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Specimens found at Newfield, N. J., June, 1880, on leaves of 

 ITalmia angustifolia, have the perithecia 65-75 fj. diam., bristles 40- 

 70x4//. Asci oblong-ovate, 30-35x12 /z, without paraphyses. Spo- 

 ridia biseriate, fusoid, 9-12 x 3-4 //, 4-nucleate when first found, now 

 (1890) distinctly uniseptate. 



V. applankta, Ell. & Martin, Am. Nat. 1884, p. 69. 



Perithecia hypophyllous, lenticular, 100 fj. diam., pierced in the 

 center, texture subradiate-cellular, with 12-15 erect, sparingly septate 

 bristles 70-100 /i long. Asci oblong, about 40x10-12 //, sessile, 

 without paraphyses. Sporidia in two or three series, ovate-oblong, 

 uniseptate, yellowish, 10-12x3 ju. 



On living leaves of Magnolia glauca, Florida. 



T. formosa, Ell. & Martin, (in Herb.) 



Perithecia hypophyllous, scattered, depressed-spherical, 220-300 fi 

 diam., with long (100-175x5-6 //), spreading, septate, obtuse, pale 

 brown hairs around the sides and base, and a few shorter ones above. 

 Ostiolum indistinct or wanting. Texture of perithecia thin-membra- 

 naceous, fragile, pale. Asci about 50 x 20 n, sessile and without par- 

 aphyses. Sporidia biseriate, oblong-fasoid, yellowish, uniseptate, 20- 

 23 X 7-8 [JL. 



On living leaves of Olea Americana, Florida, 1885. 



V. myrtilli, Cke. in Journ. Bot. (1866), p. 245, tab. L, fig. 4. 



SphiEria Vaccinii, Pckl. Symb. p. io6 (1869). 



Perithecia amphigenous, scattered or gregarious, superficial, black, 

 very small, armed with long, spine-like, black bristles. Asci broad at 

 the base, narrowed above, 50 x 12-14 //, 8-spored. Sporidia biseriate 

 or crowded in the lower part of the asci, ovoid-oblong, uniseptate, not 

 constricted, straight, greenish-hyaline, 12-14x4-5 //. 



On fallen leaves of Vaccinlum ? New York (Peck). 



V. curviseta, Pk. 35th Rep. p. 46. 



Exsicc. Ell. N. A. F. 1356. 



Perithecia numerous, often crowded, minute, 75-100 fx diam. 

 (mostly not over 75 //), globose, crowned above, with 5-8 divergent, 

 broadly curved, black bristles 75-125 x 4 /i. Asci oblong, attenuated 

 above, often slightly curved, 40-50 /i long. Sporidia crowded or 

 biseriate, oblong, 10|-12^x4-5 fi, hyaline, the upper cell broader. 



On fadino- leaves of Ifemopanthes Canadensis, Center, N. Y. 



