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black epidermis. Sporules elliptical, brown, i8 to 23 x lo 

 to 13 ju, on pedicels of about the same length as the sporules. 

 S. Menispermi Peck. 



On Menispennuin Canadensis, Jan. 17, 1894 {Nuttall, 

 1343. 302). 



CONIOTHYRIUM Corda. 

 C. Fuckelii Sacc. 



On Parthenocissiis quinqucfolia, sporules globular, 2 to 

 2.5 fx J\Iarch 31, 1894 {Nuttall, 1442). 

 C. concentricum (Desm.) Sacc? 



On leaves Yucca ftlamentosa, Sept. i, 1894 {Nuttall, 

 1 187). 



C. Pirina (Sacc.) J. L. Sheldon. (Phyllosticta Sacc.) 



On leaves Mains. Greenbrier : at Blue Sulphur Springs 

 {Xnttall, 1624.) On same, ^Monongalia : near ]\Iorgantown 

 (Sheldon). 



HAPLOSPORELLA Sperg. 



H. Celtidis E. & E., Proc. Phila. Acad., 1894, 362. 



Type hap,itat : On dead limbs Celtis occidentalis, Feb. 2, 

 1894 (Xuttall, discov. 1359, 315). 



Perithecia mostly in valsoid clusters of 3 to 10, small, 200 

 ft. white inside, slightly sunk in the inner bark, their papilli- 

 form ostiola rupturing the epidermis. Sporules elliptical, 

 brown, continuous, 18 to 22 x 10 to 12 /^ on basidia of about 

 the same length as the sporules. 

 H. Araliae E. & E., Proc. Phila. Acad., 1894, 362. 



Type habitat : On dead limbs Aralia spinosa, Feb. 26, 

 1894 (Nuttall, discov. 1406, 375). 



Stromata seriate-connate, erumpent through longitudinal 

 cracks in the bark, and extending from 4 to 5 mm. to 2 or 

 more centimetres. Perithecia ovate-globose, buried in the 

 black, subcarbonaceous stroma, 3 to 6 in each single stroma, 

 about .33 mm. diameter. Sporules elliptical, brown, 20 to 



25 X 10 to 12 fl. 



This ma^' be the pycnidia of Botryosphaeria fuliginosa 



(j\i. & N.y. 



DIPLODIA Fries. 



D. Liriodendri Peck. 



On fiire killed Liriodcndron TuHpifera, Oct. 16, 1894 

 (Nuttall, 1710). 

 D. Salicina Lev. 



On dead twigs Sali.v nigra, March 25. 1894 (Nuttall, 



1457)- 



