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JOURNAL OF MYCOLOGY. 



Gljeosporium (Marsonia) Meliloti, Trelease. — On stems of 

 Melilotus alba. Lam. Peritliecia minute, inconspicuous, occurring in 

 longitudinal rows, 2 — 5 mm. long, on the stem. Spores oozing out in 

 pale, flesh-colored tendrils, under the microscope appearing colorless ; 

 oblong, straight or slightly curved, 2-celled, 5—6 x 13—20 In the 

 smaller spores the septum is nearly central, in the larger ones it occurs 

 nearer one end. 



Fhyllosticta Dodecathei, Trelease.— On leaves of Dodecatheon 

 Media, L. Spots circular, brown, about 3 mm. in diameter. Spores hya- 

 line, ovoid to oblong, sometimes nearly spherical, eguttulate, 2—5 x 3.5— 

 7 unicellular. 



Fhyllosticta Afocyni. Trelease.— On leaves of Apocynum can- 

 nahinum, L. Spots circular, brown, about 3 mm. in diameter. Perithecia 

 small, black. Spores colorless, oblong, 3.5—4 x 5 — 7 /-t, unicellular. 



AscocHYTA OxYBAPHi, Trelease.— On leaves of Oxybaphus nycia- 

 gineus, Sweet. Spots dark brown, roundish, 1—2 mm. Perithecia on the 

 upper surface of the leaf, small, brown, carbonized about the orifice. 

 Spores colorless, 2-celle1, 4 x 10—17 ; sometimes constricted at the 

 middle. 



AscocHYTA Spartix^e, Trelease.— On leaves of Spartina cynosuroi- 

 des, Willd. This species was found in small quantity, in company with 

 Uromyces acuminatus. Arthur, and causes small, rounded, pale yellow 

 spots on the leaves. The spores ooze out in flesh-colored masses, and are 

 colorless, straight or slightly curved, usually a little narrower at one end 

 than the other. They average 3 x 35 /J-. As a rule they are 2-celled, but 

 in a few instances two or three septa were distinguished. Perhaps iden- 

 tical with some of the numerous described Septorice or Ascochytce of 

 grasses ; but I have been unable to place it. 



ASCOCHYTA SALiciFOLLE, Treleasc.— On leaves of Spircea salicifoUa. 

 L. Spots numerous, rounded, about 1 mm. in diameter, deep flesh col- 

 ored. Perithecia large, similarly colored. Spores oozing out ; hyaline, 

 fusiform, usually a little curved in form of a crescent, 1-septate, with 

 several (3—4) oil-drops; 2—3.5 x 30—50 .'J-. Referred at first to Septoria 

 ascochytoides, Sacc, but ditiiers in the absence of a darker border to the 

 spots, while the spores are twice as long as in that species, where they 

 are said to measure 18—20 x 2.5—3/^-. Perhaps, like the last, more prop- 

 erly a Septoria than an Ascochyta. 



PuccixiA T03nPARA, Trclcase.— Uredo and teleutospores on a spe- 

 cies of Bromus, apparently B. ciliatiis, L. II. Sori small, round, or little 

 elongated, on the upper surface of the leaf. Spores commonly round, 

 somewhat roughened with blunt, inconspicuous warts, pale yellow, 22 — 

 26 III. Sori compact, black, long, covered by the epidermis ; round 

 or slightly elongated, usually about .2 mm. m diameter. Spores pale 

 chestnut-brown, thin-walled, without apical thickening; irregularly 

 oblong, sessile ; 2—5 celled, often tomiparous ; 13—22 x 35—43 p-. This 

 species is remarkable from the fact that the spores are commonly 3—4 

 celled, with the uppermost septum oblique or not unfrequently parallel 



