120 Eumycetes. — Pflanzenkrankheiten. 



Ramsbottom, J., A List ofthe British Species oi Phycomy- 

 ceteSj etc. with a key to the gener a. (Trans. Brit. Myc. Soc. 

 V. 2. p. 30-1-317. 1915.) 



The present list is the first published since Massee's "British 

 Fungi: Phycomycetes and Ustilagineae", which appeared in 1891. 

 The author has made it as complete as possible by including all 

 the records which he has been able to trace. 



In addition to the Phycomycetes, the groups Phytomyxinae 

 {Plasmodiophoraceae) y Acrasieae and Protomycetnceae are also listed. 

 New combinations are Entophlyctis heliofovmis (Dang.) Ramsb., Py- 

 thium pythioides (Roze et Cornu) Ramsb., and Protomycopsis pur- 

 pureo-tingens (Mass.) Ramsb. E. M. Wakefield (Kew). 



Ramsbottom, J., Notes on the list of British Phycomycetes. 

 (Trans. Brit. Myc. Soc. V. 2. p. 318-323. 1915.) 



Critical notes on the nomenclature of various species included 

 in the. Author's List, and also on certain unsatisfactory records. 

 The new combinations listed in the above paper are also dealt 

 with. E. M. Wakefield (Kew). 



Ramsbottom, J., Some Notes on the History of the Classi- 

 fication of the Phycomycetes. (Trans. Brit. Myc. Soc. V. 2. p. 

 324-350. 1915.) 



The author traces the history of the study of Phycomycetes, 

 beginning with the observations of the early microscopists. 



Notes and comments are made on the various Systems of Clas- 

 sification proposed, down to those in use at the present day. 



E. M. Wakefield (Kew). 



Rutgers, A. A. L., On derzoekingen over het ontijdig af- 

 sterven van peperranken in Nederlandsch-Indie L 

 Overzicht der vroegere on derzoekingen. [Investiga- 

 tions about the dyingoutofpepervinesintheDutch 

 East Indies. I. Survey of previous in vestigations]. 

 (Meded. Labor. Plantenziekten. Buitenzorg. N^. 18. 28 pp. Holl. 

 m. Eng. resum^. 1915.) 



The writers own summary runs as follows: 



I. In the Southern parts of the district Malang, East Java 

 (Zimmermann, Zehntner) and in British India (Butler) a 

 wilt disease has been found, caused by a fungus, which fills the 

 woodvessels by its mycelium, whereby the vine dies. The Symp- 

 toms of this disease are typical. It is not possible to say whether 

 the three above-named investigators have seen the same fungus. 



II. In the residency „Lampongsche Districten" of southern 

 Sumatra (Zimmermann), in the southern parts of the district 

 Malang, East Java (Zehntner) and in British India (Bar- 

 ber, Butler), a fungus has been found, which runs through the 

 woodvessels with a few hyphae, apparently without doing any härm. 

 Zehntner is the only one who writes, that he has found interme- 

 diate stages between this fungus and the fungus of the wilt disease. 



- III Everywhere in the residency „Lampongsche Districten" in 

 West Java, Middle Java, East Java and in British India 

 eelworms {Heterodera vadicicola Greef.) have been found in the roots 



