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in. long, generally containing a single large .nucleus. Dead bark of 

 choke cherry, Pr units Virginiana. Center. June. This species 

 is closely related to M. intermedium, from which it is distinguished by 

 its paler, smaller spores and especially by its distinct white stroma. 

 In. M. intermedium the stroma is obsolete or merely cortical. It also 

 approaches M. effusum Cd. 



Torula uniformis, n. sp. (Plate 1, figs. 11-13.) Flocci caespitose, 

 erect, parallel or slightly diverging, nearly straight and uniform in di- 

 ameter, .0012 in. to .003 in. long, black or blackish-brown, the articu- 

 lations snbquadrate, uninucleate, not easily separating, about .00016 

 in. broad and long. Dead bark of maple. Quaker Street. June. 

 The flocci are slightly united at their bases, and when pressed under 

 the cover of the microscope slide they separate into groups of two to 

 six or more, and look then very much like a species of Speira or Syn- 

 phragmidium. The species differs from T. splendens in its more 

 slender flocci, which also are not narrowed above. 



Synphragmidiuni effusum, n. sp. (Plate 1, figs. 6-10.) Effused, 

 forming a dense velvety black stratum ; strings of spores moniliform, 

 colored, sometimes paler at the tips, united at their bases into groups 

 of three or more, either with or without a short common pedicel, at 

 first laterally adherent throughout their length, .0016 in. to .003 in. 

 long, .0002 in. to .0003 in. broad, the groups .0005 in. to .0011 in. 

 broad, the cells about as long as broad. Decaying maple wood. 

 Verona. Aug. 



I have not been able to detect any membrane investing the groups 

 of spore threads, but its absence may be due to the age of the speci- 

 mens. In every other respect the characters of the genus are present. 

 The species is readily distinguished from S. Kummeri by its effused 

 character. The preceding species, Torula uniformis, strongly re- 

 sembles this in its spore threads, which are united at the base, but I 

 find no common pedicel to the groups. It forms a beautiful connect- 

 ing link between Torula and Synphragmidium. 



G-ymnosporium variabile, n. sp. Flocci sparse, branched, paler than 

 the spores; spores abundant, variable, globose, elliptical, oblong or 

 fusiform, purplish-brown, .0005 in. to .0012 in. long, .('005 in. to 

 .00055 in. broad, forming effused pulverulent patches. Under sur- 

 face of decaying wood lying on the ground. Albany. May. The 

 species is related to G. fulviim from which it differs in its darker, 

 purplish-brown color and in its smoother and more variable spores. 



Puccinia Ellisiana Thum. Living and languishing leaves of An- 

 dropogon scoparius and A. furcatus. Buffalo. Clinton. Center. 

 Sept. and Oct. This is apparently Puccinia Andropogi Schw., but 

 that name is badly formed, nor cau it be corrected without interfering 

 with Puccinia Andropogonis Fckl. I have therefore adopted the later 

 name. • 



Protomyces fuscus, n. sp. Spots irregular, determinate, blackish- 

 brown or grayish-brown, often marginal ; spores immersed in the 

 tissues of the leaf, globose, colored, .0016 in. to .0021 in. in diameter, 

 with a thick epispore. Living leaves of liverwort, Hepatica acutiloba 

 Helderberg mountains. July. This species differs from P. macros- 

 porus in the darker color of the spores and in its darker definite spots.. 



