Report of the State Botanist. 141 



Living leaves of stramonium, Datura Stramonium. Cold Spring, 

 Putnam county. June. 

 Cercospora longispora, n. sp. 



Spots suborbicular, sometimes confluent and irregular, grayish- 

 brown, the margin slightly darker; flocci amphigenous, sometimes 

 epiphyllous only, tufted, -0008' — .0016' long, colored; spores 

 very long, variously curved or flexuous, colorless, simple or ob- 

 scurely septate, sometimes forked, «0024' — 0056' long, about 

 • 00016' broad. 



Living leaves of lupine, Lupinus perennis . Center. July. 



The species is apparently very distinct from C. Lupini, Cke., 

 and is well marked by its densely tufted black flocci and its very 

 long hyaline spores. 

 Cercospora varia, n. sp. 



Spots suborbicular, sometimes large and irregular, reddish- 

 brown, with a darker margin, reddish-gray beneath ; flocci few, 

 hypophyllous, tufted, short, slightly colored ; spores subcylindri- 

 cal, one to five septate, sometimes multinucleate, -0016' — 003' 

 long. 



Living leaves of maple-leaved Viburnum. East Berne. 

 August. 



A form of this species occurs on Viburnum Lentago, in which 

 the spots are brown and the flocci are shorter. 

 Ramularia Ranunculi, n. sp. 



Spots suborbicular, scattered, brown ; flocci hypophyllous, tufted, 

 colorless, subflexuous ; spores oblong, sometimes narrowed toward 

 one end, simple or uniseptate, occasionally catenulate, colorless, 

 •00065' — 0016' long, -0003' — 0005' broad. 



Living leaves of hooked crowfoot, Ranunculus recurvatus. 

 West Albany. June. 

 Ramularia Vaccinii, n. sp. 



Spots few or many, orbicular, rarely confluent, whitish or yel- 

 lowish-green, becoming brown when old; flocci short, nearly 

 colorless, sometimes creeping, hypophyllous, rarely amphigenous, 

 spores very abundant, forming a continuous stratum, often catenu- 

 late, very variable, elliptical, ovate, oblong or cylindrical, colorless, 

 .0003' — 0012' long, -00016' — 0002' broad. 



Living leaves of blueberry, Vaccinium corymbosum and Vac- 

 cinium Pennsylvanicum. Center. July. 



This species is remarkable both for the abundance and the vari- 

 ability of its spores. 

 Ramularia Hamamelidis, n. sp. 



