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 lilt 



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Id'owiiisli tlisk. t'-lJ, iiiiii. luiii: liy 1 iiiiii. wiilc (or n little less). \<c\ 

 cliivutt'. 70-7') \ 1>-10 //, (tlttuscly |M»iiil('i| Jit tlic ii|M'.\. sliurf-sti|iit;itr. 

 with lililonii |iiiiii|iii_vs<'< houkt'tl :it tlic tips. >|ioiiiliii lilil'oiiii. sti;iiulit. 

 Dltcii ii little swollen iit the ti|is, eoiitiimoiis, liyaliiio, 4r)-r)(».\ 1,^ -J n. 



lyiiiir I (ill nil* 



'1. 



On iK'iul leaves and \\v\'u)U':i iA' Aoichinr/i/ef uhiif'ol/a, Klikiint 

 (4)., Wasliiiiifton (Snksilorf. No. 201 ). on oak leaves. IJetlileliein. I'a. 

 (Scliw.). on fallen lieeeli leaves, New \'ork (I'eekj. 



The species is speeilieally eliaracteri/.ed liy its swollen peiilliecj;! 

 with walls risiiiii" lik<' an arch ovei- the disk. It, is loinnl in Swedi n 

 and (Jerniany on leaves and peti<»les ol' Soihus AiniijiiU'/'d. The 

 sporidia (sec. Kriesl ai'e oval, which would phice tlii' species in /l>//i'h 

 ilcniKi, The Wa.-hiniiton specc. have lililorni sporidia a^ri'ceinu' wiili 



tl 



le siie» 



'c. issued liv Kehin and itoniell 



L exai'idiim. ('. iV l\ in <'ke. Disc, of the I'. S. p. ;{(;. 



Jhstii iiDii , Mil iiiuiii, C. \. 1". ill I'k. Aitli Ktp. ]). (>,? 



Perithecia scatter<'t| on pale, irreyidar shaped spots, snliorhicnliir 

 or oldonii', ^-1] nini. lonu'. adnate. superlicial, iilack, oiitus(>. minutely 

 ru;i'ose; lips slantiiit:' upwards, nearly closed, not swollen, hvpoplivl 

 Ions. At^ci slender-clavate, 70-^') .\ (1-7 ,«. .^-spored. sulise.-;sile. with 

 liliforni pai-aphyses more or less itent and thickened at the tips. Spo- 

 ridia liliform, multinncleate. hyaline, sliuhtlv thickened aliove. 00-70 \ 



\\-nn. 



On fallen leaves of Futhnia niKinslifhlln, New York (I'eckKoii 

 dead, dried up leaves of luihnld hitifolld, still haniiiiiji' on linihs iiit 

 some months previously, at Newlield, N. J. 



Diaiiiiosis Irom the Newlield specimens. 



Ii. petiolieoliim, Fckl. Symb. p. li")."). 



Kxsicc. I'ckl. V. Rli. 745.— Kuiize V. Sel. 276,— Ral>. K. K. 462. 2(m2.— Ttniiii. M. f. 1757, 



Perithecia on pale spots, iiiiiate-eiiimpent, sul>}»rominent, lin;dl\ 

 coUapsinjr, elliptical, suliacute, straight. <im)tle, shinin.ii--l)lack. cleli 

 narrow, finally partially opeiiinn', so as pai-tly to exjtoso the pale disk 

 1-1^ x^ mm.: lips not swollen. Asci clavate, obtusely pointed at 

 the apex, 8-spored, 4")-70x()-7 //, with liliform paraphyses hooked ai 

 t't' tip. Sporidia liliform, mostly straight, continuous, hyaline, 4o-.)0 \ 

 \\ ft, lying jiarallel. 



On petioles and midi'ilts of fallen oak leaves, Newfield. N. .1.. on 

 petioles of Acer succharmu/n, (Jaroga, N. Y. (Peck). 



