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S. Magnoliae Peck. On Magnolia acuminata, Short Creek, alt. 1,000 ft., Aug. 16, 1894 (Nuttall, 1658). Sporules 10 x 6 ц nucleus large. SIROCOCCUS Preuss. S. Halesiae E. & E., Proc., Phila. Acad., 1894, 358. On dead limbs Mohrodendron Carolinian (Halesia tetraf<tera) Feb. 26, 1894 (Nuttall, discov. 1407, 377, 376?) Périthecia scattered, or 2 to 3-cornate, erumpent, subglobose about .33 mm. diameter, black, with a minute papilliform ostiolum. Sporules subglobose, about 3 /1 diameter, greenish-hyaline, 3 to 6-concatenate, the terminal sporule oblong and paler. Chains simple or sparingly branched, arising directly from the proliferous layer without any dis tinct basidia, collected in stellate clusters. VERMICULARIA Fries. V. PHLOGiNA Fairm. On dead leaves Phlox anwena, Sept. 15, 1894 (Nuttall, 1606). V. COMPACTA C. & E. On Rubus odoratus, May 30, 1894; sporules 20 to 25 x 30 ц (Nuttall, 1513). On Caulophyllum thalictroides (552). V. PETioi.oRUM Schw. On Aralia spinosa, and on Robinia Pseudacacia? . Feb. 17, 1894 (Nuttall, 1388, 356). V. Toxica E. & E., sp. nov? On Rhus radicans, Aug. 18, 1894 (Nuttall, 1669, 569). V. DematiUM (Pers.) Fr. On Cassia Marilandica, Oct. 28, 1893 (Nutall, 1251, 193). On Hcuchera Americana. V. DematiUM var. On Onagra bieunis, March 9, 1894 (Nuttall, 1434, 405). V. Arctii Schw. On dead leaves and petioles Arctium Lappa, on ground. July 21, 1894. Sporules fusiform slightly curved + or — 20 x 3 ц. Setae 35 to + 125 x 3 to 5 /1 (Nuttall, 1617). V. SUBEffIGURATA ScllW. On fruit peduncles Magnolia Fraseri in association with Stagonospora pedunculi E. & E., July 25, 1893 (Nuttall, 1 136). V. SUBEffIGURatA SCAPINCOLA Schw. Bases of dead leaves Yucca filamentosa cult., Feb. 19 1894. Sporules 18 x 2.5 ц, largest setae 200 /1 (Nuttall, 1367). Y. Trautvetteriae Nuttall, sp. nov. Type habitat : On dead leaves Trautvetteria Carolinensis, July 15, 1894 (Nuttall, discov. 1633).