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scanty fringe of mycelium aronnd the base. Asci cylindric-clavate, 

 60-75x10-12 fi, short-stipitate, 8-spored. Sporidia biseriate, uni- 

 septate, upper cell broadest, often with a small nucleus in each cell, 

 8ometimes oblique or uniseriate, pale yellowish-brown, 12-15x6-7 /i. 



On dead foliage of Cupressus thyoides, Newfield, N. J. 



Sometimes there are a few scattered bristles on the perithecia, 

 and some of them are filled with a mass of minute, oblong, hyaline 

 spermatia, while others contain brown, elliptical stylospores [SpJuB- 

 ropsis) 20 X 10 /i. 



A. Ilicis, Ell. Am. Nat. 17, p. 319. 



Exsicc. Ell. N. A. F. No. 1357. 



Perithecia brown-black, hypophyllous, scattered, adnate, at first 

 hemispherical, then flattened and depressed, 100-120 /i diam., with a 

 circular opening, forming a disc of brown, interlacing hyphae, covering 

 the nucleus and forming a narrow margin beyond. Asci obovate, 

 8-spored, 22-30 x 9-15 /u. Sporidia biseriate, subhyaline, oblong, uni- 

 septate, 11 x4 /z. 



On living leaves of Ilex glahi-a, Newfield, N. J. 



A. intriekta, E. & M. Journ. Mycol. I, p. lS6. 



Mycelium pale, scanty, evanescent. Perithecia brown, flat, or- 

 bicular, soft, very thin, hypophyllous, 500 fi diam. Asci globose, 

 stipitate, 18x15-18 /.(. Sporidia hyaline, obovate or ovate, unisep- 

 tate, 7-12x2-3 jjt. 



On living leaves of Quercus arenaria, Florida (Martin). 



A. patelloides, E. & M. Journ. Mycol. I, p. 136. 



Asterina erysipheoides , E. & M. Ell. N. A. F. No. 1358. 



Perithecia dark brown, soft, orbicular, flattened, depressed in the 

 center, hypophyllous, 275-300 p. diam., with a narrow border of scanty, 

 radiating, pale mycelium. Asci ovate or ovate-oblong, 8-spored, 36 x 

 15 //. Sporidia obovate, 2-seriate, uniseptate, hji-aline, 12-15 x 4^-5 ju. 

 Like the preceding species, closely allied to Ascomycetella. 



On living leaves of Quercus laurifolia, Florida (Martin). 



A. carnea, E. & M. Am. Nat. 17, p. 1284. 



Exsicc. Ell. N. A. F. No. 1290. 



Mycelium thin, brown, hypophyllous, adnate, mostly near the mar- 

 gin of the leaf or in orbicular spots about 5 mm. diam. Perithecia 

 flesh-colored, flattened, soft, crowded, 60-100 fi diam. Asci obovate, 

 sessile, 8-spored, 30-40x22-35 u. Sporidia subliyaline, ovate, 2- 

 celled, uniseptate, 16-17x7-8 n. 



On Persea paluatris, Florida (Martin). 



