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  TWENTY-NINTH 
  REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  Sph^ria 
  (Obtect^e) 
  ceanothina 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Perithecia 
  small, 
  scattered 
  or 
  rarely 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  crowded 
  together, 
  

   smooth, 
  subglobose; 
  ostiola 
  piercing 
  the 
  epidermis, 
  somewhat 
  rugged, 
  

   often 
  curved 
  or 
  deformed 
  ; 
  spores 
  crowded 
  or 
  biseriate, 
  oblong, 
  obtuse, 
  

   sometimes 
  curved, 
  colorless, 
  0005- 
  0006' 
  long. 
  

  

  Dead 
  stems 
  of 
  Geanothus 
  Americanus. 
  Center. 
  Mav. 
  

  

  Sphjeria 
  (Obtectjs) 
  melantera 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Perithecia 
  gregarious, 
  minute, 
  covered 
  by 
  the 
  blackened 
  epidermis 
  ; 
  

   asci 
  linear 
  ; 
  spores 
  crowded 
  or 
  biseriate, 
  oblong 
  or 
  subfusiform, 
  trisep- 
  

   tate, 
  slightly 
  constricted 
  at 
  the 
  septa, 
  colored, 
  .0005-.0007' 
  long. 
  

  

  Dead 
  stems 
  of 
  raspberry, 
  Rubus 
  strigosus. 
  Center. 
  May. 
  

  

  Sphjsria 
  (Caulicol^e) 
  fulgida 
  G. 
  <& 
  P. 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Perithecia 
  gregarious, 
  sometimes 
  disposed 
  in 
  lines, 
  soon 
  free, 
  glo- 
  

   bose, 
  black, 
  smooth, 
  shining, 
  scarcely 
  papillate, 
  .01'-.012' 
  in 
  diameter, 
  

   at 
  length 
  collapsed 
  ; 
  asci 
  clavate 
  or 
  cylindrical 
  ; 
  spores 
  filiform, 
  curved 
  

   or 
  flexuous, 
  multinucleate, 
  at 
  length 
  multiseptate, 
  colorless, 
  .003' 
  long. 
  

  

  Dead 
  stems 
  of 
  herbs. 
  Albany. 
  May. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  allied 
  to 
  S. 
  rubella, 
  S. 
  acuminata, 
  S. 
  Bardanm 
  and 
  S. 
  

  

  UrticoB. 
  

  

  Sph^ria 
  (Cattlicol^:) 
  smilaoinina 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Perithecia 
  abundant, 
  minute, 
  at 
  first 
  covered 
  by 
  the 
  thin 
  often 
  

   blackened 
  epidermis, 
  slightly 
  prominent 
  ; 
  asci 
  cylindrical 
  or 
  subcla- 
  

   vate; 
  spores 
  crowded, 
  ovate 
  or 
  unequally 
  elliptical, 
  pale 
  greenish- 
  

   yellow, 
  .0005'-. 
  0006' 
  long, 
  usually 
  containing 
  a 
  single 
  large 
  nucleus. 
  

  

  Dead 
  stems 
  of 
  Smilacina 
  stellata. 
  Center. 
  May. 
  

  

  Spbleria 
  (Caulicol^e) 
  minutella 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Perithecia 
  minute, 
  somewhat 
  flattened, 
  black, 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  at 
  

   length 
  breaking 
  away 
  leaving 
  the 
  base 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  matrix 
  ; 
  asci 
  

   sublanceolate 
  ; 
  spores 
  oblong, 
  simple, 
  colorless, 
  .0003' 
  long. 
  

  

  Dead 
  stems 
  of 
  herbs. 
  North 
  Greenbush. 
  June. 
  

  

  Sph^eria 
  culmifraga 
  Desm. 
  

  

  Dead 
  stems 
  of 
  grass. 
  Watkins. 
  September. 
  

  

  Sph^rella 
  colorata 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Spots 
  orbicular, 
  small, 
  scattered 
  or 
  rarely 
  confluent, 
  reddish-brown, 
  

   usually 
  with 
  a 
  darker 
  margin 
  ; 
  perithecia 
  minute, 
  black, 
  epiphyllous 
  ; 
  

   asci 
  cylindrical 
  ; 
  spores 
  cylindrical 
  or 
  subfusiform, 
  uniseptate, 
  color- 
  

   less, 
  .0006-.0007 
  long. 
  

  

  