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(immature). Pycnidia similar but smaller, stylospores minute, oval, 

 hyaline 5 long." Cke. 



On leaves of Olea Americana. 



26. AsTERiNA PELLicuLOSA, Berk. Sylloge 1, p. 46. 



''Mycelium pelliculose, in spots, black ; peritliecia globose-depressed, 

 black; asci obovate; sporidia oblong-ellipsoid, 1 -septate 16 — 20 long. 

 Probably a Dimerosporium. 



On leaves of Frinos, etc., etc. Ceylon, Cuba, America, etc." 



Asterina pelliculosa in Ravenel's F. A. No. 75, appears to be identical 

 with Dimerosporium (Asterina) orbiculare B. & C, and cannot be the 

 same as that described above. 



27. Asterina Plantaginis, Ellis. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 9, p. 74. 

 Ellis N. A. F. No. 790. 



Spots brownish, immarginate ; perithecia brov^ n-black, subglobose, 

 membranaceous, innate, clustered in the spots, mostly epiphyllous, 70 — 

 80 fJ' in diameter, "with a few brown threads radiating from the base or 

 entirely wanting," (Ellis.) A sci ovate, 26—33 x 13—16 ; sporidia hyaline 

 oblong, obtuse, 1-septate, slightly constricted at the middle or2-nucleate, 

 9—10 X 3—5 !K 



On living leaves of Plantago major, Philadelphia, Pa. 



This is probably a Sphserella. 



28. Asterina ramularis, Ellis. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 9, p. 20. 

 Ellis N. A. F. No. 720. 



Mycelium light, subhyaline, very scanty ; perithecia flattened, orbic- 

 ular, stomatous, clustered, frequently coalescing, subinnate, 250 — 300 p- 

 in diameter, structure dark brown moniliform hyphse. covering the 

 nucleus, obsolete beneath, mostly sterile : ''Asci oblong, spore bearing 

 portion 50 x 25 stipe at length absorbed ; sporidia light, crowded, ellip- 

 tical, coarsely granular with 1—2 large vacuoles at first, about 15 x 10 /^-" 

 (Ellis.) 



On dead twigs of Lindera Benzoin. 

 Probably a Micro thyrium. 



29. Asterina spurea, B. & C. Grev. 4, p. 10. 



"Perithecia scattered, dot-like, surrounded by short, articulated, sub- 

 moniliform, radiating threads, which are joined together laterally in twos, 

 sometimes forked at the apex." 



On leaves and stems of Hyptis radiata. Carolina and Alabama. 



30. Asterina Wrightii, B. & C. Grev. 4, p. 10. 



"Mycelium very thin ; perithecia brown, granular, crowded, like lit- 

 tle grains of gunpowder, surrounded by cirrhate threads ; asci clavate, 

 short." Texas, C. Wright. 



"Apparently on some smooth Curcurbit." 



31. Asterina cupressina (Eehm) Cke. Grev. 6, p. 17. ' Ellis N. A. 

 F. No. 500. 



