1885.] 



NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF ASTERINA. 



139 



Perithecia dark browii. hemispherical or lenticular, adiiate, stomat- 

 ous, 85—290 IJ- in diameter ; structure coalesced, brown, radiating hyphse, 

 covering the nucleus and forming a narrow border beyond, obsolete 

 beneath ; asci cylindrico-clavate, stipitate, 8-spored, 50 x 15 ; sporidia 

 brown, obovate, 1-septate, 2-seriate, 12 — 15 x 6—7 ij-. ''Three to six rigid 

 hairs are sometimes attached to the perithecia," and the larger ones con- 

 tain pycnidia with brown, elliptic stylospores, 20 x 10 Cke. 



On dead leaves of Cupressus thyoides. Rhem Ascomycetum, Venturia 

 Cupressina, No. 394. 



INDEX OF THE SPECIES OF ASTERINA. 

 (The figures refer to the serial numbers.) 



Asterina 

 Asterina 

 Asterina 

 Asterina 

 Asterina 

 Asterina 

 Asterina 

 Asterina 

 Asterina 

 Asterina 

 Asterina 

 Asterina 

 Asterina 

 Asterina 

 Asterina 

 Asterina 



anomala, 1. 

 carnea, 2. 

 Celastri, 3. 

 comata, 20, 

 conglobata, 19. 

 cuticulosa, 21. 

 cupressina, 31. 

 decolorans, 22. 

 delitescens, 4. 

 diplodioides, 23. 

 discoidea, 11. 

 Gaultherise, 5. 

 Ilicis, 12. 

 intricata, 13. 

 lepidigena, 14. 

 nigerrima, 24. 



Asterina nuda, 6. 

 Asterina Oleina, 25. 

 Asterina patelloides, 15. 

 Asterina Pearsoni, 7. 

 Asterina pelliculosa, 26. 

 Asterina Pinastri, 8. 

 Asterina Plantaginis, 27. 

 Asterina pustulata, 16. 

 Asterina ramularis, 28. 

 Asterina spurea, 29. 

 Asterina stomatophora, 17. 

 Asterina subcyanea, 18. 

 Asterina tenella, 9. 

 Asterina Wrightii, 30. 

 Asterina Xerophylli, 10. 



ALPHABETICAL LIST OF HOST PLANTS OF ASTERINA. 

 (The figures refer to the serial members of the descriptions.) 



Abies ? 6. 



Andromeda acuminata, 23. 

 Andromeda ferruginea, 14. 

 Arbutus Uva-Ursi, 18. 

 Blackberry, 7. 

 Celastrus scandens, 3. 

 Cupressus thyoides, 31. 

 Cucurbita ? 30. 

 Erigeron, 24. 



Gaultheria procumbens, 5. 

 Gelsemium sempervirens, 17 

 Hyptis radiata, 29. 

 Ilex opaca, 21. 

 Ilex glabra, 12. 



Laurel, 1. 



Lindera Benzoin, 28. 

 Magnolia glauca, 20. 

 Magnolia grandiflora, 20. 

 Olea Americana, 11, 25. 

 Persea Carolinensis, 9. 

 Persea palustris, 2, 4. 

 Pinus rigida, 8. 

 Plantago major, 27. 

 Prinos, 26. 



Quercus arenaria, 13. 

 Quercus laurifolia, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18 

 Rubus, 7. 



Xerophyllum asphodeloides, 10. 

 Unknown, 22. 

 [to be continued.] 



