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fungus was found abundant and even in better condition than the 

 type described by Doctor Peck as Helminthosporium 

 a b s i n t h i i, on A r t e m i s i a a b s i n t h i u m from North 

 Elba, N. Y. - 



Cercospora namae Dearness & House, sp. nov. 



Spots pale brown, immarginate ; hyphae tufted, sooty-brown, short, 

 distinctly visible under the hand lens, epiphyllous or at least mostly 

 so; conida subcylindrical, hyaline, curved, 45-100 /x, mostly about 

 75 /^ by 2.5 /x. 



On Nam a ovatum (Nutt.) Britton, (Hydrolea ovata 

 Nutt.) Crebs, Indian Territory (Oklahoma). Charles S. Sheldon, 

 August 21, 1891. Type in the herbarium of New York State 

 Museum. 



Cylindrosporium spigeliae Dearness & House, sp. nov. 



Spots circular, grayish, 1-5 mm broad, with a distinct dark bor- 

 der about .5 mm wide; similar on both surfaces of the leaf; acer- 

 vuli amphigenous, numerous, especially on the lower surface of the 

 leaf, 50-90 iJL, nearly concolorous but with somewhat darker mar- 

 gin; sporules hyaline, mostly straight, very obscurely if at all sep- 

 tate, but somewhat granular, 15-35 by 2 /x. 



On living leaves of Spigelia anthelmia Linn, Elliott's 

 Key, Florida. A. H. Curtiss, no. 5454, July 4, 1895. Type in her- 

 barium of New York State Museum. 



Laestadia galactina Dearness & House, sp. nov. 



Perithecia dark brown, subcuticular, thickly and evenly scattered, 

 mostly epiphyllous, globose, flattish but not depressed, 100-230 /x 

 in diameter ; asci aparaphysate, broadest near the middle, 8-spored, 

 short-stipitate ; spores 60-75 by 25 /x ; sporidia hyaline, grumous to 

 finely guttulate, 25-30 by 6-7 /x, rounded at the ends. 



On dead and languishing leaves and petioles of Galax 

 aphylla Linn. Biltmore, N. C. H. D. House. June 1913. Type 

 in herbarium of New York State Museum. 



Phyllosticta maurandiae Dearness & House, sp. nov. 

 Spots thin and circular, white with a raised border but no con- 

 tiguous discoloration, scattered, small, 1-2 mm in diameter; pycni- 

 dia 0-21 on a spot, distinctly visible from both sides of the leaf, 

 reddish, subglobose, 90-144 /x in diameter ; spores hyaline, fiat, oval, 

 minute, 3.5-4 by i /x when measured on their edges, 3.5-4 by 2.75-3 

 /x when measured on their face, distinctly 2-nucleate. 



