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nucleate, constricted at septum when mature; straight, one sided, or curved (Nuttall, 1744). vaGABUNDA SaCC On dead stems Hydrangea arborescens, Nov. 21, 1894. Asci 125 to 150 X 7.5 ц total length (Nuttall, 1745). OGilviENsis (B. & Br.) Ces. & DeNot. On Cimicifuga racemosa, July 4, 1894 (Nuttall, 1586). CLaviGERA (C & E.) Sacc. On old stems Phytolacca decandra, Nov. 14, 1894 (Nutt all, 1741). Spores + 43 X 6 ц. ORTHOGRAMma (B. & C.) On Zea Mays, Aug. 10, 1895 (Nuttall, 1832, 722).

MELANOMMA Nits & Fckl. M. Pulvis-pyrius (Pers.) Fckl. On decorticated Magnolia Fraseri, alt. 1,800 ft., Short Creek, Sept. 10, 1893. Spores 15 x 3.5 ц (Nuttall, 1200). TREMATOSPHAERIA Fckl. T. VTTiGENA E. & E., Field Mus. Bot., 1:142 (1896). Type habitat : On old, decaying wood of Vitis rupestris. April, 1894 (Nuttall, discov. 454). Perithecia gregarious, sunk in the wood all except the obtuse, convex apex, .5 to .75 mm. diameter, depressedglobose, the buried part rather thin-walled, the erumpent, convex apex thick, solid, like the stromatic shield of Clypeosphaeria. Ostiolum papilliform, soon perforated. Asci clavate-cylindrical, paraphysate, 8-spored, 86 to 100 x 10 to 12 /1. Sporidia sub-biseriate, fusoid-oblong, 3-septate, and constricted, subacute, pale-brown, 20 to 25 x 6 to 7 ц. PSEUDOVALSA Ces. & DeNot. P. SIGmoIDEA (C. & E.) On dead limbs Quercus Prinus. Spores 50 to 88 x 5 to 7 ц (Nuttall, 1828, 717). LASIOSPHAERIA Ces. & DeNot L. ovina (Pers.) Ces. & DeNot. On Juglans cinerea, and parasitic on Hypoxylon, Short Creek, alt. 1,800 ft., Dec. 16, 1893. Spores 50 to 60 x 6 to 7.5 ц. Asci 135 x 12.5 ц (Nuttall, 1322). ACANTHOSTIGMA DeNot. A. DECASTYLUM (Cooke) Sacc. On dead log, June 18, 1893 (Nuttall, 1018).