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clavate; spores distichous or crowded, cylindric, obtuse, generally 
curved, 3-septate, colored, the terminal cells subhyaline, .oood— 
.00096 of an inch long, .o0016-.00024 broad, often oozing out and 
forming black spots on the matrix. 
Bark of sugar maple, Acer saccharum L. Vaughns, 
Washington co. April. S. H. Burnham. 
Before the exudation of the spores the bark is minutely dotted 
by the black ostiola. The spores are similar to those of 
Premaensonia~bir i naiudi ana: S: aR. 
Perithecia dense gregaria, subcarbonacea, epidermide ostiolis 
nhigris perforata tecta, globosa, 34 mm lat., nigra; asci cylindraceo- 
clavulati; sporae distichae vel confertae, cylindraceae, obtusae, 
plerumque curvae,.3-septatae, coloratae, loculis extimis subhya- 
linis, 10-24 x 4-6 »p. 
Leucolejeunea clypeata (Schw.) Evans 
Rocks. Dresden, Washington co. August. 
Lophocolea macouni Aust. 
Decaying wood in a cedar swamp. Jordanville, Herkimer co. 
C. F. Austin. 
Lophocolea minor Nees 
Ground. Kenwood, Albany co. November. S. H. Burnham. 
Massariovalsa sudans (B. & C.) Sacc. 
Bark of red maple, Acer rubrum L. Shushan, Washington 
co. May. S. H. Burnham and F. Dobbin. 
Our specimens agree much better with the figure of the species 
given in North American Pyrenomycetes, plate 30, than with the 
published descriptions of it. 
Melanconis modonia Tul. 
Bark of chestnut, Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh. 
Alcove, Albany co. November. C. L. Shear. 
Mnium orthorrhynchum B: & S. 
Eagle Rock gorge near Chilson lake, Essex co. June. Mrs 
C. W. Harris. 
Monilia angustior (Sacc.) Reade 
This fungus which attacks the immature fruit of chokecherry, 
Prunus virginiana L., was reported under the name 
