NEW LITERATURE. 



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Pitrpureus is a bluish purple. 

 Violaceus, violet, is a reddish purple. 

 Lilacimis is lilac or ma uve. 

 Green. 



Viridis, this type of the greens is of indefinite hue, 



jErugineus and cerugmosus refer to a verdigris or rather blueish green. 



OUvaceus is olive green ; 



olivascens denoting the preliminary stage of becoming green. 



Ellis, J. B. & Kellerman, W. A.— "Kansas Fungi;" in Bulletin of 

 the Torrey Botanical Club, Oct. 1884. 



Thirteen new species collected in the vicinity of Manhattan, Kansas, 

 from May to September, 1884, are described : ^cidium ^sculi, E. & K., 

 on leaves of ^sculus glabra; ^cidium verbenicola, E. & K., on leaves 

 of Verbena urticsefolia and V. stricta ; JEcidium Ceanothi, E. & K., on 

 leaves of Ceanothus ovalis ; Phyllosticta Cornuti, E. & K., on withered 

 or dead leaves of Asclepias Cornuti ; Phyllosticta verbascicola, E, & K.. 

 on leaves of Verbascum Thapsus ; Septoria Leptostachya, E. & K., 

 on leaves of Phryma Leptostachya (Ohio) ; Septoria Cephalanthi, E. & 

 K., on leaves of Cephalanthus occidentalis ; Septoria Stenosiphonis, E. 

 & K., on leaves of Stenosiphon virgatus ; Isaria xylarioides, E. & K., on 

 dead wood ; Cercospora Isanthi, E. & K., on leaves of Isanthus cseruleus : 

 Cercospora tuberosa, E. & K., on leaves of Apios tuberosa ; Cercospora 

 oculata, E. & K., on leaves of Yernonia Baldwinii ; and Cercospora Teu- 

 crii, E. & K., on leaves of Teucrium Canadense. 



Trelease, William. "Preliminary List of the Parasitic Fungi of 

 Wisconsin ;" reprinted from the Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy 

 of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Vol. VI., 1881-4. 



In this interesting and valuable catalogue are given two hundred and 

 seventy species of Fungi together with their host-plants. The genera 

 most numerously represented by species are as follows : Peronospora 20, 

 Microsphsera 8, Ramularia 7, Cercospora 7, Phyllosticta 7, Septoria 20. _ 

 Uromyces 13, Puccinia 42, isolated Uredo forms 7, isolated ^cidial forms 

 27, Ustilago 8 and Entyloma 8 species. Thirteen new species are described 

 as follows : 



OvuLARiA PYROLiE, Trelcase.— On leaves of Pyrola rotundifoUa, L. 

 Spots circular, dark. Spores colorless, round-oval to oblong, frequently 

 acute at one end, unicellular. Usually 4 x 12 /^-; extremes noted ; 3.5 — 6 

 X 6—17 fK 



CLADOSPORiUMTRiosTEi,Pk.— On Icavcs of Triosteum perfoUatum,li. 

 Spots indefinite, pale, becoming brown at the center with age ; 2—5 mm. 

 in diameter. Conidiophores tufted, slightly wavy, hypophyllous, 125— 

 150 fJ' long, 3.5 M in diameter, deep brown. Spores dark brown, some- 

 times slightly paler than the threads ; lemon-shaped, with strongly pro- 

 nounced papillae at either end ; 2-celled ; 5—7 x 15—20 Septum usually 

 central, sometimes near one end. 



