Notes on some Sugar-Cane Matters. 



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It is remarkable that thus far we have not observed the fungus 

 Colh'totricliuvi falcatum here, since it has been recorded from nearly 

 all the cane-growing countries. 



A fungus, known by the name ScJiizophyllum commmie is illus- 

 trated in Fis" 4. I have conimonlv found this fungus in Zululand on 



Fig. 5. — A physiological trouble of cane stalks. The centre 

 has strips of spongy tissue or cavities surrounded by 

 spongy tissue. 



old cane stalks lying on the ground, but never on standing cane. It 

 is, however, mentioned here because it has been recorded as a wound 

 parasite of cane from Java and the West Indies. The fungus is 

 common everywhere on old stumps and logs of various trees, and 

 occur also as a wound parasite of fruit trees. 



