I04 pri!:sidp:nttal .\ddri:ss — six'iiox c. 



W'int. on Myrica sp., and Pcricoiiia vcliitiiia W int. on lirabcjum 

 stellatifolium. 



The next year, in a paper "Exotische Pilze II.," Winter (95) 

 described 13 new species collected by MacOwan at Somerset 

 East and Table Mountain, Capetown. These belonged to the 

 Ascomycetes and Fungi Imperfecti. The paper also included one 

 new species, Melampsora pncciuioidcs, from ^Medle^' Wood, 

 Natal. 



During the next fifteen years numerous mycologists referred 

 to specimens from South Africa, chiefly in monographs on 

 various genera which were being compiled from the rich collec- 

 tions of material stored in the great herbaria at Kew. Berlin, 

 Paris, and elsewhere. Most of these authors are quoted in the 

 Bibliography appended to this address, and I will not bore you 

 with the individual mycologists and the details of their studies, 

 but will only briefly mention those items of ])assing interest and 

 more general importance. 



P. A. Saccardo ( 77 ) in 1886 described Trihospora Cookci 

 from the Ca])e. The genus is peculiar to South Africa, and is 

 monotypic. The fungus is parasitic on leaves of Podocarpus 

 elongatus and P. 7 liuiihcrgii, and is fairly common wherever the 

 trees occur. 



Paul TIennings of Berlin was also an important contributor 

 to our knowledge of South African fungi towards the close of 

 this period. In 1891 he described from the Berlin Botanical 

 Museum specimens which had been collected by Bachman in 

 Pondoland, while in 1895 '^*-' c-ommunicated the results of his 

 examination of a small collection of fungi whicii was made l)y 

 Schlechter in the Transvaal during the years 1893 and 1894. 

 Five new species were recorded. ( )f special interest amongst 

 this collection is the fungus described as Sclerotiitiii Paspali P. 

 Henn., v.hich was collected by Schlechter in Natal. This fungus is 

 now known as Clariccps paspali Stevens and Hall, and has sud- 

 denly appeared in ei)idemi'^ form diu-ing the ]>ast two years 

 throughout South Africa. In fact, I am (loul)tful whether a 

 single patch of ])aspahmi could be found within the Union that 

 was not infected with this fungus. There is reason to believe 

 that this infected gra^ss is sometimes injm-ious to stock, and 

 definite feeding exi)eriments have already been carried out bv 

 ."^ir Arnold Theiler, l)ut so far the results obtained have been 

 inconclusive. 



Ilenninps ',36) in i89Sgave an account of another collection 

 ot fungi made b\- Schlechter during i89r)-i8(;8 in the western 

 portion of the C'a])e, chiefly from the vicinity of Clanwilliam, Van 

 Rhynsdorp, and Pi(|uetl)erg. l<"ifteen fungi were recorded, of 

 which nine were described as new species. In this same year 

 Medley Wood (99) published a lis< of Natal fungi. This is the 

 first enumeration of SoiUh .African fungi that was published in 

 the country. This collection has now been revised by Miss 

 Bottomlew and will be the subject of a i)aper in tiiis section. 



