157 
InpEx oF Host Prants 1 Parr III. 
| 
Host. | Fungus. Page. 
Acer - - - - | Diplodia atrata - - - -{ 439 
Ammophila - - - | Leptothyrium nitidum—- - - | 152 
Arbutus - - - | Phoma Andrachnes - - - 154 
Asparagus) - - - Phoma, ( ?) lanceolata - - - 142 
Bambusa~ - : - | Eriothyrium pelliculosum : - 150 
Brassica - - - | Phoma oleracea - : - -| 152 
Calamagrostis - - | Leptothyrium nitidum = - - - | 162 
Charta, - - - - | Phoma chartarum - - - 153 
Cocos - - - | Diplodia epicocos” - - : -{ 141 
Convallaria - - | Phomopsis Convallariae - - 138 
ahlia - - - - | Diplodia Georginae - - . - 142 
Desmoncus (?)_ - - homa Desmonci - - 153 
onax - - - - | Leptostroma donaci - - -} 147 
Equisetum - - - | Ascochyta (7) Equisetit - : -| 146 
Sees Ascochyta Gladioli - - - - 145 
Gladiolus __.-,, 222 {; Niplbdia cloigebe oi aliens sap et 
Diplodia Radula - - : -} 143 
——— i : ; ie Musar : - : -| 156 
Nyssa - : - | Phoma nyssocarpa - - - -| 155 
Ornithogalum - Phoma Ornithogali - - - -| 153 
mae - - - Placosphaeria maculata - - - 138 
Pandanus~ - : Diplodia Pand . - of 441 
: Pirostoma viridisporum - -| 147 
Phormium = - - - |< Leptosphaeria Phormit - -| 150 
Leptothyrium Phormii - -| 148 
Potamogeton - - Phoma microscopica - -{| 156 
Pritchardia - - - | Phoma Pritchardiae - - - -| 153 
Diplodia ma - - - 139 
Pyrus - - - : eZ pomorum - i z - 155 
Saccharum - - . | Botryodiplodia Theobromae var. -| 144 
Smilax - - ' +] Phomopsis brunneola - - -| 137 
Yucca SE ee a i Yueceae - ee ee 187 
XVI._THE COMPOSITION OF THE RHIZOMES 
OF BRACKEN AND ITS VARIATIONS. 
JAMES HENDRIOK. 
During the latter part of the War, when it was necessary to 
ensure the food supplies of the country to the utmost extent and 
to examine all substances which were possible sources of food 
for human beings or live stock, or which might be used instead 
of food stuffs, for the production of alcohol, acetone and other 
made, under the auspices of the 
Ministry of Food, some investigations into the composition of 
e€ 
that they have been, at various times and in different parts of 
the World, used as a source of food for men and animals. The 
