('). 



Sjiofs as in SphwrcUa jlftcIiD'a-, K. A- K. (which occurs on the 

 fsanic loaves), suhoi-liiculai', reddisli-hrf)wn. 4-10 lum. diain., with a 

 darker margin and deciduous center. Pei-ithecia mostly hypo))hyllous, 

 innate-erumjient, small (7") «), hlack. Ai^ci ohlong-cylindrical, oO-dO 

 x8-10/i. Para))hyses? S]iori(lia l)iseriate, fusoid, al)out 6-nucleate. 

 hecounng r)-soj»tate, slightly curved, nearly hyaline, 20-22 x 3 /t. 



On leaves (tf Madura aiintttfiaca. Saline Co., Mo. (Denu'trio). 



L putei^na, E. & K. (in lierh.) 

 • J'orithecia gregarious, eiMimpent-suitcrficial. suliglohose or do- 

 pressed-glohose, ahout 200 // diam., Idack, glalti'ous, ltrt)adly peiforated 

 ahove, lough. Asci suhcylindrical, short-sti[»itate, rounded ahove, 

 ahout 75x15-18 //, jiaraphysato. Sporidia crowded, sometimes 

 oltliquc, ohlong-fusoid, ()-8-sei»tato, sometimes a little curved, dark 

 hrown, 20-27x6-8 //. 



On the inside and outside of an oaken welMmcket, Manhattan. 

 Kansas (May Varney). 



B. On nionocotyh'doiioiiH phuit)*. 

 ■"■ Sporidia '^-septate. 



L. sabali^eia, (B. & ('.) 



Spliaiia sahitligna, H. & C. Clrev. IV, p. 147. 

 Clypiospluo la sabalinna, Sacc. 9yll. 3193. 

 /.eptosfiluvria sa/>a!igeia, Cke. Syii. 4,^10. 



Pcrithecia scattered, minute, covered hy the hlackcnod cuticle 

 which is .sliglitly laised. Asci (]>. sp.) ohlong, 40-50 x 7-0 //. Spo- 

 ridia hisoriate, fusiform, slightly curved, 3-septate, straw-ycrk)w. some- 

 times constricted at the septa, 15-22 x 4-5 /i (25 // long, sec. IJerk.}. 



On leaves of Sahul, Ijouisiana ( lianglois). 



L. sabalieola, (E. & M.) 



Spharia sabalicnla, K. & M. Am. N.Tt. 1SS2, p. Hio. 

 Lfp/osplurria sabaliio/a, Sacc. ,Syll. 61,^5. 

 Rxsicc. KU. & Evrht. N. A. V. 2(1 Ser. 1963. 



Pcrithecia gregarious or scattered, with rather thick, coriaceous 

 walls, ahout | mm. diam., covered hy the epidermis, which is raised 



