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XV.—A FUNTUMIA DISEASE. 
(Nectria funtumiae, Massee.) 
G. Masser. 
A “canker” disease affecting untumia elastica, Stapf, was first 
brought to the notice of Kew in January, 1908. Mr. M. T. Dawe, 
F.L.S., Superintendent of the Scientific and Forestry Department, 
Entebbe, Uganda, submitted specimens in spirit of this “ canker” 
for examination, together with a photograph taken by Dr. Christy. 
From the material it was not possible to arrive at an exact deter- 
mination of the disease, but it appeared to be of the nature of 
“Slime Flux.” Further material, in spirit, of cankered Funtumia 
was received in August, 1908, which appeared to represent an 
incipient stage of the disease, but it was not possible to do more 
than refer the disease to some form of “Slime Flux.” Towards 
the end of the year Dr. Christy brought adequate material of the 
diseased Funtumia to Kew; this has enabled the fungus causing 
the disease to be determined. 
surrounding undergrowth and the air is drier. The first obvious 
indication of the disease is the appearance of a small black patch 
soaked in water for three days, and afterwards kept at a ig aie 
orms 
Nectria funtumiae, Massee. Coespituli erumpentes minuti, 3-6 
peritheciigeri, sparsi. Perithecia globoso-depressa, glabra, levia, 
coccinea, 350-400 p» diametro, ostiolo crasse obtuseque papillato 
brunneo instructa. Asci cylindracei, apice obtusi, rotundati, octo- 
spori. Sporidia oblique monosticha, elliptica, hyalina, 1-septata, 
14-15 x6 Le ¢ 
In truncis vivis Funtumiae elasticae. : 
Allied to Nectria ditissima, Tul., the well-known canker-formi 
parasite on various kinds of trees. WV. funtumiae differs in the mue 
larger perithecia and in the more prominent ostiolum ; also in the 
perithecia bein ouped in small scattered tufts. 3 
The general appearance and mode of extension of the diseased 
patches agree closely with the cocoa-tree canker disease of Ceylon, 
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