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NEW FUNGI FROM VARIOUS LOCALITIES. 
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NEW SPECIES OF FUNGI FROM VARIOUS 
LOCALITIES. 
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isy .j. n. EijT.is And u. m. everhart. 
Ph y llosti ct a concomitans, E. & E.—On living leaves of Hex 
decidua with Amerosporium ilicinum , E. & E. Langlois, No. 654 (in part). 
—Spots as in the Amerosporium; perithecia minute, scattered, immersed, 
opening above, but with their bases slightly prominent below; sporules 
oblong, hyaline, 5—7 x 14—2 y. 
Phyllosticta Antennarij:, E. & E.—On living leaves of Anten- 
naria plantaginifolia. Faulkland, Del., June, 1887, A. Commons, No. 
516. Spots epipliyllous, dark purple, with a dirty white center, subcon- 
fiuent; perithecia few, epipliyllous; sporules ovate, 7x3 y. 
Phyllosticta hibiscina, E. & E.—On living leaves of Hibiscus 
mutabilis. Louisiana, November, 1886, Langlois, No. 815. Spots arnphi- 
genous, gray, irregular, large (4-14 cm.), deciduous; perithecia rather 
large, black, lenticular, prominent on both sides of the leaf; sporules 
oblong-elliptical, hyaline, two-nucleate, 6—8 x 14—2 y. Differs from P. 
Syriaca, Sacc., in its narrower sporules and larger, deciduous, spots. 
Phyllosticta marginalis, E. & E.—On leaves of Quercus aquatica. 
Point a la Hache, La.. November, 1886. liev. A. B. Langlois, No. 820. 
Occupying the dead, light, rusty brown tips and margins of the leaves, 
the dead parts not very difinitely limited and mostly bordered by a dull, 
purplish discoloration; perithecia liypophyllous, scattered, about 150 y 
in diameter, partly prominent, covered by the epidermis, blackish; spor¬ 
ules oblong-elliptical, hyaline, 6—7 x 21—3 A on cylindrical basidia, 
about 12 x The sporules sometimes have a short (1—14 / 7 ), persis¬ 
tent, filiform pedicel, by which they are attached to the basidia. The 
habit is similar to that of P. terminalis and P . Leucothoes, E. & M. Differs 
from P. Quercus , Sacc., and P. quernea , Thum., according to the speci¬ 
mens and the desciiption of those species. 
Phyllosticta Meltac, E. & E.—On dead, bleached margins of 
living leaves of Media Azedarach. Point a la Hache, La., November, 1886, 
Langlois, No. 845. Perithecia amphigenous, lenticular, erumpent, 150 y 
in diameter ; sporules oblong-fusoid, two-nucleate, hyaline, 5—8 x 14 y. 
The whitened tips and margins of the leaves are separated from the 
green, living part by a narrow, dark-reddish line. P. Azedarachis , 
Thum., is said to have globose perithecia and sporules 5 x 3 /'-, without 
nuclei. 
Phyllosticta Linderas, E. & E.—On living leaves of Linder a 
Benzoin. Faulkland, Del., October, 1887, A. Commons, No. 676. Spots 
large, round, one cm. across, dark brown, with a reddish-yellow border; 
perithecia liypophyllous, 65—75 !>■ in diameter, with a rather large, round 
opening above, erumpent; sporules oblong-cylindrical, 3—4 x 4 y, hyaline. 
The spots have a burnt or scorched look, quite dark above, paler below. 
