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Septoria pentstemonis E. & E. 



On living leaves of Pentstemon laevigatas Ait. near 

 Catskill, N. Y. H. D. House, August 21, 1915. 



Septoria tenuis Dearness & House, sp. nov. 



Pycnidia epiphyllous, numerous, seriate, nearly superficial, 90 /x, 

 in diameter. Sporules continuous, 45-90 x i-V/z \x. 



On dry dead portions of leaves of Car ex tenuis Rudge, and 

 on dry portions of leaves yet green. Sylvan Beach, Oneida county, 

 N. Y. H. D. House, May 10, 191 5. Type in the herbarium of the 

 New York State Museum. 



Sphaerella ciliata E. & E. 



On dead stems of Steironema ciliata (L.) Raf. Sylvan 

 Beach, Oneida county. H. D. House, May 13, 191 5. 



Sphaerella ailanthi Ell. & Barth. 



On dead branches of Ailanthus gland ulosa Desf . 

 Albany, N. Y. H. D. House, February 22, 1915. 



Sphaeropsis ceanothi Dearness & House, sp. nov. 



Pycnidia subcuticular, raising the cuticle in globose-elliptic pus- 

 tules, 200-300 fi, firm and white at first, darkening at maturity; 

 ostiola round and merely penetrating the cuticle; spores strongly 

 nucleate at first, finally homogeneous and brown, 20-22 by 10-11 fi, 

 on basidia usually about half the length of the spores. 



On dead stems of Ceanothus americanus Linn. 

 Albany. H. D. House, January 191 5. Type in the herbarium of the 

 New York State Museum. 



Sphaeropsis coryli E. & E. 



On dead twigs of Corylus americana Marsh. Karner, 

 Albany county. H. D. House, June 16, 191 5. 



Sphaeropsis parallela Dearness & House, sp. nov. 



Pycnidia black, subglobose, .3 mm, minutely perforate, almost con- 

 tiguous in parallel series, erumpent through elongate and finally con- 

 tinuous linear clefts in the cuticle. Conidia brown, pyriform but 

 varying to subglobose, 18-30 x 12 p, 1-3 guttate, on short basidia. 



