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MELANCONIACEAE. 
Gloeosporium Crotolariae, Massee. 
Maculae amphigenae, determinatae, primo suborbiculares dein 
irregulares, fuscescentes, saepius centro cinerascentes. Acervuli 
subcutanei dein erumpentes, roseo-tincti. Sporae oblongo-ellipticae, 
utrinque rotundatae, hyalinae, 25-28 x 7-84, in sterigmatibus 
hyalinis solitariae acrogenae. 
Parasitic on young shoots of Crotolaria juncea, L., Sunn hemp. 
Small, more or less circular brownish patches first appear on the 
young shoots, these gradually increase in size and encroach on each 
other forming irregular patches. Just before the spore masses burst 
through to the surface, the central portion of the patches present a 
greyish appearance, due to the upraising of the cuticle. Brown 
patches appeared five days after the application of spores to the 
unbroken surface of the shoot. 
Colletotrichum concentricum, Massee. Figs. 14-16. 
Maculae amphigenae, effusae, arescenti-albae, eximie determinatae. 
Acervuli maculas totas occupantes, circinatim vel concentrice 
dispositi, aggregati, aurantiaci. Sporae ellipticae, utrinque rotun- 
ae, rectae vel inaequilaterales, 21-28 x 7-8u, hyalinae, in 
sterigmatibus filiformibus, hyalinis acrogenae. Setudae rectae, 
acuminatae, atro-brunneae, opacae, 80-100 x 6-7u. 
On the fruit of the Snake gourd, Trichosanthes anguina, L., in the 
Lilyhouse. 
A destructive parasite forming large bleached patches on the 
fruit, which become covered with irregularly concentric rings of 
orange spore-masses. Spores placed on the unbroken surface of the 
fruit produced no result, but when introduced into the flesh on 
the point of a needle, the bleaching of the surface was apparent 
on the fourth day, and on the ninth day the orange spores, mixed 
with blackish spines, ruptured the epidermis and appeared on the 
surface of the fruit. G. M. 
Hendersonia rubi, Westend. Figs. 11-12. 
Forming whitish patches on the living shoots of brambles. This 
fungus has recently attacked cultivated raspberries and loganberries, 
and is a source of serious trouble in some parts of the country. The 
canes are attacked while quite young, and the presence of the fungus 
usually causes sterility. Q. LM. 
HYPHOMYCETACEAR, 
Brachysporium Wakefieldiae, Massee. Fig. 13. 
Maculae sparsae, majusculae, villosulae, olivaceae. Hyphae 
cylindraceae, flexuosulae, simplices vel ramulosae, hic inde parce 
noduloso-geniculatae, septatae, olivaceae. Conidia acro ena, 
cylindrico-ellipsoidea, apice obtusata. laevia, 3-septata, loculis tribus 
internis obscure olivaceis, extimis pallidioribus, chlorinis, 23-25 x 
Bu. 
Forming scattered, olive coloured patches on the hymenium of a 
species of Corticium. Agreeing with Brachysporium apicale, Sacc., 
in having the apical cell of the conidium paler than the remainder, 
but distinguished by the much larger spores. Q. M. W. 
