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rinearum, (Rabh.), but differs in its host plant, its more prominent pei'i- 

 thecia and its straight, slightly constricted sporidia. 



On dead leaves of Phlox longifolia, Belt Mts., Montana (Ander- 

 son). 



S. Harknissii, Sacc. Syll. I, p. 511. 



SpfuErella brachyiheca^ Cke. & Hark. Grev. IX, p. 8 (not Cke. Grev. VII, p. 88). 



Perithecia scattered, covered, small (60 fi), membranaceous. Asci 

 ovate, 20 x 16 /i. Sporidia elliptical, hyaline, uniseptate, 8x4//. 

 On stems of Convolvulus, California. 



S. lencopbi«a, E. & K. Journ. Mycol. II, p. 3. 



Perithecia punctiform, minute (70-100 fx), buried in the substance 

 of the leaf, except their slightly projecting, perforated apices. Asci 

 oblong, sessile, or nearly so, 75-80 x 7-8 fi. Paraphyses none. Spo- 

 ridia biseriate, fusiform, hyaline, uniseptate, and very slightly con- 

 stricted at the septum, 18-20 x 3| fi. 



On dead leaves of Baptisia leucophcea, Manhattan, Kansas (Kel- 

 lerman). 



This is different from Sphmrella baptisiicola, Cke., which has 

 shorter asci, mostly not over 55 or 60 // long, surrounded at first by 

 paraphj'ses, and which has also shorter (12-15 x3J-4 //), yellowish 

 sporidia. 



S. baptisiicola, (Gke.) 



SphizHa baptisicecola, Cke. Grev. XI, p. no. 

 Exsicc. Rav. F. Am. 680.— EU. & Evrht. N. A. F. 2d Ser. 1799. 



Perithecia scattered, punctiform (100 //), covered by the epi- 

 dermis, subprominent. Asci oblong, subinequilateral, mostly 35-55 x 

 7 /i, imperfectly paraphysate at first. Sporidia" biseriate, oblong- 

 ftisoid, uniseptate, yellowish-hyaline, 15x SJ /^. 



On dead stems of Baptisia tinctoria, Newfield, N. J., and on 

 stems of B. leucantha, South Carolina. 



S. grannl^ta, E. & E. Journ. Mycol. II, p. 102. 



Exsicc. EU. N. A. F. 2d Ser. 179S. 



Densely gregarious, occupying a definitely limited area of the 

 stem. Perithecia minute (165 fi), covered by the epidermis, which is 

 raised and fissured over them, but not blackened, though the black 

 perithecia are visible through it.* Ostiolum papilliform, only slightly 

 prominent ; ascigerous nucleus, white. Asci neariy cylindrical, about 

 70x7 u, subsessile, without pai-aphyses, and containing eight biseriate. 



