THE PHILIPPINE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, C. BoTANY. 
Vol. XII, No. 5, September, 1917. 
FUNGI COLLECTED BY E. D. MERRILL IN SOUTHERN CHINA 
By Harry S. Yates 
(From the Botanical Section of the Biological Laboratory, Papcegs, of 
Science, Manila) 
The present paper is based upon a small collection of fungi 
made by Mr. E. D. Merrill while in Kwantung Province, southern 
China in October and November, 1916. A number of additional 
specimens were collected, but these were in an immature con- 
dition and consequently exact identification has not been possible. 
The number of specimens considered is too small to indicate very 
much regarding the composition of the fungus flora of Canton and 
vicinity. Many of the fungi collected are widely distributed and 
well-known forms. The rather high proportion of Uredinaceae 
is perhaps suggestive, because in the Philippines the rust fungi 
are relatively uncommon. It is possible however, that collections 
made at other seasons of the year would show a much smaller 
percentage of rusts as the abundance of Uredinaceae in a locality 
often varies greatly from season to season. The presence in 
the collection of only one of the Perisporiaceae is also in rather 
marked contrast to the relatively great abundance of this group 
in the Philippine fungus flora where often one-half the lower 
fungi in a collection belong in this group. 
~BACTERIACEAE 
PSEUDOMONAS Migula 
PSEUDOMONAS CITR! Hasse in Journ. Agric. Research 4 (1915) 99. 
Kwangtung Province, Canton (Honam Island), Merrill 10393, October 
1916, on leaves of Citrus sp. 
The bacterium responsible for the Citrus canker was not found but the 
general appearance of the infected areas on the leaves is that of this well 
known organism. 
PERISPORIACEAE 
PARODIELLA Spegazzini 
PARODIELLA PERISPORIOIDES (B. & C.) Speg. in Anal. Soc. Cient. 
Arg. 9 (1880) 178. 
Dothidea perisporioides B. & C. in Grev. 4 (1876) 103. 
Kwangtung Province, Canton (Honam Island), Merrill 10392, October 
28, 1916, on leaves of Desmodium triflorum. 
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