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their own length, and half their thickness, various in shape, from 

 globose to oblong-elliptic, but mostly subpyriform, 17-22 x 6-10 /x. 



On dead twigs of Liquidambar styraciflua L. Astor 

 woods near Bronx Park, New York. City. H. D. House, May 17, 

 1 9 16. Type in the herbarium of the New York State Museum. 



Sphaeropsis punctata Dearness & House sp. nov. 



Pycnidia minute, 50-110^ in diameter, thickly scattered, as many 

 as 20 in a circle 2 mm in diameter; black, conical ostiola punctur- 

 ing the thin epidermis. 



Conidia pale brown, oblong-elliptic, 18-22 x 9-10 [x on short 

 basidia. 



On dead branchlets of Sassafras variifolium (Salisb.) 

 Kuntze. Sylvan Beach, Oneida county. H. D. House, May 10, 



1915. Also Albany, November 26, 19 .15 (type). Astor woods, near 

 Bronx Park, New York City. H. D. House, May 17, 1916. Type 

 in the herbarium of the New York State Museum. 



S. sassafras C. & E. has papillaefoim pycnidia and 

 conidia 30-35 x 5 /r, S. seriatus Peck also on this host is char- 

 acterized by " hard sclerotoid perithecia in linear arrangement." 

 (33d Report, p. 24.) 



Taphrina quercus (Cooke) Sacc. 

 On living leaves of Quercus velutina Lam. Orient, 

 N. Y. Roy Latham, October 4, 1915. 



Trichopeziza opulifoliae (Schw.) Sacc. 

 On dead stems of cultivated Spiraea. Oneida. H. D. House, 

 June 20, 1915. Associated with D i a p o r t h e neilliae Pk. 



Urophlyctis pluriannulatum (B. & C.) Farlow 

 (Uromyces pluriannulatum B. & C; Synchytrium, Farlow) 

 On living leaves, stems and peduncles of Sanicula mary- 

 1 a n d i c a L. Oneida, Madison county. H. D. House, June 10, 



1916. (Determined by Prof. H. S. Jackson.) 



Valsa americana B. & C. 



On dead twigs ofMalus malus (L.) Britt. Albany. H. D. 

 House, February 20, 19 15. Determined by Professor Dearness, 

 who says concerning it, "This is the same as Mr Ellis named for 



