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9. Coniothyrium Chionanthi sp. nov. 
Pycnidia immersed, then erumpent, superficial among the fibers 
of the wood, minute, dull-black ; spores numerous, oblong or 
ellipsoid, ends obtusely rounded, simple, continuous, hyaline at 
first, becoming smoky or brownish, 4-7 X3-4^t; basidia not seen. 
On a decorticated branch of Chionanthus z'irginica L., Lyndon- 
ville, X. Y., !May, 1911, C. E. F airman. 
10. Diplodia Akebiae sp. nov. 
Pycnidia minute, black, buried then erumpent, elevating the 
bark in small pustules through which the ostiola protrude, scat- 
tered, simple ; spores yellowish-hyaline at first, continuous, then 
brown, ellipsoid and uniseptate, slightly constricted at the sep- 
tum, 13-20 X 10 JU. 
On small branches of Akebia quinata, cult., Lyndonville, X. Y., 
July, 1911, C. E. Fairman. 
Basidia not satisfactorily made out as the spores were em- 
bedded in a gelatinous substance. Asci not seen. 
Valsaria Akebiae Ellis & Ellis has smaller spores and occurs in 
clusters. 
II. Cryptodiscus araneo-cinctus sp. nov. 
Apothecia scattered, gregarious or confluent, punctiform to 
0.5 mm. in diam., sunk in the wood and opening by a minute round 
pore, then semi-erumpent with larger, round, or irregularly ob- 
long mouths, surrounded by radiating or arachnoid filaments, 
sometimes becoming bare with age, brown or the same color as 
the wood externally, disc pale straw-colored surrounded by a 
yellow or brown irregular margin, rounded or oblong in form ; 
asci cylindric, straight, 8-spored, 80 X 4-4-5 A*-, surrounded by 
filiform nucleated paraphyses; sporidia uniseriate, oblong fusoid, 
straight or curved, granular or 2-4 nucleate, appearing faintly 
1-3 septate, not constricted, hyaline to greenish-hyaline, 9-12 X 
1.5-2 fj.. 
On a fallen decorticated limb in the woods, Lyndonville, X. Y. 
April, 1911, C. E. Fairman. 
Lyndonville, N. Y. 
