ON SPHHERELLA AND ITS ALLIES. 187 
= describing the same species twice over, we cannot do other than 
e its diagnosis, although still of the same opinion that the one 
is a shaprsernciee of the other. Under any circumstances this is the 
most perfect form. 
220*SpH#ReLta EUMoRPHA B. & C.; Didymella eumorpha Sacc. 
Syll., No. 2191.—Sporidia uniseptate, -012 x ‘0083 mm., sometimes 
reaching as ne as ‘015 x 008 mm 
On dArundina 
If the form of ‘the sporidia is to be the crucial test of a species, 
then this must belong to oe ella. 
221*Spherella philochorta Cke.—Epiphylla, sparsa. _ Peri- 
theciis minutis, globosis, ats, atris, epidermide ostiole 
papillato pertusa velatis. Ascis clavatis. Sporidiis arcte cylin- 
drico-ellipticis, utrinque obtusis, uniseptatis, vix constrictis, hya- 
linis (‘(014—-017 x 003 mm.). 
A. 
Spherella epistroma Cke.— Culmicola, aggregata, innato- 
prominula, minutissima, nigra, strias brevas (1 lin.) densas ex- 
hibens. Ascis ee Sporidiis fusiformibus, rectis curvulis-ve, 
uniseptatis, nec constrictis, hyalinis (-016—-018 x :0035 mm.). 
On 80 sina Britain 
Forming little scattered lines, like a hyphen (-) about a foot long. 
233*SpH#RELLA DEpREsSA Cke.; Physalospora depressa Sace. Syll., 
1709. 
On Luzula. Campbell Island. 
Sporidia lanceolate, uniseptate, hyaline. 
This is in — respect a Spherella, according to the original 
vee specim 
237*SpH@RELLA carEctorum B. & C. North American Fungi 
Minuta, punctiformis, sparsa, prominula. Ascis clavatis. 
Sporidiis breviter fusifo — quadrinucleatus, demum unisep- 
tatis, nec constrictis, hyalini 
On leaves of Carex ‘olliculata. United States. 
288*SpHaHrReLia caricicoia Fekl. (Lestadia caricicola Sace. Syll., 
No. 51).—Sporidia uniseptate ‘01—-012 x -008 ys 
From = —— published by Fuckel, No. 1772, 
— “i our copy. Some would think that there must be two 
species thee same speainiiss, ut we are disposed rather to 
mame this the more matured condition of the fruit epmetie the 
specimens from which Fuckel drew up his original diagnos 
PHERELLA INTERCELLULARIS B. & C. (Didymella snsercehagirt 
Sace. Syll., 7s > ie elliptical, uniseptate, ‘012 x -0085 mm. 
On leaves of T'yp 
Perithecia stleien together on small darker spots, with all the 
characters of a genuine Spherella 
260. SpuaRecta nyssmcota Cke. —Subsequent examination of 
ore _— specimens a demonstrated this to be a good 
a (°008 x 0025 
4 a part at least, if not gre es = _— erysiphoides 
. & C., according to specimens in Herb. B 
