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19. Rhabdospora verruciformis (13. et C.), Sacc. Sylloge III, p. 
583 ; Septoria verruciformis , B. et C., N. A. F., No. 447. 
“Perithecia large, wrinkled; sporules slender, nearly straight.” On 
branches of Cephalanthus. Alabama. 
20. Riiabdospora subgrisea, Pk. 38th Rep. N. Y. State Mus., p. 98. 
“ Perithecia numerous, punctiform, depressed, black, covered by the 
epidermis, generally forming long, indefinite, grayish-brown spots; 
sporules filiform, straight or curved, 8—15 y long. Dead stems and galls 
of various species of Solidago. Albany, N. Y., April and May.” 
Phlyciuena, Mont. & Desm. 
Perithecia subcutaneous, sometimes erumpent, globose-oblong, open¬ 
ing in a subliysterioid manner, imperfect; sporules fusoid-elongate or 
filiform, continuous, hyaline, borne on various basidia. 
1. Phlyct-<ena vagabiinda, Desm. Sacc. Syll. Ill, p. 594. 
“Spots none or very minute, brown, fibrillose; pseudo-perithecia 
numerous, scattered ; sporules hyaline, curved, elongated, linear, subob- 
tuse,7—9-guttulate,18—25 y long. On herbaceous stems of Phytolacca , etc.” 
2. PnLY r ctasnA septorioides, Sacc. Septoria phlyctoenoides , B. & 
C., Grev. Ill, p. 10. 
“Caulicolous; on white, elongated spots; perithecia hysteriiform ; 
sporules filiform, curved above, hyaline, about twenty-five y long. On 
stems of Phytolacca. Pennsylvania (Michener.)” 
3. Phlyctjena orthospora, B. & C. Grev. II, p. 101. 
“Pustules oblong with a dark margin, covered by the epidermis; sporu¬ 
les oblong, six V - long. On stems of Phytolacca .” More properly a Phoma. 
4. Phlyct^ena complanata (B. & C.) Septoria complanata , B. 
A C., Grev. Ill, p. 10. 
“Caulicolous; perithecia rather large, somewhat flattened, hysterii¬ 
form ; sporules very slender, nearly straight, very long. On stems of 
Polygonum Virginicum. Pennsylvania (Michener.)” 
5. Phlyctaina Gossypii, Sacc. Syll. Ill, p. 595. 
“Perithecia globose, depressed, one half millim. in diameter, partially 
•covered, texture parenchymatic, subfuscous; nucleus gray; sporules 
filiform, uncinate above, 25—30 x 1—li a , hyaline, borne on rather short, 
bacillary basidia. On stems of cotton plant. South Carolina (Ravenel.)” 
6. Piilyct-ENA arcuata, Berk. Grev. II, p. 100. 
“Pustules minute, subconvex, covered by the epidermis; sporules 
filiform, hooked at the apex, twenty-five p - long. On dead stem of Solidago 
and on RumexP 
7. Phlyct^ena simulans (B. & C.) Septoria simulans , B. & C., 
Grev. Ill, p. 10. 
“ Caulicolous; on an elongated, pale spot; perithecia hysteriiform ; 
sporules linear, curved, 25 y long, elongated, curved at the apex, 20—25 y 
long. On stems of Nabalus. New E gland.” 
8. Phlyctjena Smilaois, Cke. Texas Fungi, No. 141. 
“Covered, minute, brown, densely gregarious, slightly elevated; 
sporules filiform, elongated, curved at the apex, 20—25 y long.” On 
stems of Smilax. Texas. 
