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(p. 8p.) about 75x12 fi, paraphysate, 8-spored. Sporidia uniseriate or 

 subbiseriate above, oblong-elliptical, yellow-brown, with three main 

 septa, slightly constricted at the middle septum, finally multiseptate 

 and muriform, 18-25 x 11-13 [jl. 



On dead limbs of Magnolia, Newfield, N. J. 



The perithecia are mostly thickly gregarious or crowded, but not 

 cespitose. Accompanied by perithecia with brown, Diplodia spores 

 rather smaller than the ascospores. 



C. Spartii, (Nees.) 



Spfusria Spartii, Nees. in Fr. S. M. II, p. 424. 



Cucurbitaria Spartii, Ces. & De Not. Schema, p. 40, Sacc. F. Ital. tab. 532. 

 Exsicc. Fckl. F. Rh. 974.— Rab. F. E. 1440.— Rehm Asc. 527.— Thum. F. Austr. 253.— M. 

 March. 34. 



Perithecia erumpent, crowded and confluent or cespitose, with ob- 

 tuse ostiola and sometimes with an imperfectly developed strbma, 

 globose, with the apex finally umbilicate-depressed, blackish. Asci 

 cylindrical, short-stipitate, 160-210 x 10-12 //, with filiform paraphyses. 

 8poridia unisei'iate, oblong, slightly constricted in the middle, 5-7- 

 septate and submuriform, golden yellow-brown, 24-30x8-10 //. 



On dead branches of Sarothamniis scoparivs (cult.), Newfield, 

 N. J. 



C. Laburni, (Pers.) 



Sphesria Laburni, Pers. Syn. p. 50. 

 Cucurbitaria Laburni, De Not, Hrb. Crit. Ital. No. 875. 

 Exsicc. Fckl. F. Rh. 965,— Kze. F. Sel. 104.— Rab. Herb. Myc. 42.— id. F. E. 1014.— Rehm 

 Asc. 146.— Thum. F. Austr. 489.— id. M. U. 272. 



Cespitose on a subcompact stroma. Perithecia globose, rugulose, 

 black, with a papilliform ostiolum. Asci cylindrical, 110-170x11- 

 14 //, with branching paraphyses. Sporidia elliptic-fusoid, 26-36 x 9 

 -12 /i, subuniseriate, 5-7-septate and muriform, slightly constricted in 

 the middle, golden-brown. 



On dead branches of Labvrnum. Common in Europe and will 

 probably be found here. 



C. tnmorum, (Schw.) 



SphiEria iumorutn, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 1417. 



The specimens of this species in Herb. Schw. afford only stylo- 

 spores, Diplodia sp. 



C. radicklis, Cke. Grev. VII, p. 51. 



Exsicc. Rav. F. Am. 344. 



Perithecia ovate, about \ mm. diam., papillate, black, erumpent 



