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NEW LITERATURE. 



BY W. A. KELLEKMAN. 



Ellis, J. B .& Kellerman, \V. A.— "'Kansas Fungi;" in Bulletin 

 «»f the Torrey Botanical Club, XI. p.l21, continued from page 116. 



The descriptions of the following new species are given : Cercospora 

 Apocyni, E. & K., on leaves of Apocynum ; Cercospora Desmodii, E. & 

 K., on D. acuminatum ; Cercospora Cephalanthi, E. & K., on C. occiden- 

 talis; Cercospora Gymnocladi, E. & K., 0:1 leaves of G. Canadensis; 

 Cercospora Pentstemonis, E. & K., on P. cobsea and P. grandiflora ; Cer- 

 cospora muiina, E. & K., on Viola cucuUata ; Cercospora velutina, E. & 

 K., on leaves of Baptisia ; Ramularia Griudeliae, E. & K., on leaves of G. 

 squarrosa ; Sphserella decidua, E. & K., on leaves of Yernonia Baldwinii 

 and Scrophularia nodosa ; Sphserella cercidicola, E. &K., on fallen leaves 

 of Cercis Canadensis ; and Sphserella Lactucse, E. & K., on living leaves 

 of Lactuca Canadensis. 



Arthur, J. C. Hollyhock disease and the cotton plant ;" in 

 Science, Jan. 2, 1885. 



The occurrence of Puccinia Malvaceanim, Mont, in Europe is men- 

 tioned, noted as a bane to gardens, occurring on many malvaceous plants, 

 twenty-four species as given by Dr. Winter. As to its history Mr. 

 Arthur says : ''The disease was introduced into Europe from Chili in 

 1869, appearing first in Spain. In four years it had spread through 

 France and the southern portions of Germany and England, reaching 

 northern Germany in 1874, and Ireland in 1875. It has also appeared in 

 Australia and the Cape of Good Hope, but it has not yet, in all proba- 

 bility, invaded !N'orth America. The plant reported under this name 

 from California is doubtless another species as I am informed by Dr. 

 Farlow w^ho has examined the Californian specimens, although not those 

 of the original collector. The mention by Burrill of its introduction 

 into this country is an error, as I have learned from the author. A dis- 

 ease sometimes spoken of in American journals under this name is due 

 to an entirely different cause." Mr. Plowright investigated, at the sug- 

 gestion of Mr. Arthur, the liability of the cotton plant becoming infected 

 with this rust. The experiments carried on in England gave negative 

 results, the cotton plant in no case becoming infected. 



Ellis, J. B., & Martin, Geo.— ''Xew Species of North American 

 Fungi ;" in American Naturalist, Nov. and Dec, 1884. 



The following species, collected at Cool Springs, Fla.,by Dr. Geo. 

 Martin, are described: Exobasidium Symploci, E. & M., on distorted 

 flower buds of Symplocus tinctoria ; Dermatea Sabalidis, E. &M.,on 

 dead petioles of Sabal serrulata ; Asterina subcyanea, E. & M., on living 

 leaves of Quercus laurifolia; Asterina discordea, E. & M., on living 

 leaves of Quercus laurifolia ; Asterina lepidigena, E. & M., attached to 

 the epidernal scales on living leaves of Andromeda f erruginea ; Asterina 



