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these exsiccati. In many cases the speci- 

 mens are distributed in the general herba- 

 rium as fast as they are received, and un- 

 less some record be kept of the new species 

 they are soon lost to view in the great mass 

 of specimens in the herbarium. The dupli- 

 cation of names has been a frequent result 

 of this practice, and it is greatly to be de- 

 sired that it cease. Let new species be de- 

 scribed in regular standard publications, so 

 that the majority rather than the minority 

 of students will know of them. 



Among the older distributions is that of 

 Sydow, Uredinece. This has now reached 

 Fascicle XIX., ]S'os. 901-950. In this the 

 genus Puccinia is the best represented, no 

 less than 25 out of the 50 specimens be- 

 longing to it. Among them we note P. 

 simplex (Korn.) Eriks. & Hen., which is a 

 duplication of P. simplex Peck, 1881. (-Sith 

 Ann. Eept. N. Y. State Mus. Nat. Hist., p. 

 45.) The old plan of writing the labels in- 

 stead of printing them is pursued, to the 

 great detriment of the appearance of the 

 specimens and to the annoyance of those 

 who attempt to decipher the names. We 

 would recommend that a change be made 

 in this regard. 



The newer distribution of Jaczewski, 

 Komarov and Tranzschel, Fungi Bossice, has 

 reached its second fascicle, Nos. 51-100. 

 It is interesting in that it contains many 

 specimens from little known or explored 

 regions of eastern Russia and of Siberia. 

 The'specimens are neatly put up and have 

 well printed labels. 



Fascicle No. IX. of Seymour & Earle's 

 Economic Fungi bears date of Julj"^ 1, 1895, 

 and consists of Nos. 401 to 450. It is made 

 up of parasites on garden vegetables and 

 fruit trees, and does not contain any special 

 novelties unless it be the new hosts of Plas- 

 modiopliora brassicce lately recorded by Hal- 

 sted (Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, XXI., 76, 1894). 



The latest arrivals are Fascicles IX. and 

 X. of Fungi Parasitici Seandinavid, by 



Eriksson. These come from the interest- 

 ing region of northern Europe. They 

 are accompanied by an index to the 

 ten fascicles, in which are given the 

 names, numbers and hosts of all the speci- 

 mens distributed. Fascicle IX. (Xos. 401- 

 450) is devoted entirely to the Uredinese, 

 all but two being species of Puccinia. P. 

 graminis is represented by 19 specimens, 

 several being given ' form ' names. Two 

 new species are described, viz., P. pygmcea 

 and P. milii. Fascicle X. (Xos. 451-500) 

 is also largely devoted to UredincEe, although 

 some other orders are represented. Three 

 new species are described. As it is be- 

 lieved that a useful purpose will be served 

 by the publication of these descriptions 

 they are given below from the original 

 labels. 



449. PuccIjSTIA PYGMJ.A Eriksson, n. sp. 



TJredosporte in soris minutis, oblongis, lineariter or- 

 dinatis, interdum coufluentibus, aurantiacis, cum 

 paraphysibus apice globoso-inflatis. Spome globosis, 

 17-28 //, aouleata;. Paraphyses 48-80x11-16//. Tel- 

 eutosporfe in soris minntis, oblongis, linearibus, tec- 

 tis, atrofuscis, hypopbyllis. Teleutosporfe olavata?, 

 apice esplanatiE vel lateraliter apieulatse, medio vix 

 oonstriotae, 35-42x11-14 /i. 



Snecite in foliis Calamagrostis epigeii ad Borgholm, 

 in portu, July 20, 1894. 



450. Puccinia milii Eriksson, n. sp. 



Uredosporre in soris oblongis solitariis vel lineariter 

 ordinatis in niaoulis flavis foliorum, aurantiacis, cum 

 paraphysibus apice globoso-inflatis. Sporse globosEe, 

 19-24 |U aculeatse. Parpbyses usque ad 64/(. Teleu- 

 tosporfe in soris aggregatis, oblongis, tectis, atrofus- 

 cis, hypopbyllis. Teleutospor^ clavatse, apice ex- 

 planatEe, 27-41 /i longse, cellula basalis 13-14 /i, 

 terminalis 12-19 fi lata. 



Suecise in foliis Milii effusi ad Experimentalfaltet, 

 (Sjostugan), Stockholm, September 23, October 8, 

 1894. 

 494. AscocHYTA pucciNiOPHiLA Starback, n. sp. 



Perithecia solitaria vel sajpissime 3-7 gregaria, hy- 

 pophylla, maculis elevatis, pallide fuscidulis insi- 

 dentia, epidermide elevato cincta, 100-120 // diam. 

 Sporulse fusoideo-lanoeolatas vel interdum oblongse, 

 diu continuae, demum medioseptatfc, vix constrictas 

 utrinsque appendiculis brevibus acutiusculis prsedifee, 

 8-12x2-3//. 



