143 



Sporidia biseriate, oblong, 4-nucleate, at length often uniseptate, 

 greenish-hyaline (finally darker), straight, 10-14 x 3-4 /i. 



On dying leaves of Linnma horealis, New Hampshire (Parlow), 

 New York State (Peck), 



A. Alchemillae, CGrev.) 



Asteroma Alchemillae^ Grev. Fl. H(3in. p, 369. 

 Dothidea ceramioides, Dnby. Bot, Gall. II, p. 715, 



Chestomium Alchemillae, Wallr. Fl. Crypt. Germ. II, p. 873. 

 Dothidea Alchemillae, Rab. Deutschl Krypt. Flora I, p. 165. 

 Stigmatea Alchemillae, Fr. Summa. Veg. Sc. p. 423. 



Veniuria Alchemillae, B. & Br. Not. Brit. Fungi 1493. 

 Exsicc. Fckl. F. Rh. 425.— Rab. F. E. 986, 2056.— Thum. M. U. 1835. 



Epiphyllous, black, seated on pallid spots. Perithecia sulipromi- 

 nent, globose-conical, seriate on fibrils radiating from a central point, 

 subconnate or somewhat scattered, subsuperficial, sparingly clothed 

 with acute, small bristles 20 x 2 ^. Asci subclavate, 35-40 x 8 /u, 

 8-spored. Sporidia biseriate, oblong, uniseptate, slightly constricted, 

 4-nucleate, 8-10x3i-4i /i. 



On leaves of Alchemilla vulgaris, Godthab & Kobbefiord, Green- 

 land. 



C. On Motiocotyledovous plants and on Cryptogam,^. 



V. sabalicola, E. «& E. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philada., July, 1890. 



Perithecia scattered or subgreg^rious, globose, 125-135 n diam., 

 pierced above, beset with stout, straight, black bristles 50-80x6-8 y.. 

 Asci oblong-clavate, 50-60x7-8 fi, without paraphyses. Sporidia 

 crowded-biseriate, fusoid-oblong, hyaline, 4-nucleate, (becoming uni- 

 septate) ? 10-13 x 2i-3 /^. 



On dead leaves of Sahal Palmetto, Bayou Chene, La. (Langlois). 

 V. parasitica, E. & E. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philada. 1. c. 



Perithecia densely gregarious, globose, 90-100 // diam., collaps- 

 ino- above, sparingly clothed with spreading, straight, rigid, continuous 

 spines or bristles about 35 n long and 5 fi thick at the base. Asci 

 clavate-cylindrical, about 25x5 /i, without any paraphyses. Sporidia 

 oblique or subbiseriate, fusoid, slightly curved, about 4-nucleate, 

 hyaline, 6-8 x 2 ji. 



Parasitic on old Hypoxylon {perforatum) ? on bark of Magnolia. 

 near St. Martinsville, La. (Langlois). 



