﻿Eepoet 
  of 
  the 
  Botanist. 
  75 
  

  

  lanceolate; 
  spores 
  crowded, 
  elongated, 
  sublinear, 
  straight 
  or 
  

   slightly 
  flexuous, 
  obtuse, 
  slightly 
  thickened 
  at 
  the 
  ends, 
  

   . 
  0013'-. 
  003' 
  long. 
  

  

  Dead 
  alder 
  branches. 
  West 
  Albany 
  and 
  Greenbush. 
  

   Also 
  on 
  dead 
  branches 
  of 
  basswood. 
  Buffalo. 
  Clinton. 
  

  

  Closely 
  related 
  to 
  Valsa 
  suffusa, 
  J)ut 
  the 
  spores 
  are 
  

   shorter 
  and 
  thickened 
  at 
  each 
  end 
  and 
  the 
  ostiola 
  are 
  not 
  

   always 
  crowded 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  disk. 
  The 
  perithecia 
  

   adhere 
  to 
  the 
  epidermis 
  and 
  are 
  torn 
  away 
  with 
  it. 
  The 
  

   name 
  is 
  suggested 
  by 
  the 
  resemblance 
  of 
  the 
  spores 
  to 
  a 
  

   femur. 
  

  

  Valsa 
  sambtjcltsta 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Pustules 
  erumpent, 
  sometimes 
  seriately 
  placed 
  ; 
  ostiola 
  

   slightly 
  prominent, 
  even 
  or 
  radiately 
  sulcate, 
  scattered 
  or 
  

   crowded 
  ; 
  asci 
  linear 
  ; 
  spores 
  eight, 
  uniseriate, 
  oblong, 
  

   colored, 
  triseptate, 
  .0005'-.0006' 
  long. 
  

  

  Dead 
  stems 
  and 
  branches 
  of 
  elder. 
  Catskill 
  Mountains. 
  

   June. 
  

  

  When 
  young 
  the 
  spores 
  are 
  paler. 
  The 
  pustules 
  vary 
  

   much 
  in 
  size, 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  branches 
  being 
  larger 
  and 
  more 
  

   scattered 
  than 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  main 
  stems 
  or 
  trunks. 
  

  

  CUCUKBITAKIA 
  ALNEA 
  71. 
  Sp. 
  

  

  Perithecia 
  csespitose, 
  erumpent, 
  astomous, 
  black, 
  white 
  

   within, 
  the 
  tufts 
  closely 
  surrounded 
  by 
  the 
  transversely 
  

   ruptured 
  epidermis 
  ; 
  spores 
  uniseriate, 
  uniseptate, 
  sub- 
  

   acuminate, 
  constricted 
  at 
  the 
  septum, 
  nearly 
  colorless, 
  with 
  

   one 
  or 
  two 
  nuclei 
  in 
  each 
  cell, 
  .0008 
  -.001 
  ' 
  long. 
  

  

  Dead 
  alders, 
  Center. 
  May. 
  

  

  Torula 
  alnea 
  is 
  associated 
  with 
  this 
  species 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  

   a 
  condition 
  of 
  it. 
  

  

  CUCUEBITAEIA 
  SERIATA 
  71. 
  Sp. 
  

  

  Perithecia 
  csespitose, 
  erumpent 
  in 
  long 
  flexuous 
  inter- 
  

   rupted 
  lines, 
  small, 
  nearly 
  globose, 
  black, 
  white 
  within, 
  

   sometimes 
  collapsing, 
  the 
  stroma 
  if 
  present 
  merely 
  cortical 
  

   and 
  subferruginous 
  ; 
  asci 
  cylindrical 
  or 
  subclavate 
  ; 
  spores 
  

   uniseriate 
  or 
  rarely 
  crowded, 
  uniseptate, 
  oblong- 
  elliptical, 
  

   slightly 
  constricted 
  at 
  the 
  septum, 
  hyaline, 
  .0004/-. 
  0005' 
  

   long. 
  

  

  Dead 
  bark 
  of 
  Euonymus. 
  Albany. 
  October. 
  Dr. 
  O. 
  

   Devol. 
  

  

  