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1279. Blasdals, Walter C. A preliminary list of the Uredinales of California. Univ. 

 California Publ. Bet. 7: 101-157. 1919. — A list of the rusts of California intended to assist 

 collectors in naming new collections and to tabulate all the known forms and their host 

 plants. Some 23G species or forms are enumerated, arranged under the genera according to 

 the families of the host-plants they inhabit. — W. A. Setchell. 



1280. BoNAR, Lee. Wilt of white clover, due to Brachysporium trifolii. Phytopath. 10: 

 435-441. 3 fig. 1920. — A disease of the foliage of white clover, Trifolium repens, found on a 

 lawn near Washington, D. C, is described. Some cultural characters and a technical descrip- 

 tion of Brachysporium trifolii Kauffman are given. — F. R. Jones. 



1281. Britton, Nathaniel Lord, and Charles Frederick Millspaxjgh, The Bahama 

 Flora. Roy. 8vo., viii -\- 695 p. Published by the authors: New York, June 26, 1920.— See 

 Bot. Absts. 7, Entry 1429. 



1282. Brown, Nellie A. A Pestalozzia producing a tumor on the sapodilla tree. Phy- 

 topath. 10: 383-394, 5 fig. 1920.— This disease occurred in Buena Vista, Florida. The re- 

 sults of inoculation both upon sapodilla and upon other hosts are reported. The spores are 

 described. Favorable media are mentioned. Comparison with other tumor-forming species 

 of Pestalozzia indicates that this is a separate species. The name Pestalozzia scirrofaciens 

 n. sp. is suggested. Control consists of destruction of infected trees. — Ruth G. Bitterman. 



1283. Church, Margaret B. Laboratory experiments on the manufacture of Chinese 

 Ang Khak in the United States. Jour. Indust. Eng. Chem. 12:45-^6. 1920.— The charac- 

 teristics of red rice are due to a mold, Monascus purpureas. — Henry Schmitz. 



1284. Cleland, J. Burton, and Edwin Cheel. Australian Fungi: Notes and descrip- 

 tions. No. 2. — The Sclerotia-forming polypores of Australia, Trans, and Proc. Roy. Soc. 

 South Australia 43: 11-22. PI. 1-5. 1919.— There is brought together within the limits of 

 the article all that is known of the sclerotial forms of polypores of Australia. Two are de- 

 scribed as possessing true sclerotia: Polyporus mylittae Cooke and Massee and Polyporus 

 minor-mijlittae. Two are described as possessing false sclerotia: Polyporus tumulosus Cooke 

 and Polyporus basilapiloides (McAlp. and Tepper). The article is accompanied by photo- 

 graphs of sclerotia and of sclerotia to which fruiting bodies are attached. [See also Bot. 

 Absts. 4, Entry 1070; 8, Entry 1285.]— J. H. Fault. 



1285. Cleland, J. Burton, and Edwin Cheel. Australian fungi : Notes and descriptions. 

 No. 3. Trans, and Proc. Roy. Soc. South Australia 43: 262-315. PL 28-29. 1919.— This 

 paper is a continuation of two previous ones on Australian fungi. The following species are 

 described as new: Amanitopsis punctata, Clitocybe paraditopa, Cantharellus lilacinus, C. 

 imperatae, C. nigripedes, C. corrugatus, Russula Flocktonae, R. erumpens, Mycena banksiae, 

 M. coccineus, Pleurotus subostreatus, and Boletus scarlatinu^. [See also Bot. Absts. 4, Entry 

 1070; 8, Entry 1284.]—/. H. Faull. 



1286. CouTiNHO, Antonio Xavier Pereira. Eubasidiomycetes Lusitanici Herbarii 

 Universitatis Olisiponensis. [Eubasidiomycetes of Portugal represented in the herbarium of 

 the University of Lisbon.] 195 p. Manuel Lucas Torres: Lisbon, 1919.— A taxonomic paper 

 giving descriptions of all the Eubasidiomycetes of Portugal as represented in the hetbariiim 

 of the University of Lisbon. The paper is not illustrated. It is provided with keys to the 

 genera. A total of 511 species is included. — H. M. Fitzpatrick. 



1287. Davis, J. J. [Note under "Notes and Brief Articles."] Mycologia 13: 58. 1921. 

 — Records 30 collections of Pucciniastrum arcticum from Wisconsin, all on Rubus triflorus. — 

 H. R. Rosen. 



1288. Diehl, William W. The fungi of the Wilkes Expedition. Mycologia 13:38-41. 

 1921. — Attention is called to 8 species of fungi described as new by Berkeley and Curtis, most 

 of which heretofore have been overlooked. — H. R. Rosen. 



