2(i3 



erumpcnt, perforated above. Asci clavate-cylindrical, obtuse, 60-70 x 

 10-13 fi, without paraphyses, 8-spored. Sporidia elliptical (u- obloni;. 

 continuous. 12-17 x4|-5 //, granular, hyaline. 



On dried up grapes, with Phoma uvicola, B. <fe C, common. 



L. graminicola, Rostr. 1. c. p. 548. 



Perithecia \ery minute and abundant, gregarious, arranged in 

 parallel lines. Asci i'asciculate, oblong-clavate, commonly with a thick 

 membrane, 35-4.5x12-14 ji. Sporidia fusoid-oblong, one-celled, 12- 

 14x4//. 



On culms and dry sheaths of Colpodiuni latifoliuni and Agroatix 

 nibra, Greenland. 



L. echinophila, (Schw.) 



SphiEria echinophila, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 1755. 

 Sphcsria echinophila, Ces. Unio Ital. Crypt, No. XXI. 

 Spkcerella echinophila, Awd. Myc. Eur. Pyr. p. 3. fig. 103. 

 L^stadia echinophila, Sacc. Syll. 1614. 

 Exsicc. Ell. N. A. F. 758. 



Perithecia erumpent-superficial, equaling or exceeding the diam- 

 eter of the spine on which they, grow, depressed-globose, glabrous, 

 black, papillate and finally perforated. Asci clavate-cylindrical, ses- 

 ,sile, 8-spored, 27x4 //. Sporidia biseriate, cylindric-oblong, ends 

 rounded, scarcely crowded, continuous, 4xl| ^ (4x 1 /i, Sacc.) 



On spines of old chestnut burrs, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, 

 and probably wherever the chestnut tree is found. 



The species described in Sacc. Syll. I, p. 425, is evidently the 

 same as that described by Schweinitz, to whom the species should be 

 credited, and not to Cesati or Auerswald. 



Species not well known and therefore doubtful. 

 L. ? bninnea, (B. & C.) 



Depazea brunnea, B. & C. Grev. IV, p. 155. 

 Uesladia brunnea, Sacc. Syll. 1636, Cke. Syn. 5256. 



Spots dark brown, orbicular, about \ of an inch across. Asci 

 clavate. Sporidia biseriate, narrow, fusiform, sometimes slightly 

 curved, 4-nucleate. 



On leaves of Acer rubrum, South Carolina. 



L. glauc^scens, Cke. Grev. XVIII, p. 65. 



Spharella glaucescens, Cke. Grev. VII. p. 54. 

 Laisladiaglaucescens, Sacc. Syll. 1637, c\e. Syn. 5257. 

 Exsicc. Rav. F. Am. 381. 



jjypophyllous. Perithecia semiimmersed, crowded on orbicular 



