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Cercospora Yuccae. Cke. 
Maculis ellipticis, brunneis. Csespitulis erumpentibus ; hyphis 
brevissimis, fasciculatis, fuligineis ; sporis cylindricis, sursum 
attenuatis, fuscis, 1-3 septatis (*06'08 mm.). 
On Yucca leaves. Darien, Georgia (2516). 
Cercospora polytricha. Che. 
Hypophylla. Maculis latis, fuligineis; hyphis erectis, sparsis, 
multi-septatis, articulis, subquadratis, toruloideis, brunneis; sporis 
obclavatis, biseptatis (’03- *05 mm. long). 
On leaves of Quercus virens . Aiken, S. Car. (2417). 
IVZacrosporium Nerii. Cke. 
Effusum, atrum, velutinum. Hyphis repentibus, dichotomis; 
ramulis assurgentibus ; sporis clavatis, stipitatis, multicell ulosis, 
fuligineis (’08 -f ’015 mm.). 
On Oleander leaves. Darien, Ga. (2497, 2348). 
Dendryphium Arundinariae. Cke. 
Atrum, effusum. Hyphis erectis, opacis, simplicibus, vel 
sursum breviter furcatis, ad basi incrassatis, corticatis ; sporis 
clavatis, concatenatis, brunneis, 4-10 septatis, constrictis (•OG-’OS 
-f '01-’012 mm.). 
On Arundinaria. Darien, Ga. (2509). 
A much coarser species than D. Ellisii ; chiefly confined to 
the nodes, which it surrounds as with a black velvety band. 
Toxula maculans. Cke. 
Late effusa, atra. Hyphis paucis repentibus; sporis in ramulis 
brevibus concatenatis, articulis dissilientibus, subglobosis (*004 mm. 
diam.). 
On Yucca leaves. Darien (2569). 
Phyllosticta Batatas. Cke. 
( =Depazea Batatas, Thiimen.) 
On leaves of Convolvulus batatas. Aiken. 
Phoma longispoxum. Cke. 
( —Leptothyr ium longisporum, Thiimen.) 
On twigs of Vitis aestivalis. Aiken (2605). 
CRYPTOGAMIC LITERATURE. 
Stirton, Dr. J. Lichens Growing on Living Leaves, from 
the Amazons. 
Thumen, F. de. II mal di Cenere e la Disseccazione Delle 
Foglie dei Limoni. 
De Seynes, J. Sur un Nouveau cas de Parasitisme d’un 
Aspergillus. 
De Seynes, J. Les Conidies du Polyporus sulfureus et leur 
developpement. 
Bescherelle, M. Mousses Nouvelles du Paraguay, in 
“Revue Bryologique,” No. 4, 1878. 
