1264 General Notes. [ December, 
soil. The surface seemed quite even, though there were some 
small lumps half an inch or more in diameter, and a few irregular, 
narrow depressions here and there. On the soil were scattered in 
the several boxes, seeds in the chaff of the three grasses named. 
There were no artificial obstructions placed in the soil, which was 
alternately wet and dried quite a number of times, till nearly all 
the seeds disappeared below the surface and some of them, even 
when the surface was quite dry, began to send up green leaves. 
Thus we see that even the weak and short twisting awns of some 
grasses are of use in covering the seeds with soil—JDr. W. J. 
Beal, Agricultural College, Mich. 
New Species or Norra American Funat (Continued )—Plyl- 
losticta leucothées—Apical portion, or often the entire upper half 
of the leaf discolored, rusty brown, the discolored part distinctly 
limited. Perithecia globose 150-2007 in diam., few and scattered, 
buried in the substance of the leaf, their apices slightly prominent 
above, but covered by the epidermis; spores ovate-oblong, 15-2! 
x 6-7», granular or with 2-3 nuclei. Differs from P. terminalis 
E. and M., to which it bears a general resémblance in the different 
color of the affected part and in its much larger spores. On leaves 
of Leucothée acuminata. Green Cove Springs, Fia., January, 
1884. 
Phyllosticta sinuosa.—Spots orbicular, 1.5-6"™ (mostly 2-3"), 
reddish-brown, becoming nearly white with a distinct raised, r x 
dish-black border; perithecia epiphyllous, scattered, lentic re 
(1502) mostly near the margin of the spots; spores ieee 
clavate-oblong, hyaline, 3142 (undeveloped) ?-15 and fees 
wide. On leaves of Olea americana. Green Cove Springs, 
mm) or oftener 
perithecia 
) on 
americana. Newfield, N. J., August, 1884. round definitely 
Phyllosticta apocynti—Epiphyllous on brown, y border; pet 
num cannabinum. July bose oF ellipti- 
July. 
Sacidium polygonati.— Perithecia flattened, glo bradiate cell- 
cal, 200-230 in diameter; astomous, of compact, SU 
ular structure; spores subglobose or subangular by a Ellis, 4 
5-7. On dead stems of Polygonatum giganteu 
Newfield, N. J., and Dr. Geo. Martin. 
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