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ate, colorless, constricted in the middle, three to five septate, 

 .0009-.001 in. lonp;, the two parts formed by the central septum 

 unequal in diameter. 



Dead twigs of St((j)h]/le(t trifolia. Helderberg mountains. May. 



Sph.eria Desmodti Peck. 



Peritliecia scattered or seriately placed, minute Covered by the 

 epidermis which is pierced by the acute or narrowly conical osti- 

 olum, black ; asci clavate ; spores biseriate, fusiform, colorless, 

 quadriniicleate, .00035-0004 in. long. 



Dead stems of Desmodium. Garrisons. June. 



SPHiERIA VIRIDICOMA C. (& P. 



Dead branches of beech. Sandlake. October. 



SPHiERIA MUTANS C. <& P. 



Decaying wood. Tyre. September. 



Sph^ria Semen C. & P. 



Fallen petioles of mountain ash, Pyrits Americana. Sandlake. 

 September. 



SPHiERTA 8UBC0NICA C. C& P. 



Dead stems of herbs. Greig. September. 



Sph^ria fuscella B. & Br. 



Dead stems of raspberry, Ruhus strigosiis. Green bush. June. 



Sph^rta racemula O. c& p. 



Dead stems of willow herb, Epilohiuifi angusti folium. Adiron- 

 dack mountains. July. 



Massaria bufonia Tub. 



Bark of white oak trees. Buffalo. Clinton. Poughkeepsie. 

 Gerard. Greenbnsh. May. 



The s})ores in onr plant are a little smaller than in the European, 

 being .OO()6-.O008 in. long. 



NEW STATIONS OF HARE PLANTS, REMARKS AND OBSERVATIONS. 



Sesuvium pentandrum Ell. 



This plint, found by Mr. Merriam near East Hampton, L. I., 

 and formerly considered a variety of <S\ Portiildcastrum,, is now 

 believed to be distinct and our only northern species. 



