218 ERYTHEA. 
Subtropical Laboratory of the Division of Vegetable Path- 
ology, United States Department of Agriculture, established 
at Eustis, Florida. The building has been erected by the 
citizens of Eustis, is 46 feet long and 34 feet wide and con- 
tains six rooms, one of “them a visitor’s Laboratory, which is 
provided for the use of students not connected with the 
institution. There is also an experimental garden of one and 
one-half acres. The Library consists of about 1,000 volumes 
and 1,000 pamphlets, and all the more important botanical 
serials arereceived. Mr. Swingle also exhibited and described 
a new Florida palm, related to Sabal Palmetto and known as 
the Etonia palm. He called especial attention to the fact 
that Florida still contains a large number of new or imper- 
fectly known species of plants. 
Byron D. Halsted described a new species of Hxobasidium, 
E. Peckii, occurring on Andromeda Mariana and causing 
the enlargement and modification of its flowers. He also 
showed specimens of Rhamphospora Nymphee, an Indian 
fungus now found on water-lily leaves in America, of & 
'Phyllosticta following insect work and an Ascomycete on 
Pistia stratiotes. 
Mrs. Britton remarked on some of the more interesting 
mosses collected on Saturday’s trip to the dells of the Wiscon- 
sin River. 
A. B. Seymour read a paper on “The Synonymy of Valsa 
stellulata and its Synonymical Allies.” He also exhibited 
copies of a dichotomous key to the lichen genus Cladonia, 
arranged by Dr. F. Le Roy Sargent. 
A paper by 8. A. Beach, “Some Observations on Black 
Knot,” was read by Dr. B. D. Halsted and discussed by 
Professors W. H. Brewer and H. L. Bolley. The infection 
was noticed as much worse adjoining a row of old and badly 
infested plum trees. Proof was also adduced that infection 
must have taken place a year previous to the appearance of 
the disease. 
The following papers were read by title: “ Sand Dune 
Weeds,” by L. H. Bailey; “Propagation of Ranunculus 
