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Launea secunda, Clark. Fairly common on dry banks in May. 



Senecio nudicanlis, Ham. Common in similar situations. 



Taraxacum officiatiale, Common : closely resembles the British Dande- 



Wigg. lion. 



Erigeron alpinus, L. A very common daisy : leaves narrowly lanceolate. 



., canadense, DC. Not common : flowering in early June : apparently 



is not found at Simla. 



Primulacece. 



Primula floribunda, Wall. Found a number of these miniature primroses in 



flower on 2-3-16 : saw one plant in flower on 

 10-5-18. 

 Androsace rotundifolia, Fairly numerous in early June. 

 Hardw. 



Asclepiadacece. 



Ceropegia wallichii, 



Wight. 



Rare : found a single example of this extraordi- 

 nary looking flower on Fox's Hill on 20th May: 

 rare in Simla. 



Scropkulariaceoe . 



Mazus surculosus, Doh. Not often seen : found in the Park and another 



spot in May. 



Verbenacece. 



Caryopteris wallichiana, Fairly common in early June. 

 Schauer. 

 „ grata, Bth. Not uncommon : apparently not found in Simla. 



Labiatce. 



Calamintha umbrosa, Bth. Common. 



Stachys sericea, Wall. Found in flower in the Park in middle of May. 



Scutellaria scandens, (^ S. angulosa, Bth.) Very common on banks 



Don. in May. 



Euphorbiacece. 



Euphorbia pilosa, Linn. 



Lilacece. 



Smilax aspera, Linn. 



Numerous in shady spots. 



This prickly climber is often seen, but does not 

 flower till the autumn. 



G. O. ALLEN, i.c.s. 



Dehea Dun, 28th January 1919. 



No. XL VII.— ON THE IDENTITY OF BLA8T0SP0RA 



BUTLERI, SYD. 



Sydow and Butler in their " Fungi Indiae orientalis," Part IV, describe 

 a rust fungus on Jasminum malaharicum from specimens collected by the 

 writer at Matheran in the Bombay Presidency. In giving the fungus the 

 name Blantospora the authors express a doubt whether it really belongs to 

 that genus, as they had not observed the germination of the teleutospores. 

 The tops of some of the teleutospores were observed by them to be prolong- 

 ed into a sort of papilla and these were suspected by them to be showing 

 the initial stages of germination characteristic of Blastospora teleutospores, 

 which have no distinct germ pores and which germinate by the bulging out 

 of the top wall itself into a germ-tube (see Fig. 1). 



