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C. Betulina Ehr? On Betula nigra, Feb. 20, 1894. Cirrus yellowish, sporules, 4 to 6 X I ц (Nuttall, 1396, 367). C. Salicis (Corda) Rabenh? On Salix nigra, March 22, 1894 (Nuttall, 1429). C. Platani Fckl. On Platanus occidentalis, March 14, 1894 (Nuttall, 1424, З96). C. LEUCOSPERma (Pers) Fr. On Carpinus Caroliniana, Nov. 17, 1893. Sporules 5 x i ц (Nuttall, 1257). C. CERatOPHORA SaCC. On Fraxinus Pennsylvania, Oct. 17, 1893 (Nuttall, 1234, 163). C. Curreyi Sacc? On Pinus Virginiana, Dec. 13, 1844; on Tsuga Canadensis, April 15, 1895 (Nuttall, 1771, 697). С. cocciNea (Reb.) Fr. On Robinia Pscudacacia, Feb. 2, 1894. Sporules 3 x .75 /1 (Nuttall, 1355). C. sp. Spermogonia of Valsa goniotoma Sz. ? On fire-killed Liquidambar Styraciflua, Oct. 21, 1895 (Nuttall, 1884). C. orthospora B. & C. ? On Robinia Psewiacacia, April 20, 1894. Sporules irregu lar in shape 12 to 18 x 2.5 to 3 ц (Nuttall, 1478, 458). C. carphosperma Fr. On Asimina triloba, Nov. 5, 1893 (Nuttall, 1292, 237). SPHAEROPSIS Lev. S. Linderae Peck. On dead twigs Benzoin Benzoin, April 8, 1895 (Nuttall, 1795)S. Asiminae E. & E., Proc., Phila. Acad., 1894. 361. Type habitat: On dead limbs Asimina triloba, Feb. 24, 1894 (Nuttall, discov. 1397, 370). Perithecia scattered or subseriate, buried in the bark which is raised into little pustules over them and soon ruptured. Perithecia small (.25 mm.) thick-walled, with an obscurely papilliform ostiolum. Sporules oblong-elliptical, brown, ob tuse, 18 to 22 x 8 to 10 ц. S. Asiminae fructigena E. & E. Field Mus. Bot., 1 Л13 (1896). Type habitat : On old dried-up fruits of Asimina triloba, Oct. 3, 1895 (Nuttall, discov. 1871, 755). A fructigenous form of 5". Asiminae E. & E. Perithecia smaller than in the species (11o to 140 ц) and more abun dant. Sporules a little larger (20 to 24 x 9 to 12 ц).