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10-15 fx] sporidia evenly to obliquely uniseriate, 3-7 but mostly 5-6 

 septate, 20-26 by 11-12 />t, somewhat constricted at the middle 

 septum. 



On dead stems of Ceanothus americanus. Albany. 

 H. D. House, November to April. Type in the herbarium of the 

 New York State Museum. 



Cyphella conglobata Burt 

 (Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. i :375. 1914) 

 Adirondack mountains and North Elba. Collected by Dr C. H. 

 Peck. (Determined by E. A. Burt.) 



Dendrophoma albomaculans (Schw.) Starb. 

 On dead branches of Lilac (Syringa vulgaris L.), 

 Rensselaer. H. D. House, June 9, 191 5. 



Diaporthe ailanthi Sacc. var. viburni Dearness & House, var. nov. 



On dead twags of Viburnum dentatum L. Sylvan 

 Beach, Oneida county, N. Y. H. D. House, ]\Iay 13, 1915. 



The largest perithecia are about 360 /x in diameter, the asci are 

 45-60 X 6-9 IX and the 4-nucleate sporidia are 11-15 x 3-3^ /x. The 

 only difference between this and the typical form of the species 

 occurring on Ailanthus is that here the sporidia are not constricted, 

 while in D . Ailanthi they are said to be slightly constricted. 



Diaporthe comptoniae (Schw.) E. & E. 

 On dead twigs of Comptonia peregrina (L.) Coulter. 

 Near Albany, N. Y. H. D. House, July 19, 191 5. 



Diaporthe minuta Dearness & House, sp. nov. 



Perithecia minute, .3 mm; thickly scattered, the black entire 

 ostiola scarcely visible above the ruptured cuticle, flesh white; asci 

 fusoid, short-stipitate, 75 by 6-7 /x, profusely paraphysate, para- 

 physes linear and longer than the asci ; sporidia uniseptate, some- 

 what constricted, hyahne, nucleate, acute at each end, 15 by 3 /x. 



On dead stems of Ceanothus americanus Linn. 

 Albany. H. D. House, March, 191 5. Type in the herbarium of the 

 New York State Museum. 



Cercospora lathyri Dearness & Plouse, sp. nov. 



Spots bluish gray, becoming darkened with age, many of them 



finally arid, bounded by a narrow reddish border limited by the 



veinlets, 2-4 x 2-3 mm; hyphae very short on numerous evenly 



scattered brownish bases, amphigenous ; conidia mostly epiphyllous, 



