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L. Archangelicae, Rostr. 1. c. 



SputM elliptical, large, 1-2 em. diam., cinereous. Perithecia mi- 

 merons, denaelj gregarious, de])ressed-apli£eroid, when drj- collapsing 

 fo cup-rfhaped, black, glabrous. A #ci ovate-cylindrical, 8-spored, 32- 

 H8 X (5-8 11. Sporidia liiseriate, fusoid-clongate, 2-3-nucleate, 14-18 

 X 2-3 II hyaline. 



On dry stems of ArcJiangelica officinal is, Greenland. 



L. caryophyllea. (Cke. & Hark.) 



SphiErella caryophyllea, Cke. & Hark. Grev. XIV, p. 9, 

 LcEstadia caryophyllea, Sacc. Syll. 6375, Cke. Syn. 5220. 



Perithecia minute, punctiforni, densely gregarious, very black, 

 convex, emergent. Asci obclavate. 8-spored, sessile. Spoi-idia ob- 

 tusi'lv lanceolate, biseriate, continuous, hyaline, 20x7J ,«. 



On stems of Dianthnu, California. 



L. asarifolia, (Cke.) 



Spha:rella asarifolia, Cke. Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 13S. 

 Lisstadia asarifolia, Sacc. SyU. 6012, Cke. Syn. 5252. 



P]piphyllous. Sjiots orbicular, and confluent, fuliginous. Peri- 

 thecia small, globose, black, perforated, crowded, circinnately arranged. 

 Asri sulicylindrical. 3(1 m long. Sporidia elliptical, continuous, hya- 

 line, 7 x2| //. 



On leaves oi Asurum arifolium. South Carolina. 



On iiionocniyJcdoiiouK pbnd.f, &c. 

 L. jiiniperina, (Ell.) 



Sphisrella JHtiiperuia, EU. Am. Nat. 1883, p. 317. 

 LiEstadiaJHvipertiia, Sacc. SyU. 6008, Cke. Syn. 5254. 



Perithecia at first covered by the cuticle, soon erumpent, scattered 

 or oftener subconfluent in the direction of the longer axis of the leaf, 

 two or three together, appearing then like a minute HyHteriiim. Asei 

 thsciculatp, 35-40 x 7-8 fi. Sporidia crowded or biseriate, clavate- 

 oblong, granular, (becoming uniseptate) ? hyaline 8-1(1 x2J-3| //. 

 Tlie single perithecia ai'c conic-globose, perforated above, and about 

 75 n diam. 



()n dead leaves oC Jiin/jieiiis Vii't/hikinn. Iowa. Found also by 

 Karsten. in Finland. 



L. BidwWlii, (Ell.) 



Sphirrella Bid7wUu, EU. BuU. Torr. Bot. Club, VII, p. 90. 

 Physalospora Bidwellii, Sacc. Syll. 1690. 



Perithecia minute, globose, covered by the epidermis, finally suli- 



