” 1896 
9 ] CURRENT LITERATURE 423 
asnew. P. z ‘ : 
Beste . hod iss P. pumila Nutt.,and P. Virginiana Mill 
. lanceolata Michx., while P. Virgini ‘ 
wviscos ’ . Virginiana Gra 
oa > become /’. rene Nees. P. cil/iosa, n. Sp., ie a 
ai ia hematin n. sp., is from the West, P. hastafa, n. sp., is 
ee aie, 7 ae The genus Quinruia Raf. is recognized, and fncludes 
ters Hock ae eucophysadis is a new genus constructed upon Physalis 
was a plexus, fro r seems that Chamesaracha Coronopus, as recognized 
.. So, fs fo ee author has separated C. crena/a, ni. Sp., an 
. SOF La ici : 
genus.—J. M. C. ida Gray). Orcytes Wats. still remains a monotypic 
— NOTES FOR STUDENTS. 
IRS 
Be rca . ae of Pringle's Mexican Fungi has recently been 
ten numbers, as foll ares Supply Company. It consists of 
P. ester, B. & = s: 1. Puccinia heterospora B. & C. on Anoda ; 2. 
DeToni on Rhus “Me is on a malvaceous plant; 3. Uromyces effusus (Pk.) 
spores; 5, Bein ie 4. U. Sophore Pk. on Sophora sericea, uredo- 
vum ; 7. cid, ee a 6. Acidium Solani Mont. on Solanum tor- 
perisporivides (B. & C len Pk. on Anisacanthus virgularis; 8. Parodiella 
on letramerium aure ) eahe on Indigofera ; 9. Puccinia Tetramerit Seym. 
The specimens are ae - 10, Leptostroma vestita S. & P. on Agave vestita. 
edited by Mr. A. B ie put up and bear printed labels. The publication is 
tions accompany ica : i. Nos. 9 and ro are new species; the descrip- 
Notices3 of same date ee They are also described in the Botanical 
wide circulatio ne ope Heithet of these publications are likely to have a 
n, the descriptions are reproduced here. 
n Fungi, No. 9, September 1, 
ute to 5™™ in diameter, very 
dark, with broad and blunt 
projection at side 
colored at junc- 
Puccinia 
1896).— Spots ch eiramerit Seymour (Pringle’s Mexica 
dark ; spores ah sori amphigenous, varying from min 
apiculus Sisco. ier covered with coarse blunt warts, 
of ee ie ot ighter and occasionally a similar less prominent 
Hon with spore eee StS X 33-42 m4; pedicels about 784 long, 
Oe leaves, i? oe hyaline, rough below. 
November 30, 18 etramerium aureum Rose. 
Ptosiroma sp Seen C. G. Pringle. 
tember 1, 1896) caietes Seymour & Patterson (Pringle’s Mexican Fungi, No. 10, Sep- 
slightly Hepbeised ees mostly epigenous, stromata numerous, imbedded and 
, orbicular to oblong, .5-1™™ (rarely to 2.5™™), covering most of the 
w black margin; con- 
guttule often elon- 
Tomellin Cafion, Oaxaca, Mexico, 
ceptacles 
2to 5 in 
§ated and sie . pindahas ae spores hyaline, linear, multiguttulate, 
Oe lease a like vacuoles; size of spores 30-85 X 44 
of 4gave vestita Watson. Barranca near Gu 
adalajara, Mexico, May 
18 
91. Collector, C. G. Pringle.—J. C. A 
3A trade icati a 
gah publication in the form of a card catalogue issued monthly by the Cam- 
Otanical Supply Co 
