314 



On living leaves of Geranium Carolinianum, California (Hark- 



ness). 



St. Seqnoise, (Cke. & Hark.) 



Doihidea Sequoitz, Cke. & Hark. Grev. IX, p. 87. 

 Stigmatea Sequoia, Sacc. Syll. 2110, Cke. Syn. 1384. 



Scattered, convex, black, shining, minute, unicellular. Asci 

 broad-clavate, sessile. Sporidia biseriate, lanceolate, obtuse, constricted, 

 uniseptate, binucleate, hyaline, 23 x 7^ /i. 



On leaves oiCupressus, California (Harkness). 



From specc. sent by Dr. Harkness (on lAhocedi'v.s decurrens), 

 we add the following notes. — Asci 65-70 x 20 /i; sporidia narrow-ovate, 

 unequally 2-celled, uppei' cell broader, 16-22 x 7-8 jx. 



St. Ranunculi, Fr. Summa Veg. Scand. p. 412. 



Perithccia innate, prominent, seated on a bleached spot, crowded, 

 more or less scattered, globose, or sometimes subconic-attenuated above, 

 glabrous, smooth, black. Ostiola rounded, perforated. Asci oblong- 

 ovate, inequilateral, broader below, 8-spored, 50-60x13-16 fi. Spo- 

 ridia conglomerated, elongated-fusoid, uniseptate, straight, hyaline or 

 yellowish, 23-30x4^-5 /z. Paraphyses none. 



On leaves and stems of Ranunculus nivalis, Upernivik and Disco, 

 Greenland. 



St. Juniperi, (Desm.) 



Doihidea Juniperi, Desm. VIII, Not. p. 13. 

 Stigmatea alpina, Speg. in Thum. M. U. 1057. 

 A^ficrothyriuni Juniperi, Sacc. Mich. I, p. 351. 

 Stigmatea Juniperi, Winter Die Pilze II. p. 340. 

 Exsicc. Desm. PI. Cr. de France, Bd. I, 1094.— Thum. M. U. 1057. — Ell. N. A. F. 1191. 

 Ivinhart Fung. Hung. 73. Sacc. M. Ven. 1269. 



Perithecia scattered, lenticular or subhemispherical, black, rough- 

 ish, perforated above, 200-300 [i diam., superficial. Asci oblong, 

 rounded and obtuse above, abruptly narrowed below into a short stipe, 

 60-70 X 20 11. Paraphyses none. ' Sporidia biseriate, ovate-lanceolate, 

 uniseptate, 1 6-25 x 6-8 //, the septum nearer the lower end, and the 

 upper cell broader, yellowish-hyaline. 



On living leaves of Juniperus Virginiana, Newfield, N. J., and 

 on Sequoia gigantea, California. 



A careful examination of the Xewfield and California specc. shows 

 that they are in all respects the same as the specc. in Desm. Exsicc. 

 above referred to. 



St. sclerotidea, Cke Grev. V, p. 153. 



Gregarious, black. Perithecia superficial, depressed. Asci cla- 



