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Sph^ria eccentrica C. i& P. 



Perithecia scattered, depressed, black, at first covered by the 

 epidermis which is pioced by the eccentric or Uiteral curved acute 

 rostellate ostiohi, at length superficial; asci subclavate; spores 

 crowded or biseriate, subt'usitbrm, four-nucleate, hyaline, .00035' 

 long. 



Dead stems of Polygonum. Albany and Portville. June an 

 September. 



Sph^ria Petiolorum Schw. 



Fallen petioles of ash trees. Guilderland. May. 



Sph^ria Kalmiarum Schio. 



Fallen leaves of Kalniia latifolia. Watkins. September. 



Sph^ria melanostyla Ft. 



Fallen leaves of Tilia Americana. Helderberg Mts. May. 



Sph^ria Fraxicola Schw. 



Fallen leaves of ash trees. Grreenbush. JN^ovember. 



The specific name is apparently badly formed. Probably it was 

 intended for Fraxinicola, but that name is now applied to another 

 species. 



Sph^ria leucoplaca B. <jd R. 



Excrement of cattle. Buffalo. Clinton. Center. November. 



SPHiERELLA SPLENIATA C. & P. 



Perithecia minute, closely grouped in rather large, distant, sub- 

 orbicular or angular clusters, globose, black, nestling in the tomen- 

 tum of the leaf; asci linear; spores oblong, hyaline, uniseptate, 

 .0005'-.0006' long. 



Under surface of fallen leaves of oak trees, Quercus hicolor 

 Willd. Greenbush. June. 



Yenturia orbicula C. (& P. 



Perithecia minute, globose, superficial, black, collected in orbi- 

 cular clusters, hispid with persistent black bristles; asci short, 

 subclavate ; spores crowded, uniseptate, with the cells generally 

 unequal, colored, .0004:' long, .00018' broad. 



Under surface of fallen leaves of oak trees, Qicercus montana 

 Willd. Sandlake, Albany and Guilderland. May and June. 



The spots are about one-fourth of an inch in diameter and the 

 upper surface of the leaf is mottled by them. 



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