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septa. The specimens examined were apparently superficial, but it is 
probable that the fungus grew while the limb was still invested with the 
bark through longitudinal cracks in which the ostiola penetrated. 
(To be continued.) 
NEW LITERATURE. 
BY W. A. KEIjLERMAN. 
“Fourteenth Annual Report of the New York State Museum of 
Natural History, for the year 1880 ” Report of the botanist. 
Chas. H. Peck, pp. 37-77. 
The following new species are described: Collybia fuliginella, Peck; 
Clitopilus subvilis, Peck; Polyporus radiculosus. Peck; Hydnum sub- 
fuscum, Peck; II. carbonarium, Peck; Irpex ambiguus, Peck; Porotheli- 
um pupillatum, Peck; Hymenochsete tenuis, Peck ; Phyllosticta Lyco 
persici, Peck, on L. esculentum; P. Caryte, Peck, on C. alba; P. tumori ; 
cola, Peck, on Quercus alba; P. populina, Sacc., var. parva, Peck, on P. 
monilifera; P. spermoides, Peck, on Vitis riparia ; P. faginea, Peck, on 
Fagus ferruginea; P. vagans, Peck, on Smilacina racemosa; P. fatis- 
cens, Peck, on Nuphar advena; Phoma magnifructa, Peck, on Thuja occi¬ 
dental^; P. Populi, Peck, on P. tremuloides; P. castanea, Peck, on C. 
vesca; Cytospwa grandis, Peck, on dead bark of Rhus typliina; Haplo- 
sporella Pini, Peck, on dead bark of white pine; Diplodia Asparagi, Peck, 
on dead stems of asparagus; Staganospora Chenopodii, Peck, on Chenop- 
odiumalbum; Septoria fusca, Peck, on Artemisia vulgaris; S. solidagini- 
cola, Peck, on S. arguta ; S. brevis, Peck, on Solidago Virgaurea, var. 
alpina; S. populicola, Peck, on P. balsamifera; Pilidium graminicola, 
Peck, on Calamagroutis Canadensis; Melanconium dimorphum, Peck, on 
Alnus viridis ; Corynemum tumoricola, Peck, on Ulmus Americana ; 
Ramularia Barbarese, Peck, on B. vulgaris ; Cladosporium brevipes, 
Peck, on living leaves of Quercus alba; Graphium Sorbi, Peck, on Pyrus 
Americana; Ilelotium episphsericum, Peck, on old Ilvpoxylon Morsei; 
Ascomyces letifer, Peck, on Acer spicatum; A. rubrobrunneus. Peck, on 
Quercus rubra; Yalsa Thujae, Peck, on T. occidentalis; Anthostoma 
Ellissii, Sacc., var. exudans, Peck, on dead bark of Alnus incana; Sphae- 
rella minutissima, Peck, on Alnus incana; S. alnicola, Peck, on A. viri- 
dis; S. Pontederise, Peck, on P. cordata; Diaporthe (Chorostate) fari- 
nosa, Peck, on Tilia Americana; Leptospheeria Asparagi, Peck, on aspar¬ 
agus; lieospora Shepherdue, Peck, on S. Canadensis ; Dothidella Alni, 
Peck, on A. viridis; Lophiotrema vestita, Peck, on Populus tremuloides 
and L. parasitica. Peck, on flypoxylon Morsei. 
“Puccini A mirabilissima,” Tracy & Galloway. Botanical Gazette, 
May, 18S8. 
“Plant Diseases—Ustilago segetumin Oats and Barley.” 
Jensen. The Gardener’s Chronicle, May, 5,1888. 
J. L. 
