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AUTUMNAL GATHERINGS. 
annual dinner will take place at the Albert Hotel, Hanover Street. 
On Tuesday, 8th October, excursion to the valley of the Esk, from 
Waverley Station, 10.15 a.m. On Wednesday, 9th October, 
exhibition of Fungi in the Herbarium Hall, at the Royal 
Botanic Garden ; open from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Any communica- 
tions as to the meeting may be sent to Mr. Jno. Sadler, Royal 
Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, the Society’s Local Secretary and 
Treasurer. 
RAVENEL’S AMERICAN FUNGI. 
By M. C. Cooke. 
( Continued from Vol. vi.,p. 146). 
Leptostroma durissimum. Cke. 
Gregaria. Peritheciis atris, scutatis, irregularibus, vel conflu- 
entibus, durissimis; sporis linearibus, obtusis (/008 mm. long). 
On pine leaves. Aiken, S. Car. (2433). 
Sacidium symploci. Che. 
Epiphyllum. Peritheciis punctiformibus, atris, scutatis, gre- 
gariis ; sporis subglobosis, hyalinis (*004 x ‘003 mm.). 
On leaves of Symplocos tinctoria . Aiken, S. Car. (1600). 
Phoma Nyssaecazpa. Che. 
Sparsum. Peritheciis epidermide tectis, vix prominulis ; sporis 
ellipticis, hyalinis (*007 X '003 mm.). 
On fruits of Nyssa. Aiken, S. Car. (2133). 
Fhoma circumscripta. Cke. 
Maculis exaridis, brunneo-cinctis. Peritheciis atris, nitidis ; 
sporis ellipticis, hyalinis (’007 X '0025 mm.). 
On dead leaves of Bumelia. Darien, Georgia (2434a). 
Fhoma Yuccae. Cke. 
Sparsum, tectum. Peritheciis prominulis, papillatis ; sporis 
ellipticis, utrinque nucleatis, hyalinis (-009 X '003 mm.). 
On Yucca. Aiken, S. Car. (2580,2581). 
Fhoma Fsoraleae. Cke. 
Peritheciis atris, punctiformibus, in maculis angulatis congestis 
(potius Sphcerellce spermogoniis) ; sporis minimis ('005 X -002 
mm.). 
On leaves of Psoralea. Aiken, S. Car. 
Fhoma minutissima. Cke. 
Maculis irregularibus, nigricantibus. Peritheciis semi immersis, 
atris, punctiformibus, congestis; sporis minimis (-004 X '002 
m.m.). 
On leaves of Liatiis odoratis^ima. Aiken, S. Car. (1920). 
