EDITORS' NOTES. 



Y. Takahashi: Cereal Rusts in Japan. (Vol. XVIII. No. 213. pp. 

 214-216). The writer counts six species of Puccinia hitherto found on 

 cereals of Japan. They are P. graminis Pers., P. glumarum Eriks. et 

 Henn., P. triticina Eriks., P. dispersa Eriks., P. simplex Eriks. et Henn. 

 and P. coronifera Kleb. Thus all species of cereal rusts reported from 

 Europe occur also in Japan. 



K. Yendo: On Coccophora Langsdorfii Grev. (Vol. XVIII. No. 214. 

 p. 237-241). Coccophora, is limited to Japan coast and two species were 

 comprised under the genus. Yendo declares that the descriptions of the 

 plants were all from incomplete fragmental materials ; and that it resulted 

 inadequate systematic position of the genus. According to the writer, the 

 descriptions of C. phyllamphora correspond to a sterile branch and C. 

 Langsdorfii to a fertile branch of the same plant. Hence the former 

 pseudo-species shall be reduced to a synonyme of the latter by the priority. 

 Minute details of the various stages of the plant are added, afferming that 

 the plant is perennial, and that the hollow receptacles are independent 

 from the true vesicles. He believes the genus to stand nearest by Sargas- 

 sum than by the other genera among Fucacese. 



M. Shirai : Illustrations of Salicacete of Japan. II. (Vol. XVIII. No. 

 215. pp. 00-00) Salix cardiophylla Trauvt. et Hey. was reported by 

 E. Tokubuchi to occur in Hokkaido (cf. No. 113. of the present Magazine). 

 von Seeman recently worked out Salicacefe of Japan. But he omitted to 

 mention the species as he has not ever seen a specimen from Japan- 

 The writer found the species growing in the vicinity of Nikko and collected 

 its various stages. On comparing the specimens with the exemplars of 

 S. cardiophylla kept in the herbarium of the Berlin Museum he found 

 both plants identically equal. The illustrations accompanied the paper were 

 drawn from the Nikko material. 



