4 
Judging from the account given by Dr. Cobb, the New South Wales 
sugar-cane disease appears to be very closely allied to, if not identical 
with, a disease called * gomziekte," attacking the sugar-cane in Java, 
and which has been investigated by Krüger,* Valeton,f and Janse.t 
The sym ptoms, also the general characteristics, of the disease are 
vaseular bundles, and the presence of a bacterium, which in the Java 
disease was called Bacillus sacchari, Janse; this has since been 
identified by Went with the * hay bacillus,” Bacillis subtilis. 
Dr. mi has given the detailed account of his investigation of 
“ Gumming of the Sugar-cane” in the October number of the Agricul- 
tural Ginas of New South Wales (pp. 777—798). 
CCCLIV.—DECADES KEWENSES. 
PLANTARUM Novarum IN Herpsario Horri Ream CONSERVATARUM. 
DECAS VII. 
61. Cochlearia Conwayi, Hemsl. | Crueiferz] ; herba perennis? pu- 
silla, ramosa, gracillima, glabra vel minutissime puberula, foliis 
linearibus angustissime spath ulatis obtusis vel pinnatifidis paucilobatis, 
floribus ut videtur aurantiacis laxissime racemosis longe graciliterque 
pedicellatis, sepalis equalibus ovato-oblongis, petalis — filamentis 
tenuibus deorsum corde ovario glabro longiore quam lat 
Habitat.—Karakoram : Doyen n to Ramghat, W. M. Coke 305. 
Herba circiter : poll. alta. ds 3-5 lin. longa. Flores circiter 
2 lin. s petalis quam sped longioribus 
62. Bute (Haplophyllum) ian Hemsl. [ntes] lignescens, 
caulibus multiramosis, ramis teretibus primum ute puberulis sicci- 
tate pallide viridibus, foliis parvis subsessilibus ecd jbus vel angus- 
tissime spathula ulatis integris apice obtusis vel rotundatis deorsum attenu- 
atis, eymis terminalibus densis, pedicellis brevissimis, sepalis minutis 
tenuissimis parce minuteque puberulis orbicularibus, petalis anguste 
ovato-oblongis steieidatenis dorso earinato-incrassatis, filamentis deorsum 
dilatatis infra medium barbatis, ovario 3-loeulari (an semper ?) stylo 
que villosulo, loculis 4-ovulatis. ; 
Habitat.—Gilgit, south of Hindu Kush, at 4,500 oe Sheath Giles ; 
Sarakoraer: upper branch of the Bagrot valley, Wied way. > 
Herba erecta circiter pedalis. Folia vix se mipellicaria. "Flores 4-5 
lin. diametro. Sepala minuta. Petala circiter 2} lin. longa. 
63. Pilocarpus microphyllus, Stapf. [Rutaceæ] ; foliis imparipinnatis 
2-3-jugis oppositis, foliolis parvis glaberrimis terminali petiolulato ex- 
cepto sessilibus ellipticis vel obovato- ellipticis Lasi acuminatis Sed 
emarginatis, nervis lateralibus primariis utrincue circiter 4 eximie su 
rginem areuatim connectis tenuioribus interjectis trint tenuiter 
BENE" dim 
7 Mededeel. van het Proefstation West-Java; I. 1890, p. apn 
t Bijdrage tot de Kennis der serehz cme “Proeftaton O ost Java 1891. dior 
ET. Mededeel. van 'sLands Plant., IX., 
