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Quite different from C. clavata Ger., which is also found on sev- 

 eral species of Asclepias. 



Cercospora toxicodendri. — Snow white on black spots 1-2 mill, 

 diam. Hyphae short, 25-30 x S J A /"-.pale brown; conidia slender 

 clavate, faintly multiseptate above, contracted below into a slen- 

 der base, 50-60 x 5-6 ik On leaves of Rhus toxicodendron, New- 

 field, N. J. 



Seploria sisymbrii. — On withered faded spots. Perithecia min- 

 ute, erumpent, scattered or in groups of 3-4 open above as if the 

 apex had been torn away ; spores linear, 1-2 septate, 30-40 x 

 3-3/2 .'■>■■, mostly curved, ends rather obtuse. The spores scarcely 

 differ from those of S. siliquastri Pass., but the habit is different. 



Septoria pntui. — Perithecia immersed in dark brown deciduous 

 spots, 1-3 mill. diam. Spores cylindrical curved, obtuse, 4-6- 

 septate, 30-50 x 2 //.. On leaves of Primus amerkana. 



The above species, except the one noted, were collected in the 

 vicinity of LexingtonfSy^by Professor W. A. Kellerman. 



itsaTein mill 

 neters p.., i. e., thousandths of a milKmeter.— X B. Ellis, Ncwfield, 



of the western coast 

 worthy of imitation by 

 those of the older portions of the country. Not content with the 

 possession of the finest local flora of any country in th*ir " Bot- 

 -J any of California," they are pushing on' with a vigor which will 

 without much doubt enable them to complete the systematic dis- 

 \ position of all their native plants long before it can be done for 

 \ any other part of the United States. The fungi of the coast have 

 been carefully collected and catalogued by Harkness and Moore ; 

 ; Anderson has helped to make known the seaweeds of the coast, 

 many of which have been distributed in Farlow, Anderson, and 

 baton's " Algae Am. Bor. Exsiccatae." The lichens collected 

 ^_ have been submitted to Professor Tuckerman for study, while the 

 . mosses and ferns were admirably worked in "Botany of Cali- 

 ■ { fornia." AH this implies persistent collecting, and good collecting 

 at that. That the search for plants is carefully carried on may be 

 shown by a reference to our two botanical journals, the Torrey 

 bulletin, and the Botanical Gazette, in which descriptions of new 

 species crowd upon one another in rapid succession. The sets of 

 Plants now offered by the many collectors bring the coast flora 

 Within the reach of every one. We have recently examined plants 

 of several of these sets— notably those of G. R. Vasey, the Parrish 

 Bros., San Bernardino, Cal. ; M. E. Jones, now of Salt Lake City ; J. 

 ^- Lemmon, of Oakland, Cal., and find them to be most excellent. 

 Among the plants sent out by Parrish Bros., are some very inter- 

 esting Southern Californian species new to science, or but recently 



