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hollowed out, soon expanding to a slightly concave disk 1—2 mm. 
across and of a pale yellow color with a lighter margin. Asci 
narrow, 65— 75 x5 with filiform parapliyses, Sporidia biseriate, 
clavate-fusoid, hyaline, 6—8 x 1\ —1J. 
Stictis (Cryptodsicus) niveo-purpureus, E. A E.—On a de¬ 
caying white oak post, Newfield, N. J., Aug, 19, ’88. Gregarious, 
\—1 mm. across, disk plane or a little convex, lilac purple, margin 
snow-white, pruinose, of a loose friable texture, somewhat toothed, 
recurved when fresh, closed when dry and then scarcely discernible. 
Asci 75 x 12 micr. with filiform parapliyses which are crisped and 
bent at the tips. Sporidia biseriate ovate-oblong, hyaline, 3-sep- 
tate and finally somewhat constricted at the septa, 12—16 x 5—6. 
The border in the fresh state resembles the peridium of an 
EEcidium. From the description of that species it might be sup¬ 
posed that this may be a form of S. atrovirens , Fr ., but that 
has a broader disk of a dark green color and lacks the snow 
white margin. 
Phyllosticta CaryyE, E. A E.—On living leaves of Caryoe, 
Newfield, N. J., Aug. ’88. Spots subrotund, brown, paler in the 
center, often acute at each end and mostly having a nerve of the 
leaf running through their center, (J—1 cm. diam,) with a definite 
margin. Perithecia scattered, epiphyllous, minute, lenticular, 
black-brown, rather numerous, Sporules oblong, hyaline about 
5—8 x 1 h —2. The fungus is also found on old insect galls and 
on the brown spots caused by these galls on the same leaves. The 
spots first mentioned do not appear to be caused by galls. 
Phyllosticta Lagerstrcemhe, E. A E.—On living leaves of 
L. lndica , Pointe a la Hache, La., Nov. 7 86. Langlois, No. 835. 
Occupying the dead tips of the leaves. Perithecia amphigenous. 
punctiform, black, gregarious, erumpent, 100—111 micr. diam. 
Sporules ovoid, granular, 6 — 8 x 4—5. This has the habit of 
P. terminalis , E. & M. but is distinguished by its smaller sporules. 
Phoma LAGERSTRCEMiiE, Speg. var. foliicola, E. A E.—On 
leaves of L. lndica, Pointe a la Hache, La., Nov. 7 86. Langlois 
Nos. 833 and 834. Occupying the dead, brown tips of the leaves 
which are often faintly concentrically zoned. Perithecia am- 
pin genous, sublenticular, about 150 micr. diam. erumpent. Spo¬ 
rules fusoid-oblong, 6—8 x 2, on slender basidia 15—20 micr. 
long. On account of the distinct basidia we have referred this to 
Spegazini’s species from which it differs in its foliicolous growth. 
It differs from Phyllosticta Lagerstrmmim , E. & E. in its sub- 
lenticular perithecia and ovate sporules. 
