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bicular patches, globose, black, partly hidden by the tomentum of the 

 leaf, subprominent. Asci linear, 40-50 x 7 //. Sporidia oblong, hya- 

 line, uniseptate, 12-15 x 3-4 fi. 



On fallen leaves of Quercus bicolar, New York, on leaves of Q. 

 macrocarpa, Manhattan, Ks. (Kellerman). 



S. Catesbeyi, Cke. Grev. VII, p. 53. 



Exsicc. Rav. F. Am. 383. 



Perithecia hypophyllous, immersed, scattered, often 2—4 together, 

 covered by the cuticle, at length rimose-erumpent. Sporidia lanceo- 

 late, uniseptate, 20-22 x 4 //. 



On leaves of Quercus Catesbeyi, Darien, Ga. (Ravenel). 



S. mollerikna, Thiim. Contr. Mycol. Lusit. Xo. 537. 



Perithecia amphigenous, but mostly hypophyllous, densely grega- 

 rious, punctiform, conic-subprominent, semiimmersed, shining-black, 

 minute, on an irregular shaped spot which dries up to a dirty brown, 

 surrounded with a narrow, darker border. Asci fasciculate, broad- 

 clavate, narrowed at each end, 30^0 x 12-15 u, subsessile, 8-spored. 

 Sporidia 2-3-seriate, fusoid, acute at each end, septate iu the middle, 

 hyaline, 7-9 x 2J fx. 



On leaves of Eucalyptus, California (Harkness). 



S. Pittospori, Cke. Grev. VII, p. 53. 



Gregai-ious. Perithecia black, semiimmersed, crowded in an- 

 gular patches limited by the veinlets of the leaf. Asci clavate-cylin- 

 drical. Sporidia elliptical, uniseptate, rounded at the ends, slightly 

 constricted, 10x4 /i. 



On leaves of Pittosporum, Aiken, So. Carolina (Ravenel). 



S. Gaultheriae, C. & E. Grev. VII, p. 42. 



Exsicc. Ell. N. A. F. 799. 



Epiphyllous. Spots white, orbicular, 2-3 mm. across, with a pur- 

 ple margin. Perithecia punctiform, circinate, 75-85 fi diam. Asci 

 clavate, 35-40 x 7-8 fi. Sporidia biseriate, lanceolate, uniseptate, 

 15-18x4 n, slightly constricted. 



On leaves of Gaidtheria procumbens, Xewfield, N. J. 



The sporidia in our specimens are only 12-14 x 3-3| fi. 



S. Vaccinii, Cke. Journ. Bot. 1866, p. 249. 



SphiErella Myrtilli, Awd. Mycol. Eur. V, Heft VI, p. lo, fig. 46. 

 Exsicc. Rehm A.sc. 540.— Rav. F. Am, 376.— F. Sax. 373.— Fungi Gall. 3768. 



Perithecia hypophyllous, thickly gregarious, forming gray, angu - 



