1888. | BOTANICAL GAZETTE. ‘aie 
named provisionally G. (?) compressa Fisc 
The most important paper is Beitrag zur Kentniss der Gattung Graph- 
ila, Ed. Fischer, Bot. Zeit. 1883, Nos. 45, 46, 47 and 48, 
Bot. Lab., Univ. of Michigan. Erwin F. Smits. 
Parasitic fungi of Missouri.—During the past five or six years the 
writer has devoted considerable attention to the fungi of Missouri, and 
during that time, with the assistance of Prof. 8. M. Tracy and Rev. C. H. 
Demetrio, about 400 strict] y parasitic species have been taken. Most of 
the species were taken in the central and southeastern parts of the state 
and, while no collections of importance were made in the western coun- 
ties, late observations in these parts have convinced me that here the 
flora, so far as relates to fungi, is practically the same as that of the more 
carefully explored region. With very few exceptions, all of the species 
taken have been preserved either in my own herbarium or that of Mr. 
Demetrio. 
Quite a number of the species have been distributed in Ellis’ North 
merican Fungi and Winter’s Fungi Europaei e Extra Europaei, A care- 
ful list of all the species, together with their hosts, has lately been pre- 
Pared, and as it now stands this list includes the following : 
. _Uredinex, 105 species, divided among the following genera: cid- 
1um, isolated forms,41; Cseoma, 2 ; Coleosporium, 2; Gymnosporangium, 
. satin. 3 re 4; Peridermium, 1; Phragmidium, 3; Puccinia, 33; 
stella, 2; Uredo, 2; , 14. : oe 
Ustilaginex, 16 Padi ping (ho as follows: Doassansia,1; Entyloma, 
3; Tilletia, 2; Urocystis, 1; Ustilago, 9. 
Thave several times collected a curious Ustilago upon Polygonum 
Hydropiper. The fungus attacks the flowers and greatly distorts them, 
Producing in many cases large black globular swellings. This is proba- 
bly the same form mentioned by Dr. Farlow (Bor. GAZETTE, Vill, 277) a8 
rsembling U. Bistortarum (DC.). What appears to be the same thing 
asG. Pheenicis, either do not belong to this genus or are a distinct species, 
a. 
Osp Sm Nani 17 species, distributed as follows: Cystopus, 5; Peron- 
ora, 11; Phytopthora, 1. : oe: ee 
siphex, 21 apocies upon 47 hosts, as follows: sin : Bet 
a phere, 8; Phyllactinia, 1; Podosphera, 1; Spherotheca, 5; : 
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Imperfect forms, nearly 200 ies, so-called, divided among the fol- , 
: ’ y species, Apne niothyriul 
Gning genera: Asterina, Cercospora, Cladosporium, ig es end 
— aia Diplodia, Entomosporium, Gleosporium, Sa i 
The remainder of the list, some 35 species or more, is made mt 
gmbers of the following genera: Epichloe, Leptospheria, Phyllac 
Spheerella, Taphrinia, ete.—B. T. GALLOWAY, Washington, D.C. oie: 
The black maple.—Last fall I contributed to an horticultural jour 
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