1883.] Botany. Ree, 
at first with 4 large nuclei becoming, 3 septate and slightly con- 
stricted at the septa, 19-25 x 5-6%p (and brown)? On dead 
leaves of Xerophyllum asphodeloides. * Willow Grove, N. J., May, 
1882. Accompanied by Hendersonia Xerophylii Ell. (Bull. Torr. 
Bot. Club, vol. 9, p. 74),and by a Pestalozzia. On the same leaves 
are also minute superficial perithecia, containing oblong-elliptical 
brownish spores (4 x 2,). 
Leptospheria stereicolan—Perithecia erumpent, hemispheric, 
cylindrical, 57 x 714-8 (paraphyses)? Sporidia biseriate, ob- 
long-fusiform, 3-septate, brownish, 11-13 x 3-3%4. Oa hy- 
menium of Stereum bicolor Pers. Decorah, Iowa, July, 1882. E. 
W. Holway. No. 142. 
Spheria (Didymospheria) cupula—Perithecia membranaceous, 
scattered, convex-hemispheric when fresh, collapsed when dry; 
has the same fruit, but the perithecia do not collapse. 
_Spheria (Physalospora) Arthuriana, Sacc (in literis)—Perithe- 
Cia amphigenous, erumpent, hemispheric (}™™ diam.), black, 
rough ; ostiolum papilliform, with a rather large opening ; asci 
clavate-cylindrical, 55 \ 82; sporidia elliptical, granular, yellow- 
ish, slightly constricted around the middle, 11-13 X 7-9“. On 
aded, yellowish indeterminate spots. On living leaves of Jva 
*anthifolia. Charles City, Iowa, August, 1882. J. C. Arthur. 
Spherella juniperina—Perithecia at first covered by the epi- 
dermis, but soon bare, scattered or oftener subconfluent in the di- 
rection of the longitudinal axis of the leaf,so as to appear hys- 
erillorm ; asci fasciculate, 35-40 x 7-8; sporidia crowded or 
biseriate clavate-oblong granular (uniseptate)? subhyaline, 9-11 
X 3¥%u. The perithecia are minute and conic-globose. On 
fading ee of Funiperus communis. Decorah, Iowa, May, 1882. 
. Holw 
Spherella Ilicis—Amphigenous,’ on roundish spots (%-34 
cent. diam.) white above and brown below, with a distinct, slightly 
d,dark purplish border, the purple color more distinct on 
_ the under surface of the leaf, Perithecia mostly in the central 
_ Portion of the spots, punctiform, subglobose, the upper half pro- 
cüng, about 3™" diam. and with a rather large opening; asci 
oblong-cylindrical, 40-55 X 734-11 #; sporidia biseriate, clavate- 
oblong, subhyaline, uniseptate and slightly constricted at the 
Pipa, 13-15 X 34. On living leaves of Merx glabra, Newfield, 
-~ Ja June, 1882. ` Differs from S. Gaultheria Č. and E. in its 
rather smaller more symmetrically shaped perithecia, not con- 
entrically arranged, and its rather smaller sporidia. 
. Spherella Muhlenbeygie—Perithecia erumpent, minute, mostly 
im elongated series ; asci oblong, 35 X 9344; sporidia elliptical, 
