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NEW AND RARE SPECIES OF NORTH AMERICAN FUNGI. 
( Sphcvropsidece . ) 
By J. B. Ellis and B. M. Everhart. 
Phyllosticta pyrola], 7i. s. On living leaves of Pyrola rotundifolia, 
Centreville, Del., July, 1873. A. Commons, 900. Spots am phigenous red¬ 
dish brown, orbicular with a narrow, slightly raised margin, l.J-2 millime¬ 
ters in diameter. Perithecia epiphyllous, erumpent, globose, 100-112/1 in 
diameter. Sporules ovate-globose, hyaline, 5-6// in the longest diameter. 
Phyllosticta humuli, Saec. & Speg. var. major, E. & E. On 
hop leaves, Iowa, June, 1889, A. S. Hitchcock. Differs from the type in 
its larger (12-10//) spornles. Spots dull rusty white, becoming whiter, 2-3 
millimeters in diameter, suborbicular, with a narrow, raised border. 
Perithecia epiphyllous, innate, yellowish, (80-90//). Sporules 12-1G by 
4-5// with 1-3 nuclei. 
Phyllosticta riiei, n.s. On Rheum officinale , Newfield, X. J., Au¬ 
gust, 1889. Spots mostly marginal, subcontinent, large (1-2centimeters), 
rusty brown, concentrically zoned, either with or without a definite, 
slightly darker limiting line, around which is a broad border of light yel¬ 
low. Perithecia innate, visible on both sides of the leaf and slightly 
prominent, rather large (100-150//), not abundant. Sporules oblong-el¬ 
liptical, 2-nucleate, rounded at the ends, hyaline, 5-7 by 2-2}//, resem¬ 
bling the sporules of some Phoma. 
PnYLLOSTic/TA variegata, 7i. s. On leaves of Fraxinus , London, 
Canada, July, 1889. J. Dearness, 519. Spots numerous, angular, 
pale yellow, 1-3 millimeters in diameter, with a definite, narrow, darker 
margin. Perithecia epiphyllous, lenticular, black, 90-100//. Sporules 
ovate or elliptical 4-5 by 11-2//. Phyllosticta fraxini , E. & M., which 
is doubtfully distinct from P. fraxinicola , Curr., has larger sporules 
(5-7 by 3//) and larger darker spots. P. viridis , E. & K., is also quite 
different from this. 
Phyllosticta maclurae, n. s. On leaves of Madura auramtiaca , 
Newfield, N. J., August, 1889. Spots dark red-brown, subirregular and 
subindefinite, often marginal and confluent, J to 1 centimeter in diame¬ 
ter. Perithecia epiphyllous, prominent, } millimeter in diameter. 
Sporules ovate-oblong or fusoid-oblong 2-Enucleate 10-12 by 3//. 
P 11 yll os Ti c TA calami NTii tE, h. s. On Calamintha dinopodium , Lon¬ 
don, Canada, August, LSS9. J. Dearness, 372. Spots amphigenous, 
definite, round 1-2 millimeters in diameter, nearly black, becoming whit¬ 
ish, thin. Perithecia few lenticular, epiphyllous, pierced above, 80// in 
diameter. Sporules elliptical, hyaline, 2-nucleate, 31-4.1 by 2-2.}//. 
Phyllosticta ii yd ran he as, n.s. On leaves of Hydrangea (cult.). 
Spots 1} to 1 centimeter or more in diameter, rusty brown, with a nar- 
