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Septoria krigiae Dearness & House, sp. nov. 



Spots 1 to 2 mm broad, yellow-brown with reddish margins i mm 

 wide. Pycnidia usually one, seldom more than three on a spot, 

 central, mostly epiphyllous, 50 fi\ sporules continuous, straight or 

 flexuous, 24-60 xi /z. 



On living leaves of Krigia amplexicaulis Nutt. 

 Chelten Hills, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. Martha Shoe- 

 maker, September 1879. Type in the herbarium of the New York 

 State Museum. 



Septoria sicyi Peck 



On living leaves of Sicyos angulatus L. Liverpool, 

 Onondaga county. H. D. House, August 12, 191 5. 



Septoria xanthismatis Dearness & House, sp. nov . 



Spots sordid, yellowing of the affected portions of the leaf or of the 

 whole leaf instead of definite maculae. Pycnidia amphigenous, 

 innate, single or more or less gregarious and in the latter case making 

 the area darker than the surrounding parts; stromata slightly 

 erumpent, sometimes distinguishable by short yellow cirrhi of 

 exuded sporules. 



Sporules hyaline, continuous, curved or flexuous, 30-75 x 1—1.5 M> 

 exceptionally exceeding 100 n in length. 



On living leaves of Xanthisma texanum DC. Fort 

 Sill (Indian Terr.), Oklahoma, C. S. Sheldon, August 1891. Type 

 in the herbarium of the New York State Museum. 



Sphaerella pontederiae Peck 



On living, languishing and dead leaves of Nymphaea ad- 

 vena Ait. In a marsh near Hempstead, N. Y. H. D. House, 

 June 19 and September 8, 19 16. 



This was first described as Sphaerella paludosa E. & E. 

 but Mr Ellis later referred ittoS. pontederiae (Fungi Col. 

 no. 419). On Pontederia the perithecia are hypophyllous while 

 on Nymphaea they are mostly epiphyllous, otherwise the description 

 of Peck's species agrees with this. 



Sphaeropsis aristolochiae Dearness & House, sp. nov. 

 Pycnidia numerous, nearly covering the affected areas, cortical, 

 globose-conic, cuticle cleft or irregularly ruptured by the apex and 

 short black ostiola, .3-. 4 mm. 



