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Conidia hyaline, ovoid to subglobose, 12-14 ^ 9-10 ^, on narrow 

 sporophores, sometimes of their own length or longer. 



On leaves of Abies pectin ata on limbs which have died 

 without casting their leaves. Oneida. ^ladison coimty, X. Y. 

 H. D. House. ]\Iay 14. 191 5. Type in the herbarium of the Xew 

 York State IMuseum. 



Phoma platanicola Dearness & House, sp. nov. 



Pycnidia rather sparsely scattered, raising the ruptured cuticle, 

 pale, flat, circular, pseudo-locellate, .^^-.^ mm. Conidia hyaline, non- 

 guttulate, elliptic to subfusoid, 9-12 x 4-6 /x, on sporophores of the 

 same length as the conidia, some of which are branched. 



On dead twigs of Platanus occidentalis .L- Sylvan 

 Beach, Oneida count}-. H. D. House, June 21, 19 15. T^-pe in the 

 herbarium of the Xew York State ^luseum. This comes near 

 Phoma almeidae Sacc. & Trav., the conidia and sporophores 

 of which are narrower and of different shape. 



Phyllosticta ambrosioides Thiim. 

 On living leaves of C h e n o p o d i u m ambrosioides L. 

 Syracuse, X." Y. H. D. House. August 191 5. ' 



Phyllosticta staphyleae Dearness 

 On '■' blighted "" capsules of S t a p h y 1 e a t r i f o 1 i a t a L. 

 near Black lake, north of Leeds, Greene county. H. D. House. 

 August 21, 191 5. 



Phyllosticta myricae Cooke 

 On living and languishing leaves of 3I y r i c a c a r 1 i n e n - 

 s i s Mill. Sand's point. Long Island. H. D. House. September 

 8, 191 5. 



Phyllosticta steironematis Dearness & House, sp. nov. 



Spots reddish, scattered, circular, 2-3 mm broad or confluent and 

 extending over half or the whole of the leaf. Pycnidia amphigen- 

 ous, black, 75-150 ;", not deeply seated. Conidia hyaline, globose, 

 grumous, 5-6 fi. 



On living leaves of Steironema ciliatum ( L.) Raf. 

 X'orth Greenbush. X. Y. H. D. House, July 20, 191 5. Type in 

 the herbariiun of the Xew York State ^luseum. The spores of this 

 species are ver}- distinct from those of either P. dodecathei 

 Trelease or P. 1 v s i m a c h i a e Allesck 



