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sessile, with abundant pai'apiiyses. Sporidia crowded-biseriate, ellip- 

 tical or almond shaped, hyaline, gi-anular, 18-20x8-10 ^. 



On dead stalks of Zea Mays exposed to the weather through the 

 winter, Newfield, N. J. 



P. conica, E. & E. 1. c. 



Perithecia gregarious, erumpent and superficial, conical, about 

 I mm. broad and high. . Asci oblong, about 75 x 20 fi, with abundant 

 paraphyses. Sporidia biseriate, elliptical, hyaline, granular, often 

 bulging on one side, 20-22 x 10-12 /u. The asci and sporidia are the 

 same as in BotryosphcBria fuliginosa (in N. A. F. 475^81) but its 

 scattered, conical perithecia are quite different from any of the forms 

 included under that name. 



On old canes of Arwndinaria, St Martinsville, La. (Langlois). 



P. entaxia, (C. & E.) 



SpJiceria entaxia, C. &. 15. Grev^ VI, p. 14, tab. 95. fig. 14, 

 Miysalospora entaxia, Sacc. Syll. 1703, Cke. Syn. 4097. 

 Exsicc. Ell. N. A. F. 481. 



Perithecia seriately erumpent, globose, black, papillate. Asci 

 clavate. Sporidia narrow-elliptical, 30-32x12 jjl. The accompany- 

 ing pycnidia {Diplodia sp.) have stylospores elliptical, brown, unisep- 

 tate, 22 x 10 /z. 



Ou dead branches of Andromeda ligustrina, Newfield, N. J. 



P. citrispora, (B. & C.) 



Sphtzria citrispora, B. & C. Grev. rv, p. 147. 

 Physalospora citrispora, Sacc. S3'll. 1677, Cke. Syn. 4089. 



"Quite covered by the cuticle. Asci clavate. Sporidia biseriate, 

 either lemon-shaped or narrower, 33 ^ long." 

 On Tilia glabra, Virginian Mountains. 



P. Ennotiae, (B. & C.) 



Spktzria Euiioiies, B. & C. 1. c. 

 Pkomatospora, Eunoiiiz, Cke. Syn. 4350. 

 Physalospora EuTiotia, Sacc. SyU. 1693. 



":^ursting through the cuticle. Asci clavate. Sporidia oblong, 

 hyaline, swelling in the middle on either side, like the frustules of 

 Eunotiaf 20-25 fi long." 



On stems of Ivy, Carolina. 



P. phlyctsenoides, (B. & C.) 



Spkezria phlyctiznoides^ B. & C. Grev. IV, p. 151. 

 Physalospora phlyctcEnoides^ Sacc. Syll. 1705. 

 T^iomatospora phlycteznoideSy Cke. Syn, 4356. 



