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regard first to the characters above indicated, irrespective of the 
sporidia — associating such species of which Sphceria spiculosa and 
Sphceria inquilina may be regarded as the type. 
Section I. CORTICOL2E. 
Diaporthe pulla. Nke.— Handbk., No. 2,647. On ivy. 
Diaporthe inaequalis. Curr. — Handbk., No. 2,440. Under 
Diatrype. 
Diaporthe Badhami. Curr.— H andbk., No. 2,446. Under 
Diatrype. 
Diaporthe nucleata. Curr. — Handbk., No. 2,445. Under 
Diatrype. 
Diaporthe Laschii. Nice. — Grevillea iii., p. 68. On Euonymus. 
Diaporthe protracta. Nke — Grevillea vi., p. 26. On Acer 
campestris. 
Diaporthe sarothamni. Nke.— Grevillea vi., p. 26. On broom. 
Diaporthe Wibbii. Nke. — Grevillea vi., p. 26. On Myrica. 
Probably hardly a good Diaporthe , as limited by us. 
Diaporthe putator. Nke. — Grevillea vi., p. 26. On poplar. 
Often very much like a Valsa, probably its true condition. 
Diaporthe Ryckholtii. Nke.— Grevillea vi., p. 26. On Sym- 
phoricarpus. 
Diaporthe scobina. Nke. — Grevillea iii., p. 67. On ash. 
Diaporthe spina. Fckl — Grevillea iii., p. 126. On Salix. 
Diaporthe ilicina. Cke.— Fungi Britt, ii., 490. On holly. 
Diaporthe aucubss. Sacc. in Michelia. 
Forming elliptical or irregular cinereous spots, covered by the 
discoloured cuticle, which is pierced by the ostiola. Stroma 
blackened ; perithecia semi-immersed ; sporidia narrowly fusiform, 
quadrinucleate. 
On Aucuha japonica. Forden, Rev. J. E. Vize. 
Diaporthe occulta. Nke. — Grevillea iii., p. 68. On scales of fir 
cones. 
Diaporthe samaricola. Ph. % Ph. — Grevillea iii., p. 126. On 
ash keys. 
Diaporthe Phillyreae. Cke. 
Forming definite elliptical or irregular discoloured spots ; peri- 
thecia scattered ; ostiola slender, piercing the cuticle ; asci clavate ; 
sporidia 4 nucleate then uniseptate. 
On twigs ol Phillyrea. 
Section II. HERBICOLIE. 
Diaporthe inquilina. Fr — Handbk., No. 2,648. On Umbelli- 
fer<£. 
Diaporthe lirella. M. fy N. — Handbk., No. 2,685. On Spircea. 
Diaporthe acus. Blox. — Handbk., No. 2,686. On dock. 
