﻿Repokt 
  of 
  the 
  Botanist. 
  73 
  

  

  the 
  minute 
  rusty-brown 
  erumpent 
  disk, 
  not 
  prominent, 
  

   black 
  ; 
  asci 
  subclavate 
  ; 
  spores 
  eight, 
  curved, 
  simple, 
  color- 
  

   less, 
  .0003-.0004/ 
  long. 
  

  

  Dead 
  stems 
  of 
  blackberry, 
  Rubus 
  villosus. 
  Forestburgh. 
  

   September. 
  

  

  The 
  epidermis 
  is 
  paler 
  in 
  the 
  patches 
  where 
  the 
  pustules 
  

   occur. 
  The 
  disk 
  appears 
  to 
  the 
  naked 
  eye 
  like 
  a 
  minute 
  

   black 
  dot 
  though 
  it 
  usually 
  contains 
  from 
  eight 
  to 
  sixteen 
  

   ostiola. 
  The 
  species 
  is 
  clearly 
  distinct 
  from 
  & 
  rubincola 
  

   Schw. 
  

  

  Valsa 
  Woolwoethi 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Minute, 
  erumpent 
  ; 
  perithecia 
  two 
  to 
  six, 
  nestling 
  in 
  the 
  

   inner 
  bark 
  ; 
  ostiola 
  crowded, 
  slightly 
  prominent, 
  barely 
  

   exserted 
  through 
  the 
  longitudinally 
  ruptured 
  epidermis 
  ; 
  

   spores 
  crowded 
  or 
  biseriate, 
  oblong 
  or 
  subfusiform, 
  unisep- 
  

   tate, 
  mostly 
  four-nucleate, 
  nearly 
  colorless, 
  .0004' 
  long. 
  

  

  Dead 
  oak 
  or 
  hickory 
  branches. 
  GJ-reenbush. 
  May. 
  

  

  The 
  clusters 
  of 
  perithecia 
  are 
  very 
  numerous 
  and 
  usually 
  

   occur 
  in 
  series, 
  the 
  epidermis 
  being 
  ruptured 
  continuously 
  

   from 
  one 
  to 
  another. 
  Respectfully 
  dedicated 
  to 
  Hon. 
  S. 
  B. 
  

   Woolworth. 
  

  

  Valsa 
  leiphemia 
  Ft. 
  

  

  Dead 
  oak 
  branches. 
  North 
  Gfreenbush. 
  May. 
  

  

  Valsa 
  oxyspoea 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Pustules 
  scattered, 
  subconical, 
  erumpent, 
  blackish 
  exter- 
  

   nally, 
  surrounded 
  by 
  the 
  triangularly 
  or 
  stellately 
  ruptured 
  

   epidermis 
  ; 
  perithecia 
  sunk 
  to 
  the 
  wood, 
  when 
  broken 
  off 
  

   leaving 
  a 
  whitish 
  spot 
  circumscribed 
  by 
  a 
  faint 
  blackish 
  

   line 
  ; 
  ostiola 
  few, 
  short 
  ; 
  spores 
  crowded 
  or 
  biseriate, 
  color- 
  

   less, 
  oblong- 
  elliptical, 
  slightly 
  constricted 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  

   uniseptate, 
  quadrinucleate, 
  with 
  a 
  bristle-like 
  appendage 
  at 
  

   each 
  end, 
  .0006' 
  long. 
  

  

  Dead 
  oak 
  branches. 
  Sandlake. 
  August. 
  (Plate 
  2, 
  figs. 
  

   26-29.) 
  

  

  Valsa 
  obsouea 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Pustules 
  minute, 
  sunk 
  to 
  the 
  wood, 
  erumpent 
  ; 
  ostiola 
  

   three 
  to 
  eight, 
  slightly 
  prominent 
  ; 
  asci 
  subcylindrical 
  ; 
  

  

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