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A Host Index of Fungi of the Malay 

 Peninsula ,1. 



Althou-h we are onlv at a beginning of our study of tlie cry- 

 pto c^aneSS a of Malava, it has been found that in collecting 



^^r the information already P^^-^- V^^ H ^Tl Id^^ tS 

 material has been provided for a nucleus of a Host Index toi tins 

 .^ui t V has been considered advisable that this information 



.ho Id be published forthwith in index form and added to as 

 Ser i^ciils are established, rather than delay publication lor 

 some vears in order to obtain a more complete work. 



In considering the fonn this work should take ^t J.- been 



.Ippmed exnedient to include all fungi recorded on a plant rather 



1 a ronh tite that have hitherto been definitelv determined as 



parasites The advantage of such a list being m the first place 



^'at 1 vcrv difficult to establish definitelv which are para ite 



Hi In.li ar.. saprophytes, and secondly fungi determined as 



ro h s now mlv in a little while be found to be l-rasi es. 3.1 



this matter the following list differs somewhat from the Host 



Indexes that have been issued for other countries. 



Manv well known diseases often regarded as cpute eommon 

 will not be found included as it often proves on inyestigation tliat 

 rucii popular beliefs have not been actuallv recorded by the scientist 

 The arrano-ement of the list is alphabetically under the host 

 pl,nts A sv^tematic arrangements of hosts was c^nsn^ered to 

 m the use 'of such a list as this to those few scientists who are 

 a liar with systematic botany, and as it is hoped this list wil 

 prove useful to a larger circ-le the alphabetical arrangement has 

 b en a opt 1. For al^innlar reason the descriptions o the lungi 

 av heei given m popular language rather than scientihc. 



The material from which this list has been ^Tf'ij^^: 

 works of H. X. Eidley, W. J Gallagher, I- Bancroft A. bh pie , 

 W \ C Belgrave, K. M. Eichards, and C . F Baker p iDliMieci 

 during the past few years m local bulletins and periodicals. 



\FZFLi^ RRTUSA. Kurz. {Lcguminome) Merahau. 



Bancroft records tlie leaves of 'Merahau' collected m Perak, 

 attacked by a finigus he considered to be TraluUa SfepMnu,e 

 (Sphaeriaccae), 



\fzfli\ sp. {Leqinninosac) Merahau. 



Forney limosu, iJ>oJ,n>oraceae) the well known disease of 

 Para rubber;'"^s recorded by Gallagher as spreading from 

 ' Merahau.' 



Ag\ttiis alba, Foxw. (Coniferae.) . 



species collected by Burkill on Penang Hil • t c-au.cs v^ait) „aU 

 like protuberances on the upper surface of the leaves. 



