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drical, sessile, 8-spored, 40x6;/. Sporidia biseriate, oblong-clavate, 

 rounded at the ends, two-celled, scarcely constricted at the septum, 

 hyaline, 8xl| ft. 



On fallen petioles of Rohinia and Juglans regia, Newfield, N. J. 



S. applankta, E. & E. Journ. Mycol. IV, p. 98. 



S'cattered, punctifonn, flattened, covered by the thin epidermis 

 through which the perithecia are plainly visible. Asci oblong, 40- 

 50x 15 //. Sporidia biseriate, oblong-elliptical or pyriform, iiuiseptate, 

 hya;line, 18-20x6-8 /x. On the same stems was another Sphmrella, 

 with sporidia continuous [Lmstadia) and j^erithecia not flattened, but 

 the material was insufficient for a satisfactory description. 



On dead stems of Clematis ligusticifolia, Montana (Anderson). 



S. alkrum, Ell. & Halst. (in Herb.) 



Perithecia amphigenons, gregarious, on grayish spots bounded liy 

 the nerves of the leaf, small (60-70 p), subglobose, perforated above. 

 Asci fasciculate, aparaphysate, sessile, oblong, subinequilateral, about 

 40x10 u- Sporidia biseriate, fusoid-oblong, slightly curved, sub- 

 obtuse, hyaline, 12-14x3-31 n, uniseptate. 



On samarse of seedling maples. New Brunswick, N. J. (Halsted). 



B. On leaves and cones of coniferous trees. 

 S. conigena, Pk. 33d Rep. p. 34. 



Perithecia minute, erumpent, black. Asci broad, obovate or sub- 

 clavate, somewhat pointed at the apex. ' Sporidia oblong or subcylin- 

 drical, when mature uniseptate, 25-40 p. long. 



On old cones of arhor-vitm, Helderberg Mts., New York (Peck). 



S. conlcola. Sacc. Add to Syll. p. 75. 



Sphtzrella conigena, Pk. 38th Rep. p. 104. 



Perithecia small, scattered or gregarious, erumpent and slightly 

 prominent, black. Asci subcylindrical, 60-90x12 p. Sporidia crowd- 

 ed, oblong-clavate, uniseptate, constricted at the septum, 8-10 x 2i-3 //, 

 (10-12^ x4J-5 li-, Pk-)' *^^ ^^^ unequal, the lower one narrower than 

 the subglobose or elliptical upper one. 



On fallen cones of Ahies Canadensis, Helderberg Mts., New 

 York. ^Um^^ 



Differs from 8. Pinsapo in its longer and differently shaped 

 sporidia. 



