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Puccinia agropyri, 7i. sp. —On leaves of Agropyrum glaucum. Mon¬ 
tana, August, 1890. (F. D. Kelsey), (n) Sori epiphyllous, narrow, ob¬ 
long or linear, short, cinnamon-yellow, only slightly elevated. Uredo- 
spores subglobose, ovoid or elliptical, pale, 20-25 x 18-22 p- epispore 
tolerably thick and smooth, pedicels short, (in) Sori liypophyllous, ob¬ 
long or linear, short, black, covered (almost permanently) by the lead- 
colored epidermis. Teleutospores cylindric-clavate, 60-75 x 20-25 p 9 
moderately constricted, pale, squarely truncate, broader and darker 
but scarcely thickened at the apex, sometimes obliquely truncate or 
rounded or even obtusely pointed. Pedicels short. 
Stictis compressa, 7i. sp .—On dead limbs of Carpinus Americana. 
London, Canada, May, 1891. (Dearness, No. 627.) Ascomata scattered 
or gregarious, immersed, compressed 1J x £ mm sunk in the wood; 
erumpent above in a small, round, white, minutely perforated, slightly 
prominent disk. Asci cylindrical, 225-260 x 10 /q with abundant fili¬ 
form paraphyses. Sporidia filiform, 220-240 x 1.J /q nucleate. Differs 
from the ordinary type in its minute disk with only a small central per¬ 
foration. 
Tryblidiella PYGrMJEA, n. sp .—On weather-beaten wood, Ohio. (Mor¬ 
gan, No. 961). Perithecia acutely-elliptical, erumpent, not polished, 
black, j-l ram long, lips loosely closed when dry. Asci oblong, 65-80 
X 15 p including the short, abrupt stipe, parapliysate, 4-8 spored. Spor¬ 
idia subbiseriate, fusoid-oblong, 3-septate, pale brown (hyaline at first). 
16-20 x 6-7 /q ends subobtuse. 
Yalsaria hypoxyloides, n. sp .—On bark of some tree or shrub- 
Central Paraguay, South America. (Morong, No. 1431. Communicated 
by Dr. J. W. Eckfeldt.) Stromata erumpent, superficial, subcarnose, 
subseriate, subglobose, £ mm in diameter, narrowed at base, purplish 
rust-color, appearing almost exactly like Hypoxylon fuscum (Pers), in 
color and shape. Perithecia periplierical, ovate, small, less than 
£ mm seated on the ovate, cinereous-gray core of the stroma, and 
barely covered by the thin outer layer. Ostiola subdiscoid or convex, 
umbilicate, black. Asci cylindrical, 90-115 x 12 /q subsessile, paraphy, 
sate, 8-spored. Sporidia uniseriate, oblong-elliptical, 1-septate, dark 
brown, scarcely constricted, 12-15 x 7-9 p. When the colored subfer- 
ruginous coat is rubbed off the stroma is nearly black. Differs from 
Hypoxylon only in its soft stroma and uniseptate sporidia. 
Phyllosticta GtELSEmii, n. sp .—On leaves of Gelsemnunsempervirens 
(cult.) Newfield, N. J., April, 1891. Spots suborbicular, 2-4 mm in di¬ 
ameter, or often occupying the apex of the leaf, pale yellow-brown with 
a purple border. Perithecia amphigenous, sublenticular, black, small, 
gregarious, shining, rather more abundant above. Sporules oblong- 
cylindrical, 12-16x3 p. 
Phyllosticta rhododendri, West. —On leaves of Rhododendron 
Catawbiense. Newfield, N. J., April 20, 1891. Spots large; l-3 cm , 
mostly marginal, dark reddish-brown, concentrically zoned, definitely 
