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  TwEXIY-EIGHIH 
  RePOET 
  OX 
  THE 
  SlAIE 
  MCSEUM. 
  

  

  straight 
  or 
  slightly 
  curved, 
  sub 
  fusiform, 
  pale, 
  with 
  two 
  or 
  

   three 
  colored 
  central 
  cells 
  and 
  a 
  hyaline 
  cell 
  at 
  each 
  extrem- 
  

   ity. 
  .0006-.0007' 
  long 
  exclusive 
  of 
  the 
  single 
  short 
  some- 
  

   times 
  deciduous 
  apical 
  bristle 
  ; 
  pedicels 
  slender, 
  hyaline, 
  

   about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  colored 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  spore. 
  

  

  Under 
  surface 
  of 
  fallen 
  oak 
  leaves. 
  Quercus 
  alba. 
  Buf- 
  

   falo. 
  Clinton. 
  May. 
  

  

  The 
  apical 
  hyaline 
  cell 
  is 
  somewhat 
  elongated 
  and 
  

   abruptly 
  contracted 
  into 
  the 
  short 
  straight 
  erect 
  bristle. 
  

   The 
  species 
  is 
  allied 
  to 
  P. 
  liysteriif 
  5. 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  dif- 
  

   fers 
  in 
  its 
  much 
  paler 
  spores, 
  more 
  numerous 
  orbicular 
  pus- 
  

   tules 
  and 
  absence 
  of 
  spots 
  or 
  in 
  having 
  its 
  indennit- 
  spots 
  

   not 
  at 
  all 
  concentrically 
  divided. 
  

  

  Septottema 
  bicoloe 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Son 
  'small, 
  scattered, 
  varying 
  in 
  color 
  from 
  yellowish 
  to 
  

   blackish, 
  generally 
  dark 
  olivaceous 
  with 
  a 
  paler 
  or 
  yell 
  

   ish 
  center 
  ; 
  spores 
  elliptical-oblong, 
  somewhat 
  irregular 
  ; 
  

   multicellular, 
  at 
  length 
  rough 
  and 
  opaque. 
  

  

  Decorticated 
  surface 
  of 
  wood. 
  Forestburgh. 
  September. 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  is 
  similar 
  in 
  habit 
  to 
  S. 
  sp 
  um. 
  but 
  the 
  

  

  threads 
  of 
  spores 
  are 
  coarser, 
  the 
  sori 
  are 
  different 
  in 
  color 
  

   and 
  the 
  spores 
  are 
  both 
  transversely 
  and 
  vertically 
  sept 
  

   making 
  them 
  multicellular, 
  although 
  this 
  is 
  seen 
  with 
  diffi- 
  

   culty 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  younger 
  spores. 
  

  

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  Lepeaeia 
  Berk. 
  

  

  Decaying 
  wood. 
  Sandlake, 
  Rensselaer 
  county. 
  

  

  Pre 
  cry 
  la 
  bullaeia 
  L 
  

  

  Stems 
  of 
  Sanicula. 
  Xew 
  Baltimore. 
  Hov:-. 
  

  

  Puccixia 
  S^illacis 
  ScTiid. 
  

  

  Leaves 
  of 
  Smilax 
  rotundifolia. 
  Shelter. 
  Island. 
  Clinton. 
  

  

  Puccixia 
  Dayi 
  Clinton 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Spots 
  suborbicular. 
  brown, 
  sori 
  prominent, 
  scattered 
  or 
  

   confluent, 
  brown 
  : 
  spores 
  oblong-clavate. 
  slightly 
  constricted, 
  

   - 
  23' 
  long; 
  peduncle 
  slightly 
  colored, 
  one-half 
  to 
  

   wholly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  spore. 
  

  

  Leaves 
  of 
  LyHmachia 
  ciliata. 
  Buffalo. 
  Clinton. 
  

  

  ~\ 
  ery 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  P. 
  Gerardii. 
  differing 
  chiefly 
  in 
  

   the 
  darker 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  spots 
  and 
  sori. 
  Dedicated 
  to 
  Mr. 
  D. 
  

   F. 
  Dav. 
  

  

  