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On living leaves of Maurandia semperflorens Ort. 

 Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Mexico. C. G. Pr ingle, no. 4/86. August 

 14, 1894. Type in herbarium of New York State Museum. 



Phyllosticta pachysandrae Dearness & House, sp. nov. 



Spots ashen, becoming sordid brown, fruiting parts translucent, 

 at first circular, 2-5 mm broad and later becoming confluent and 

 breaking down the leaf in large areas along the margin; pycnidia 

 epiphyllous, globose-conic, perforate at summit, brown, 90-110 /a; 

 spores minute, very numerous, hyalin, oblong, 4.5-6 by 1 fx. 



On living leaves of Pachysandra procumbens Michx. 

 cultivated in the Biltmore Nurseries at Biltmore, N. C. H. D. 

 House, June, 1913. Type in herbarium of New York State Mu- 

 seum. 



Phyllosticta rhexiae Dearness & House, sp. nov. 



Spots reddish brown, 1.5-2 mm in diameter, with a white center 

 bearing a single pycnidium, similar on both surfaces of the leaf ; 

 pycnidia solitary in the white center of the spot, epiphyllous, brown, 

 minute, 40-50 fx in diameter; spores minute, subhyaline, oblong or 

 nearly so, 3 by 1 fx. 



On living and languishing leaves of Rhexia ciliosa Michx. 

 Jacksonville, Fla. A. H. Curtiss, June 24, 1896. 



Septoria darlingtoniae Dearness & House, sp. nov. 



Spots forming grayish, irregular areas from 1 mm to 1.5 cm 

 broad; cuticle becoming more or less detached and where quite 

 separate presenting pale or whitish spots, upon which and around 

 which the pycnidia are numerous ; pycnidia brown, thin, often open 

 at the top, 80-140 /x] sporules hyaline, continuous or 1-3-septate, 

 somewhat stouter at one end and marked in most cases by appar- 

 ently flattened sections, 20-64 by 2 -5~3 A*. 



On living and languishing leaves of Darlingtonia c a 1 i - 

 f ornica Torrey. Marshfield, Ore. H. D. House, August, 1912. 

 Type in herbarium of New York State Museum. 



Septoria erythraeae Dearness & House, sp. nov. 

 Spots ill defined, somewhat pallid areas over the whole leaf and 

 along the stems, the punctation of the numerous pycnidia rendering 

 the affected area more obvious on most leaves than the discolora- 

 tion; pycnidia numerous, scattered, visible from both surfaces of the 

 leaf, more numerous above than below, brown, subconic, small, 

 30-75 fx in diameter, mostly between 50 and 60 fx ; sporules straight, 

 continuous, hyaline, 15-30 /*, but mostly about 25 by 1-1.5 ft. 

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