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On dead stems of Sambucus, Snow Valley Peak, Ormsby 
Co., Nevada, June 14, 1902, C. F. Baker, no. 1165. 
DIATRYPACEAE. 
Diatrype Baccharidis sp. nov. 
Stromata thickly scattered, somewhat prominent, bordered 
by the wood-fibers, at length naked, black, rough, stromatic 
material scanty, tawny yellowish-brown within, about I mm. 
in diameter, often subconfluent; perithecia 3 or 4 to 6or 8 
in a stroma, large, 300-500 4, subangular, black within, os- 
tioles roughening the surface, compressed or obscurely bi- 
sulcate (subhysterioid) necks short; asci clavate, about 70 x 
73 ascospores curved, cylindric, yellowish, 12-14 x 2-3 p. 
On dead, weathered stems of Baccharis sp., Stanford Uni- 
versity, California, Dec. 1, 1901, C. F. Baker, no. 182. 
SPHAEROPSIDACEAE. 
Coniothyrium Sambuci sp. nov. 
Pycnidia scattered or somewhat gregarious, buried, at 
length fully or partially erumpent, black, globose, not col- 
lapsing, 300-350 in diameter, of firm cellular tissue, the 
cells small, regular, about 7-10 p, ostiolum papillate ; sporules 
dark fuscous, subglobose, about 8 x 7 4; sporophores none 
or inconspicuous. 
On dead, decorticated stems of Sambucus, Snow Valley 
Peak, Ormsby Co., Nevada, June 24, 1902, C. F. Baker, 
no. 1182 (in part). 
What seems to be the same thing was collected at Cham- 
bers Lake, Colo., on Sambucus, Aug. 1, 1896, by the same 
collector and was issued as no. 412 under the name of Conzo- 
thyrium olivaceum Bon.; but it is not that species. 
Diplodia Leptodactyli sp. nov. 
Pycnidia scattered, buried, then erumpent, black, sub- 
globose, not collapsing, 200-225 y, of soft membranous tissue, 
cells regular, 8-10 yp, ostiolum i inconspicuous ; sporules brown, 
elliptical, uniseptate, somewhat constricted, ends obtusely 
rounded, about 14 x 8 4 
On dead stems of Leptodactylon squarrosum, Clear Creek 
Cafion, near Carson, Nevada, July 11, 1902, C. F. Baker, 
no. 1308. 
