272 



?ile. Sporidia iiaiTOw-elliptical, obtuse at the ends, imiseptate, liyaline, 



On leaves of Prhios glahei\ South Carolina. 

 The specc. in our cojty of Rav. F. Am. are sterile. 



S. Gardenise, Cke. Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 108. 



Hypophyllous. Perithecia scattered, punctiform, semiinnate, 

 black. Asci davate. Sporidia inordinate, elongated-elliptical, uni- 

 septatc, hj^aline, 12 x3| ji. Spermogoniuili, PA?/?^o.s^*cto Gardenim, 

 Cke. 



On leaves of Gardenia florida, South Carolina. 



S. Gordonise, Cke. 1. c. 



Hypophyllous. Perithecia scattered, covered, scarcely visible. 

 Asci snbclavate. Sporidia inordinate, elliptical, uniseptate, hyaline, 

 10x4 //, scarcely constricted. 



(Jn leaves of Gordonia lasianthus, Darien, Ga. 



Inadvertently published in Rav. F. Am. No. 799 under the name 

 of ^phcBrella Gardeniw on Garde.v/d instead of Sphwrella Gordo- 

 'iiHc. an Gordonia. 



S. Nigredo, (Schw.) 



Spharia Nigredo, Schw. Syn. N. Am. 1799. 

 SphtErella Nigredo, Cke. 1. c. p. 109. 



Hypophyllous, scarcely innate, aggregated or solitary. When 

 aggregated, the perithecia are often covered with a pulverulent- 

 cinereous crust arising from the parenchyma of the leaf. Perithecia 

 comparatively large, rugose, papillate, subperforated. Asci clavate. 

 S])oridia sublanceolate, uniseptate, hyaline, cells subcorneal, 8-10x3 ,«. 



On leaves oi Rh7i,» glabra, Bethlehem, Pa. Allied to S. macidi- 

 formis. 



S. hypericina, Ell. Bull. Torr. Bot. Cluli, IX, p. 74. 



Exsicc. Ell. N. A. F. 797. 



Amphigenous. Perithecia minute, erumpent in little clusters of 

 two to six. Asci oblong, 25-30 x 4^-5 m. Sporidia crowded, clavate- 

 oblong, uniseptate, slightly cui-ved, yellowish-hyaline, 10-11 x 2J /x 



On fallen leaves oi Hypericvm prolijieiun. Newfield, N. J. 



S. arbuticola, Pk. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, X, p. 7-5 (July, 1883). 



Spharella UmbellularicB, Cke. & Hark. Grev. XIII, p. 21 {18S4). 

 Exsicc. Ell. & EvTht. N. A. F. 2d Ser. 1682. 



ilac^ulicolous. Spots suborbicular, blackish or sulicinereous. 



