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Peritlieicia hypophyllous, gregarious, erumpent, globose, pierced 

 above, black, 75-100 fi diam. Asci clavate-cylindrical, very short- 

 stipitate, sometimes obliquely inflated below, 42^51 x 8-9 //. Sporidia 

 about 6 in an ascus, imperfectly biseriate, fusoid or rod-shaped, septate 

 in the middle, not constricted, straight or slightly curved, hyaline, 

 17-24 X 3^ ji (seldom 5 [i thick). 



On leaves of Sibbaldia procumhens, Greenland. 



S. ootheca, Sacc. Mich. II, p. 160. 



Perithecia epiphyllous, subgregarious, innate-erumpent, depressed 

 conoid-globose, black, thick-membranaceous, 100 [i diam. Asci thick- 

 obovate, 40 x 28 fi, rounded at the apex, short-apiculate-stipitate, 

 8-spored, without paraphyses. Sporidia 2-3-seriate, oblong, unisep- 

 tate, very slightly constricted, 15-16x6-7 //, subobtuse at the ends, 

 hyaline. 



On leaves of Dryas integrifolia, Disco, &c., Greenland. 



S. melanopl^ca, (Desiu.) 



SphcEria melanoplaca, Desm. XX, Not. lo. 

 Sphizrella melanoplaca, Awd. M. Eur. Pyr. p. 13. fi^. 108. 

 Exsicc. Desm. PI. Crypt. Ed. 1, 2097. 



Perithecia epiphyllous, more rarely amphigenous, veiy minute, 

 numerous, innate-subprominent, black, subshining, pierced above, SO- 

 SO fjL diam., with a whitish nucleus, gregarious, on large, sooty-black 

 spots. Asci short-cylindrical, 40-42 x 8 //, without paraphyses. Spo- 

 lidia S^seriate, lanceolate-fusoid, obtuse at the ends, uniseptate, hya- 

 line, 22 X 3 /i. 



On leaves of Alchemilla alpina, Kobbeiiord, Greenland (asci 48- 

 52 X 13-15 n, sporidia 18-22 x 4-6 //). 



S. Inipatientis, P. & C. 30th Rep. p. 67. 



Perithecia abundant, minute, black. Asci subcylindrical. Spo- 

 lidia crowded, oblong or lanceolate, uniseptate, usually quadrinucleate, 

 12 // long. 



On living leaves oi Impatiensfulva, Adirondack Mts., N. Y. 



S. phlogina, E. & E. Journ. Mycol. IV, p. 65. 



Perithecia scattered, erumpent-supci-ficial, conic-hemispherical, 

 about 165 fi diam., epiphyllous. Asci ovate-oblong, 65-75x20- 

 22 /i. Paraphyses none. Sporidia clavate-oblong, uniseptate and 

 slightly constricted at the septum, rounded at the ends, yellowish-hya- 

 line, with several small nuclei, 20-30 x 7-9 /i. Allied to S. Stella- 



