T.$.C. 32 Procs. of the Asiatic Soc. of Bengal. [N.S., XVIII, 
6. The Ni trogen- Saran — compares very favourably with the 
observations of previous worker 
The chie reitey at reas plants lies, in their being available in 
unlimited quantities from self-sown jungle trees in pleat all the districts 
of the M re ras tes iden =a and in other parts of India vell. 
S$. 56 commen practice among cultivators Pe ‘ele cart-loads of 
*s Sica me “Tan eae - aa ther leaves from long distances for pur- 
poses of green n-leaf pals g and the same may be resorted to in the ease 
of Pa avettas and Chomelias with profit. The writer is convin nd of their 
value as gree en-leaf manures since bulk for bulk _ contin a higher 
sialon ntage of nitrogen which becomes available to a much larger extent 
when the leaves are applied to the soil than for instance ** Tangedu’ 
which is so largely used at present as a green-leaf manure. 
No. Botanical Names. Telugu. Tamil. 
1. Casia Auriculata. Tangedu. Avarai. 
2 Pongamia glabra. Kanuga. Pungam. 
A historical account of South Indian fungi with special 
reference to those of eae re ae S. R. VENKATA- 
KRISHNA MUDALIA 
The earliest ay of the occurrence of fungi in South pees is 
ni in the writings of J. a pupil of Linnaeus who ca 
out cad ete - "Danish Settlement in Tanjore, in 1768. In 1779 ree 
eaved us growing on termite nests, probably Aegerita Duthei 
Ber a ee 1842 Montagne Suuteiess a paper on Cryptogamae nil- 
** Annals 
eo the 
The next Eaporas ae tin ungus recor. ied ae South India is is = the edible mush- 
room ot aa albuminosa Berk) gro rtp in termite n 
2. . Lat on, diseases of economic crops of South Tndia attracted the 
attention gh various workers in South Tndin chief —- them being those 
of cotton, fags paddy, wheat, pota obac 
3. Soon after the organisation of ‘tite Agricultura argc in 
Goda the tolkoadaa diseases were investigated: Bud-r palmyras in 
ri 
y : 
after the arrival of. Dr. Barber in ‘899. Since that time the collections 
of diseased specimens sshd increased — — are 73 species of fun ngi 
Bie on Sone crops grown in Coim alo + 
sification oF the coma "Tang found in : Coimbatore eis 
gives ‘the otkcwtne number —42 species of rusts, 
f smuts and 19 species of origi (oath ser 
6. Fungi have been observed attacking scale insects found on coffee 
a per. In the ati “a medical mycology, Madur fo a disease: 
ringworm, tuberculosis are know i South “india for a long tim a 
From above, it is “ent, that fungi have been the subjec 
investigation for over a century and a half in South India 
A Note on the Utilisation of the Spent Mohwra (Bassia 
latifolia} — —By TD. L. SaHasRABUDDHE @ and V. 
G. Patw HAN 
_ The s aa ‘i flowers produce insinitary conditions in 3 
swighbourhood of the distilleries where the Mohwra flowers are used for 
py The spent can be utilised by proper treatment (1) a ae 
ood, (2) for further production of alcohol, (3) for manurial purposes 
(4) for burning as fuel. 

