Fungi. — Pathologie. 329 



A. misakiensis, A. declinata, A. crassissima, A. aberrans are new; 

 5 species oi Cheilosporum, of which C. yessoensc with forma angusta, 

 C. latissimum and C. maximum are new, while C. anceps (Kütz.) Schmitz 

 has a new variety modesta, and 14 species oi Corallina, of which C. 

 yenoshimensis, C. ntpponica, C. dccussata-dichotoma, C. arborescens, C. 

 radiata, C. ungulata with forma brevior, C. sessilis, C. naifuensis, C. 

 confusa are new and C. adhaereus has a revised diagnosis. 



Ethel S. Gepp nee Barton. 



Banker, Howard J., A Historical Review of the Propo- 



sed Genera oi the Hydnaceae. (Bulletin of the Torrey 



Botanical Club. XXIX. p. 436—448.) 



A history of the family of Hydnaceae is given beginning with the 

 earliest reference to a plant of the hydnaceous type, by Bau hin in 

 1651. At the publication of the Species Plantarum in 1753 but four plants 

 had been distinguished. In the last Century and a half the species has 

 exceeded 450 as given by Saccardo. Numerous genera have been 

 proposed with more or less valid Claims These Claims are reviewed in 

 the paper from a historical Standpoint. Several rules are given which 

 governed the writer in his work. A list of the genera and their Synonyms 

 is given. About 52 names are given, 32 of which are still free to 

 be used. P. Spaulding. 



Garman, H., The Cinch-bug Fungus. (American Monthly 

 Microscropical Journal. XXIII.) 



In the states of Kentucky, Illinois, Kansas, and in other states of 

 the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys several parasitic fungi are known on 

 the cinch-bug. These fungi are dependent on moisture for their best 

 development. They enter the bodies of the bugs by means of the 

 breathing pores and spread throughout the body and kill the insect. 

 Then fruiting organs are pushed through the walls of the body and the 

 spores are produced outsi'de the body. The most common one (Sporo- 

 trichum), is of a white or a light creamy color It has been used to 

 destroy the bugs artificially in several States, but not with the best 

 success. Another fungus has a gray color and is quite active in its 

 attacks also. The bugs have in some cases been killed and the outlook 

 is not discouraging. P. Spaulding. 



MÜLLER, F., Eine neue Galle auf Quercus Hex L. (Ver- 

 handlungen der zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 

 LH. 1902. p. 14—15.) 



Der Rand der Cupula der Früchte von Quercus Hex, der bei normalen 

 Exemplaren eine ziemlich scharfe kreisrunde Schneide bildet, ist verlängert, 

 etwas verdickt und nach innen 1,5 — 2,5 mm weit eingerollt, so dass ein 

 nach aussen mehr oder weniger ausladender Wulst sich zeigt, der bald 

 ringförmig, bald unregelmässig gekräuselt war oder lappig getheilt mit 

 tieferen, spitzen bis seichten, rundlichen Buchten. Die weissliche seidige 

 Behaarung der Fruchtbecher ist auf der Aussenseite etwas stärker, auf 

 der Innenseite bedeutend dichter und die Haare daselbst nicht anliegend, 

 sondern fast senkrecht abstehend. Die Eicheln zeigten keine Veränderung 

 oder waren nur unbedeutend verkleinert. Der Erzeuger ist eine bisher 

 noch unbeschriebene und unbenannte Gallmilbe. Fundstelle: Monte 

 Giovanni bei Lussin piccolo. v. Dalla Tone (Innsbruck). 



Pierce, Newton B., Pear-b light in California. (Science. 

 Vol. XVI. No. 396. 1902. p. 193—194.) 



The pear-blight has been supposed to occur in California for a 

 long time but was first found by the writer in the spring of 1899, after 



