48 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 
Unlike most species of Ramularia, this has no discolored spots 
on the leaves of the host plant. 
Caespites areas indefinitas albidas obscuras in superficiei foli- 
orum inieriore formantes, macula nulla discolorata, fungoque 
oculo inermi vix visible; hyphae minutissimae dense confertae 
circiter 20 w longae; sporae oblongae vel cylindraceae, continueae, 
hyalinae utrinque, subacutae, 12-20 x 3-4 p. 
Septoria polemonioides 
Spots suborbicular, brown or brown with a whitish center, 
perithecia epiphyllous, black; spores slender, straight or curved, 
pointed at each end, continuous, hyaline, 30-60 x I-1.5 p. 
Living or languishing leaves of some species of Polemonum. * 
Wtaha VAVOn Garrett 
This species differs from Septoria polemonii Thuem, 
in its longer continuous and sharp pointed spores and in the 
color of the spots. ~ 
Maculae suborbiculares, brunneae, interdum centro albidae; 
perithecia epiphylla, atra; sporae graciles, rectae vel curvae, 
utrinque acutae, continuae, hyalinae, 30-60 x I1.5 p. 
Sphaerella saccharoides 
Spots definite, oblong, .5-1 cm long, brownish on the margin; 
perithecia epiphyllous, minute, black; asci subcylindric, 70-80 x 
I2-I4 pw; spores biseriate, oblong or subfusiform, constricted at 
the septum, each cell binucleate, hyaline, 25-30 x 5-6 pz. 
Leaves of sugar cane, Sacchartim of11cima aimee 
Cuba. T. E. Thurston. Communicated by IL. KR: Mesler 
This species appears to be closely related to Sphaerella 
sacchari Speg. from which according to the description it 
differs in its definite whitish spots, in the longer asci and spores 
and in the latter being quadri-nucleate. 
Maculae definitae, oblongae, .5-1 cm longae, margine brunes- 
cetes; perithecia epiphyllae, minutae, nigrae; asci subcylin- 
dracei, 70-80 x 12-14 mw; Sporae in asco biseriatae, oblongae vel 
subfusiformes, ad septum constrictae, quadri-nucleatae, hyalinae, 
25-30 X 5-6 up. 
Sporotrichum atropurpureum 
Hyphae widely effused, forming a soft tomentose covering on 
the matrix, at first white, gradually becoming red, dark purple or 
violaceous, sparsely and irregularly branched, septate, often 
