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Stromata small, thickly scattered, J-i mm. diam., sunk in 
the bark, raising the epidermis into pustules and rupturing it 
but not erumpent. Perithecia 2-6 in a stroma, 150-200 fit diam., 
with a papilliform ostiolum, sometimes scattered singly in the 
bark. Sporules oblong-elliptical, 15-20x8-11 fi. 
H mexicana E. & E.— (Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 22 1440. 1895) 
differs from this in its larger, seriate, carnose, erumpent stromata. 
Haplosporella jasmini E. & E.—On dead limbs of Jas- 
minum fruticans. 
Perithecia ovate, bursting out through the bark in clusters 
of 6-20 and loosely surrounded by the lobes of the ruptured epi¬ 
dermis. Sporules oblong-elliptical or ovate, 18-20x8-11 fit. 
Diplodia atrocoerulea E. & E.—On dead steams of Datura 
stramonium. 
Perithecia innate, the apex erumpent, discharging the ovate- 
elliptical, dark brown, 12-22x12 fi. spores abundantly, and black¬ 
ening the surface of the stem. 
Accompanied by a Helminthosporium (H. socium E. & E. 
in herb.) with elongate-elliptical, 3-septate, pale yellow conidia, 
30-50x12-15 /i. The sporules are more or less distinctly longi- 
tudinallv striate. 
m/ 
Botryodiplodia meliae E. & E.—Diplodia meliae E. & E. 
Bull. Torr. Bot Club, 25:288. 1897. Diplodia langloisii Sacc. 
& Syd., Sacc. Syll. 14:929. 1897. On dead limbs of Melia 
azedarach, Louisiana (Langlois), Alabama (Carver). 
Perithecia globose or ovate, 150-200 /1 diam., 3-15 in a flat- 
tish-verruciform stroma, J-i mm. diam., closely covered by the 
irregularly ruptured but closely adherent epidermis, black inside 
and of a waxy or subcarnose consistency; ostiola papilliform. 
Sporules oblong-elliptical, more or less distinctly constricted, 15- 
20x8-10 fit. 
The Louisiana specimens which were published in the Torr. 
Bull, as Diplodia were not as well developed as those from Ala¬ 
bama but a re-examination of the species in Herb. Everhart shows 
* that the stromatic arrangement of the perithecia is the normal 
condition, although in specimens from both of the localities 
named, perithecia scattered singly occur. 
Botryodiplodia pallida E. & E.—On dead stems of Glycine 
hispida. 
Perithecia collected in little groups 3-8 in a more or less 
evident stroma, ovate globose, 250-300 fit diam., the papilliform 
ostiolum and generally the apex of the perithecium projecting 
slightly above the stroma. Sporules oblong-elliptical, obtuse, hya¬ 
line and continuous at first, tardily becoming brown and uni- 
septate, 20-26x12 fit in the hyaline state, a little smaller when 
mature and brown ; basidia about as long as the sporules. 
