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2. Septoria Carricerae sp. nov. 
Spots white above, brownish on the lower surface of the leaves; 
pycnidia minute, epiphyllous on oblong spots, scattered, black, 
smooth, centrally ostiolate, immersed then erumpent ; spores fili- 
form, straight or curved, acute at apices, about 3-septate, hya- 
line, 30-35 X 1-5-2 A*. 
On leaves of Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) Roem. & Schult, a 
]\Iexican grass called Carricera, Pueblo Viejo, IMexico, June, 
1911, Rev. H. Q. Morton. 
3. Sphaeropsis Coccolobae sp. nov. 
Pycnidia hypophyllous, on the midrib of the leaves, scattered, 
immersed then erumpent, causing round pustular elevations, 
through which protrude the minute black ostiola, surrounded by a 
few simple, straight, hyaline then purplish hairs or mycelial 
threads; spores hyaline at first then yellowish, on cylindric hyaline 
basidia, mostly obovate, at times rounded or ellipsoid, with rather 
thick walls and granular contents, 12-30 X 12-15 
On leaves of “ Uvas de la Playa,” Beach Grapes, Coccoloba 
nvifera, Pueblo Viejo, Mexico, June, 1911, Rev. H. Q. Morton. 
4. Sphaeropsis rhodocarpa sp. nov. 
Pycnidia black, numerous, closely aggregated but not in a 
stroma, globose, immersed then erumpent, 150-180 //, in diam. ; 
spores rounded, oblong or ellipsoid, rounded, at times with one 
end subacute, hence becoming somewhat ovate, often inaequila- 
teral, with two large guttulae, hyaline then brown, 10-17 X 7 “ 
10 IX ; basidia hyaline, cylindric, from 20 to 23 /a in length. 
On fruits of Persian Yellow Rose, Lyndonville, N. Y., autumn 
of 1911, C. E. Fairman. Phoma rhodocarpa Sacc. is found on 
same habitat. 
5. ’Hendersonia hypocarpa sp. nov. 
Pycnidia minute, immersed then erumpent, with minute, slen- 
der, punctiform ostiola ; spores oblong-ellipsoid to oblong-clavate, 
3-septate, strongly constricted at the septa, light-brown, with 
conspicuous dark-brown lateral walls and septa, 10-17 X 5~7 A<- 
On fiower stems of Persian Yellow Rose, Lyndonville, N. Y., 
autumn, 1910, C. E. Fairman. 
