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the upper internodes, covered by the epidermis, minute (60-80 ;«), 

 perforated above. Asci obovate or obovate-cuneate, sessile, apar- 

 aphysate, 8-spored, 25-40 x 15-20 /i. Sporidia crowded in 2-3 series, 

 clavate-oblong, uniseptate, scarcely constricted, ronnded at the ends, 

 12-15x3-3^ ;«. 



On Salicomia, Connecticnt (Thaxter). 



The perithecia are smaller than stated in Sacc. Syll., and the 

 sporidia larger, agreeing better with S Peruviana, Speg., which, 

 however, can hardly be more than a var. of S. Salicornice. 



S. PyrolsB. Rostr. Fungi Groenl. p. 551. 



Perithecia amphigenous, subprominent, hemispherical, on large, 

 subzonate, reddish spots, whicli sometimes cover the whole leaf Asci 

 cylindric-clavate, 50-60 X 8-10 //. Sporidia oblong-fusoid, 15x4 /u. 



On living leaves of Pyrola yrandijiora, Ritenbenk, Greenland. 



S. inconspicna, Schroet. Nord. Pilze, p. 12. 



Perithecia sphseroid, slightly prominent, dark rufescent, 60-90 /i 

 diam. Asci cylindric-elliptical, 40-50 x 13-16 //. Sporidia biseriate, 

 ovate-clavulate, 16-l&x5-5| /i, uniseptate in the middle, upper cell 

 broader, lower attenuated downwards, hyaline. 



On leaves and flower stalks of Cassiope tetragona and Loisd- 

 euria procumitens, Greenland. 



S. Astragali, (Currey). 



Sphezria Astragali. Curr. in Linn. Trans. XXII, No. 362. 

 SphcErella Astragali, Cke. in Journ. Bot. 1883. 



Perithecia scattered, membranaceous, covered, globose, dark 

 brown, minute, here and there gregarious. Asci clavate. Sporidia 

 subfusiform, uniseptate, hyaline, 15-18 x4 ;/. 



On stems of Astragalus, Arctic America. 



S. eri6phila, Niessl. Neue Kernp. p. 86. 



Perithecia scattered, erumpent, minute, subglobose, black, shining, 

 in diflFased light bright chestnut color, coriaceous, with a papilliform 

 ostiolum. Asci obovate or ovoid-oblong, sessile, 74^83 x 30-45 [i, 

 8-spored. Sporidia irregularly 3-seriate or crowded, oblong-cuneate, 

 a little attenuated below, straight, septate in the middle and slightly 

 constricted, with a greenish tint, 20-30 x 8-9 /i. 



On Erigeron composites, Greenland. 



S. confinis, Karst. Fungi Spetsb. et Beer. Eil. coll. p. 106. et Myc. 

 Fenn. 11, p. J 79. 



Perithecia amphigenous, corered by the epidermis, then protube- 



