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  TWEXTY-EIGHTH 
  RePOET 
  02T 
  THE 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  spores 
  crowded 
  or 
  biseriate, 
  simple 
  or 
  obscurely 
  uniseptate, 
  

   oblong, 
  narrower 
  toward 
  one 
  end, 
  hyaline, 
  with 
  a 
  minute 
  

   bristle 
  at 
  each 
  end, 
  .0003' 
  long. 
  

  

  Dead 
  stems 
  of 
  raspberry, 
  Rubus 
  strigosus. 
  Albany. 
  

   May. 
  

  

  The 
  septum 
  is 
  not 
  always 
  clearly 
  visible. 
  When 
  present 
  

   it 
  divides 
  the 
  spore 
  into 
  two 
  unequal 
  parts. 
  

  

  The 
  appendages 
  are 
  so 
  small 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  easily 
  overlooked. 
  

  

  The 
  bark 
  is 
  generally 
  stellately 
  split 
  over 
  the 
  pustules. 
  

  

  Valsa 
  muceo^ata 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Perithecia 
  four 
  to 
  eight, 
  rather 
  large, 
  nestling 
  in 
  the 
  inner 
  

   bark, 
  surrounded 
  by 
  a 
  black 
  line 
  ; 
  ostiola 
  separately 
  erum- 
  

   pent, 
  not 
  collected 
  in 
  a 
  disk, 
  slightly 
  prominent, 
  black, 
  

   sometimes 
  circumscribed 
  by 
  an 
  obscure 
  black 
  line 
  ; 
  asci 
  

   lanceolate 
  ; 
  spores 
  crowded, 
  large, 
  uniseptate, 
  colorless, 
  

   .0016-. 
  0021' 
  long, 
  generally 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  appendage 
  or 
  

   mucro 
  at 
  each 
  end. 
  

  

  Dead 
  willow 
  branches. 
  Sandlake. 
  September. 
  (Plate 
  2, 
  

   figs. 
  10-13.) 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  very 
  distinct 
  both 
  in 
  its 
  separately 
  erum- 
  

   pent 
  ostiola 
  and 
  in 
  its 
  spores. 
  The 
  appendages 
  are 
  so 
  short 
  

   as 
  to 
  resemble 
  a 
  little 
  mucro, 
  whence 
  the 
  specific 
  name. 
  It 
  

   is 
  an 
  aberrant 
  species, 
  the 
  ostiola 
  not 
  agreeing 
  well 
  with 
  the 
  

   generic 
  character. 
  

  

  Valsa 
  aceeina 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Pustules 
  small, 
  erumpent 
  ; 
  perithecia 
  sunk 
  in 
  the 
  wood, 
  

   covered 
  above 
  by 
  a 
  thin 
  blackish 
  crust 
  and 
  surrounded 
  by 
  

   a 
  black 
  line 
  ; 
  ostiola 
  prominent, 
  elongated-conical 
  or 
  cylin- 
  

   drical 
  ; 
  spores 
  oblong 
  or 
  subelliptical, 
  subacute, 
  colorless, 
  

   .0005' 
  long, 
  the 
  endochrome 
  one 
  to 
  three 
  times 
  divided. 
  

  

  Dead 
  branches 
  of 
  Acer 
  spicatum. 
  Indian 
  Lake. 
  July. 
  

  

  Valsa 
  stjffttsa 
  Fr. 
  

  

  Dead 
  alder 
  branches. 
  Buffalo. 
  Clinton. 
  

  

  Valsa 
  femoealis 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Pustules 
  small; 
  perithecia 
  few, 
  nestling 
  in 
  the 
  inner 
  

   bark 
  ; 
  ostiola 
  few, 
  black, 
  short, 
  erumpent 
  through 
  small 
  

   and 
  mostly 
  transverse 
  chinks, 
  crowded 
  or 
  scattered 
  ; 
  asci 
  

  

  