3B1 



Or elliptical, in a transverse section, longer diam. about 400 p.. Asci 

 clavate, subsessile, paraphysate, 8-spored, 75x12 /^, rounded at the 

 apex. Sporidia biseriate, broad-fusoid, slightly curved, 3-septate and 

 constricted at the middle septum, 20-27 x 7-9 // including the hyaline 

 envelope. 



On dead stems of Desmodium, Newfield, N. J. 



The substance of the perithecia under the microscope is purple. 



L. Utah^nsis, E. & E. (in Herb.) 



Perithecia scattered or subgregarious, subcuticular, slightly 

 fringed around the base with mycelial threads, small, 150-175 ^diam., 

 closely covered by the cuticle, collapsing to concave. Ostiolum mi- 

 nute, papilliform. Asci oblong-cylindrical, 55^60 x 7-8 ji, sessile, par- 

 aphysate. Sporidia crowded'biseriate, oblong-fusoid, subinequilateral, 

 3-septate, ends subobtuse yellowish at first, finally opake, 15x3 /i, 

 remaining for some time nniseptate. 



On dead stems of some (umbelliferous)? plant, Pleasant Valley, 

 Utah (S. J. Harkness). 



L. Coniothyrium, (Fckl.) 



Spharia Coniothyrium, Fckl. Symb. p. 115, and Nachtr. II, p. S91 

 Leptosphezria Coniothyrium, Sacc. Syll. II, p. 29. 

 Exsicc. Rehm Asc. 3>i8, 



Perithecia gregarious, nestling under and attached to the epi- 

 dermis, depressed-globose, with a papilliform, erumpent ostiolum, black, 

 \ mm. diam. Asci cylindrical, substipitate, 8-spored, 60-90 x 5-7 fi. 

 Sporidia oblique or subbiseriate, oblong, subobtuse, 3-septate and 

 slightly constricted at the septa, the second cell somewhat broader, 

 often slightly curved, brownish, 10-15 x2|-4 (i. Paraphyses filiform. 



On dry capsules of Salix glauca, Kobbefiord, Greenland. 



L. Kalraije, Pk. 39th Rep. p. 53. 



Perithecia subcespitose, erumpent, 350-450 p. diam., subhemi^ 

 spherical, thick, black, the ostiola pertuse or slightly papillate. Asci 

 cylindrical, 100-112x7-8 p.. Sporidia uniseriate, oblong or sub- 

 fusoid 3-septate, sometimes slightly constricted at the middle septum, 

 colored, 16-20 x 6-7 1 //. Paraphyses filiform. 



On dead stems oi Kalmia angustifoliu, Adirondack Mts., N. Y. 



Generally there are 3-4 perithecia in a cluster, but sometimes 

 they are single, and occasionally compressed. 

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