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PI. Harknessi, Berl. & Vogl. Sacc. Syll. 7090. 



LeptospluEria straminis, Cke. & Hark. Grev. XIV, p. lo, (not Sacc: & Spegr.) 



Perithecia scattered or subgregarious, on effused, blackened spots, 

 black, erumpent, convex, perforated. Asci cylindric-clavate, 8-spored, 

 Sporidia lanceolate, 5-septate, slightly constricted, dark, tlie two cen- 

 tral cells divided by a longitudinal septum, 32-35 x 6-8 [i. 



On. culms of Triti'mm, California. 



PI. quadrisept^ta. Cke. & Hark. Grev. XIV, p. 10. 



Perithecia subgregarious, convex, black, shining, at first covered 

 by the epidermis, small. Asci clavate, 8-spored. Sporidia biserlate, 

 subelliptical, 4-septate, scarcely constricted, one or more of the cells 

 divided by a longitudinal septum, brown, 20-22 x 8 /i. 



On pods of "gillyflower" {Matthiola) ? California. 



PI. sarcocf stis, (B. & C.) 



Sphesria sarcocystis, B. & C. Grev. IV, p. 152. 



Pleospora sarcocystis, Sacc. Syll. 3793 and Cke. Syn. 5077. 



"Forming little, oblong, black bodies which consist of, a few 

 closely joined perithecia with fleshy walls. Asci rather short, oblong, 

 but tumid, containing four oblong, obtuse, sometimes clavate sporidia 

 with three horizontal articulations, and a few vertical, 50 [i long. 

 Perhaps more properly placed in Dothidea.'" 



On wheat, Carolina (Berk, in Grev.) 



PL Labiatkrum, Cke. & Hark. Grev. IX, p. 8. 



Perithecia scattered, black, semiimmersed, smaller than those of 

 PI. herbarum. Asci cylindrical. Sporidia uniseriate, elliptical, 

 amber-yellow, 3-septate, 25 x 10 //, next to the last cell divided by a 

 longitudinal septum. 



On stems of Marrubium vulgare, California. 



PI. Sambuci, Plowr. Grev. VII, p. 74. 



Perithecia subgregarious, at first covered by the epidermis, then 

 exposed and superficial, globose, 300-400 fi diam., at length collaps- 

 ing above. Ostiolum papilliform. Asci clavate-cylindrical, 75-100 // 

 long. Sporidia mostly uniseriate, ovate, 3-septate, with a longitudinal 

 septum across one or two cells, pale yellow, 12-14 x 4-5 /z. 



On Sambucus, California (Harkness). 



The sporidia resemble those of Pleaspora Bardance, NiessL 



