'ili|ti(»iiii 



illlOM'. 



I'lisoid. 



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IN'ritlicciii sciittcic*], ('(ivcrcd liy tlic liliickciKMl cpidcriuis. wliicli 

 is liiiscfl into little pustules. Ostiolii eniinjteiit. Asci cyliiKliicjil (•!• 

 eJMViite. (!(>-7(> X l(t-12 /< (30 X 7 // Ckc). Spoiidiii liiseiiiite, lusoid. 

 lividiiie, iiiiiseptiite itt lirst. iteeoiiiinji: vJ-se]itiite iiiid (■((iistrieted. 20-2.') 

 N (1-S ft. Viw. fhh'Jcitlii, K. A' Iv. is on dead spots in the leaves, 

 and has the peiitheeia snlteloniiated or hysteriilorni. Itut does not 

 dilTer inatei'iallv in other respects. 



On dead jtetioles of .SV//w/ Pulmotto, (ieoru'ia (Ravenel). 



We have retained this speeies on the authority ol' Dr. Cooke. Imt 

 il is very douiitl'nl whether it is speeilieaily dLrnet from Lcptosphd'- 

 rid su/idi if/era. 1>. A ('. 'J'he only appreeiahle difl'ercnce lies in the 

 lather laruer jieritheeia and sulthyalin<' sp<»ridia. 



M. maci'otlieca, Kostnip, Funjjji (Jritnl. p. ")()! (N(t. 183). 



Peritliofia f?re^'arious, filolio.sc-depressed. Asei very larffc, ovate- 

 olilonj!. con traetod Just helow the apex, stipitate, 130-13') x 30-38 //. 

 Sporidia in-egnlarly 3-seriale. 8-in an a.'^cus, hyaline, 3-sei)tato, each 

 <'ell with a cultical nucleus, 32-35 x 12-13 //. 



On (h'ad leaves of Cofcx hifperhorca, Sukkertop])en. Orecidand. 

 M. piinctulata, E. & K. .lourn. Mycol. IV, p. 76. 



I'ei'ithecia scattei-ed, innnersed. the surface of the culm" roniaininir 

 quite oven Imt lilackencd around the small, ei'umpent, hiack ostiola, 

 or fmally www. or less uniformly Itlackenod. I'ei'ithecia friohoso, \-\ 

 nmi. diam., with a white, latlier lirm niicleus. Asci clavate-cylindri- 

 cal, 80-110x20 //, with indistinct parai)liyses. Sporidia fusoid, 

 slightly curved, 3-scptate, hyaline, 40-50 x tl-7 //. 



On dead culms o{ Puniviiin Cut'titiii, St. Mai'linsvillo, La. 



M. stenotlieca, (E. & E.) 



Splitnia {Afr/afp/uri id) s/etiofhfcti, K. & E. Joiirii. Mycol. III. p. 127, 

 Mftitsfiluciia sicnollicca, Sacc. Syll. IX, p. S44. 



Perithecia scattered. inend>ranacenus, sul)Ovoid, \ mm. diam.. 

 huried in the matrix, except the rathei' prominent, depressed-conoid 

 apex, which is covered by the blnckenetl e])idermis, with only the 

 pajjilliform ostiolum orumpent. Asci linear. 70-80 x 4-5 //, with in- 

 distinct paraphyses. Sporidia uniseriate, overlappin<>', ohlong'-fusoid, 

 3-4-nucleate, becoming 3-se])tate, subhyaline, 12-10x3 /i. 



On sheaths of dead Panicum Ciii'tmi, Louisiana (Langlois). 



