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two species, one possibly an import. The few Dothids 

 that were collected are noteworthy. Yoshingiella shows 

 a remarkable evolution on the tree fern Cibotium, it hav- 

 ing evidently developed from a common ancestor while 

 on this host into three distinct forms. 



Pauahia, a genus which I have named in honor of the 

 Princes Bernice Pauahia who did so much for science in 

 tlie Pacific, is a very interesting transition form midway 

 between the superficial radiate Microthyriaceae and the 

 subcuicular non-radiate Dothids. 



The smuts are conspicuous by their absence, only one 

 really native one having been found and its birth place 

 questionable, though smuts elsewhere are so common. 



I have not time to discuss other groups, much though 

 I would like to do so. It is evident, I think, that the ques- 

 tions in phylogemy and geographic distribution that arise 

 in the Pacific are of keen interest, and that more complete 

 knowledge of the insular fungus floras and of those of the 

 east and west lands is needed. 



