1896. ] Notes and News. 249 
IN AN ILLUSTRATED article in the Tokyo Bot. Magazine (10: 16-20) 
Prof. Y. Takahashi shows the identity of Zilletia oryze Pat. with Us- 
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only genuine Ustilaginea found on Oryza sativa. It is notable for the 
d s fr ; 
Smooth surface. The sporangiophores of Helminthostachys are cited 
an example of the last.—S. C. S. 
sbus of a distinct family 
THE Prog, Phi i following ma- 
. ad. Acad., 1895, Part III, contains the tollov : 
ial of botanical interest: atone roo new species of fungi, including 
ry (StiZbomyces), by Ellis and Everhart; a series of correc 
ey W. E. Meehan’ inati 
na departs sufficiently from these characters to be made the type 
—S. CS. 
. 
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Pe and revises the genus Tropidocarpum; notes on me sich 3 
Simply a ré of flowers by insects, by Ida A. Kel cet the sub- 
situ) aresumé of the subject, and in which we would sugges 
: 'n of “pollination” for “fertilization.” 1 
tol eSSOR STRASBURGER, in his résumé of recent work euapneend 
baryokty discusses the behavior and function of the nucleo ee toi 
‘esis, and confirms the statements of other observers 
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