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sad havoc with the leaves of the pretty "Fringe Water- 

 lily," Limnanthemum indicum. 



AiLOGRAPHUM MELioLoiDES, Cke. and Mass. — Found on 

 the leaves of native shrubs at Pimpama Creek. 



AscHERSONiA TAHiTENSis, Mont. — Tliis Small yellow 

 epiphyllous fungus, which in Tahiti lives on species of Cyr- 

 tandra, has been in tropical Queensland met with on the 

 foliage of a large climber. 



AscocHYTA APiospoRA, Cke. and Mass., infests the leaves 

 of a Myrtus in tropical, and a Backhousia in Southern 

 Queensland. Another species, A. brunnea, Cke. and Mass. ^ 

 attacks the leaves of the Brisbane box, Ti-istania conferta. 



AscoMYCES DEFORMANS, Berk. (Exoascus deformans, B.)^ 

 often destroys the foliage of peach trees. In Europe found 

 to destroy the leaves of plum, cherry, peach, and almond. 



AsTEROMA Ros^, Lib. — This discolours and injures the 

 rose foliage in our gardens. 



Cercospora solanacea, Sacc. and Beil. — This species 

 was found on the leaves of Solanum verbascifolium, near the 

 Logan River. C. viticola. Cess., which infests the vine 

 leaves in Europe, has also been met with on vine leaves at 

 Bundaberg. 



Cerebella andropogonis, Les. — This species, which in 

 Europe destroys the inflorescence of Andropogons and 

 Ischsemums, has been discovered on the inflorescence of the 

 " Cluster Spear Grass," Heteropogon contortus, a closely- 

 allied grass, at Gladstone, Queensland. C. paspali, Cke. 

 and Mass., infests the inflorescence of Paspalum scrobicu- 

 latum, and a form of this species is found at Gladstone on the 

 " Kangaroo Grass," Antkistiria ciliata. 



Ch^tomium cymatotrichum, Cooke. — One of the 

 " Bristle Moulds," has been found on the leaves of Solanum 

 Dallachyi, at the Johnstone River. 



Ch-s:tophoma eutricha, Sacc. and Berl., was found at 

 the Logan River on the leaves of the " Bean-tree," Casta- 

 nospermum australe. 



Cladosporium ASTEROMA, var. minor, Cooke. — This 

 fungus forms the brown spots and patches which destroy so 

 much of the foliage of the Grape vines in Queensland. C. 

 hypophyllum, Feht., was found in Brisbane on the leaves of 

 a Serjania. In Europe it infests the underside of the leaves 

 of the common Elm. C. stenosporum, B. and C, is 

 found both in America and Australia on the leaves of Pear 

 Trees. 



