REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 
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Phyllosticta limitata n. sp • 
Spots orbicular, small, commonly i to 3 lines broad, sometimes 
confluent, brown or reddish-brown, sometimes becoming gray or 
having a grayish center, often sterile, definitely limited and sur¬ 
rounded by a narrow slightly elevated brown or blackish-brown mar¬ 
gin; perithecia epiphyllous, minute, few, punctiform, black; spores 
elliptical, .0003 in. long, .00016 broad. 
Living leaves of apple, Pyrus Mains. Westbury, Queens county. 
June. Stewart. 
Phyllosticta Apocyni Trel. 
Living leaves of Apocynum androscemifolium. Mechanicville. 
July. 
Dendrophoma crassicollis S. & S. 
Dead bark of ash, Fraxinus Americana. Meadowdale. May. 
Diplodina quercina n. sp. 
Perithecia small, .0014 to .0016 in. broad, numerous, erumpent, 
black; spores narrow, subfusiform, obscurely uniseptate, .0004 to 
.0006 in. long, .00016 broad, usually containing 2 to 4 nuclei. 
Dead twigs of oak. Jamaica. April. Stezvart. 
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Pestalozzia breviseta Sacc. 
Living leaves of apple. Port Jefferson. July. 
Puccinia Prenanthis Fckl . 
Living leaves of rattlesnake root, Prenanthes alba. Cedarville, 
Herkimer county. June. The aecidial state is PEcidium Prenanthis. 
AEcidium Rhamni Pers. 
Living leaves of the alder-leaved buckthorn, Rhamnus alnifolia. 
Jordanville, Herkimer county. June. The peridia in our specimens 
are shorter than in the type. 
iEcidium Senecionis Desm. 
Living leaves of golden ragwort, Senecio aureus. Cedarville. 
June. This is the aecidial state of Puccinia conglomerata. 
