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THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA

HERPOTRICHIA Fckl. H. diffusa (Schw.) E. & E. On dead twig, Sept. 10, 1893 (Nuttall, 1197). Morns rubra, at Marilla (Sheldon).

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CALOSPORA Sacc. C. ACUleANS (Schw.) Sacc. On Rhus hirta and copallina, March 29, 1894. Spores 15 to 17 X 3 ц, aculeate (Nuttall, 1440). C. Rhoina (C. & EU.) Sacç. On Rhus hirta, Dec. 9, 1893. Spores 15 to 18 x 5? ц hyaline, 4-nucleate, tiniseptate constricted at septum. (Nutt all, 1348, 306). PYRENOPHORA Fr. P. CALVESCENS (Fr.) Sacc. ? On Chenopodium anthelminticum, Aug. 10, 1895 (Nuttall. 1845, 736). TEICHOSPORA Fckl. T. NITIDA E. & E. On Rubus villosus, Apr. 25, 1895. Asci 75 x 12? ц. Spores 20 to 23 x 9 to 10 /1 (Nuttall, 1817, 706). CARYOSPORA DeNot. C. PUTAmiNUM (Schw.) DeNot. On Hickorynut, Monongalia, Morgantown (Sheldon). PLEOSPHAERIA Speg. P. CORTICOLA E. & E., Proc. Phila. Acad., 1894, 332. Type habitat : On bark of Pinus rigida, Glade Creek, June 24, 1894 (Nuttall, discov. 1582). Perithecia scattered, superficial, ovate, 300 to 400 ц diam eter, carbonaceo-membranaceous, pilose-strigose, hairs 100 to 200 x 5 to 6 /1 soon opaque, very faintly and sparingly septate, here and there collected into closely compacted fas cicles resembling stout bristles. Ostiolum papilliform, ob tuse. Asci oblong-cylindrical, abruptly short-stipitate, 80 to 100 x 20 to 25 ц. Paraphysate? Sporidia crowded, acutely elliptical, nearly hyaline at first, becoming olive-brown and 5 to 7 septate and muriform, but not constricted. Comes near P. strigosa Sacc., but perithecia rather smaller, not depressed, and hairs fasciculate. P. — . sp. On Tecoma radicans, Feb. 20, 1894 (Nuttall, 1414, 385).