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P. uvicoLA, Speg. — This has been met with at Toowoomba 

 on vine leaves ; in Europe it is said to damage the ripe 

 berry. P. versicolor, Speg. — At the Logan River this 

 species has been found on the foHage of Cupania anacardioides. 



Phoma Cordylines, Thorn. — This, which in Europe was 

 detected on decaying leaves of Cordyline australis, has been 

 found on the old leaves of Crimim pedunculatum in a Brisbane 

 garden. P. Diploglottidis, Cke. and Mass., is at times 

 abundant on the foliage of the Queensland " Tamarind-tree," 

 Diploglottis Cunninghamii. P. graminis, Vitt., was found 

 badly affecting grasses at Ayrshire Downs, Queensland. In 

 Europe it is found on species of Poa. P. notha. Berk., has 

 been found on the twigs of native shrubs near the Brisbane 

 JRiver. P. plagia, Cke. and Mass.,, was observed on some 

 young Palms received from the Daintree River in 1888. 

 P. PURPUREA, Cke. and Mass., is in some seasons very 

 destructive to the fohage of the Brisbane River Eucalypts and 

 Tristanias, and P. Rosarum, C. and Ell., infests Rose-bushes 

 both in Queensland and Europe. 



Phyllachora alpini^, Cke. and Mass. — This is 

 destructive to the foliage Alpinia ccerulea in many parts of 

 Queensland. P. aspidea, B. and M., also infests the foliage 

 of the same plant, but in Ceylon it is said to be found on a 

 species of Ficus. P. catervaria, Berk., both in India and 

 Queensland is found on the foliage of several of the rougli- 

 leuved kinds of Figs. P. nervisequia, Winter, was found 

 on the leaves of Cordyline specimens sent from Rockhampton 

 to Baron Mueller. P. RHYTisMOiDEe, Corda. — This species, 

 which infests the foliage of an Acacia in India, in Southern 

 Queensland is found on the phyllodia of Acacia penniner vis, 

 and in tropical Queensland on the leaves of Figs. 



Protomychs macrosporus, Unger. — In Europe this 

 fungus attacks plants of several genera ; so far it has only 

 been found in Queensland on plants of Hydrocotyle asiatica 

 growing near a swamp at Stanthorpe. 



PucciNiA caulicola, Tracy and Gall. — This " Brand " 

 or " Mildew," as plants of this genus are often termed, is 

 met with in America on stems of Salvia ; in Queensland 

 some few years ago it was observed quite thick on the stems 

 of Hypochoeris, growing in the Brisbane town reserves. P. 

 GRAMINIS, Pers. (including P. rubigo-vera, B.C.), more 

 commonly spoken of as " Red-rust," is often met with upon 

 the indigenous grasses in localities far distant from where any 

 cultivation has ever been carried on, thus proving that it is 



