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PERISPORIACE^. 
Exoascus aureus {Pers.) Sadeb., on Populus nigra; Drum^ 
carrow, near St. Andrews. 
PERONOSPOREiE. 
Peronospora affinis Rossm., on Fumaria officinalis; near Perth^ 
P. alta Fckl., on Plantago major; near St. Andrews^ 
P. d.eXiS2i Rabh.^ on Rhinanthus major ;^en\.s'^iooY. 
P. obovata Bon., on Spergula arvensis ; near Perth, 
p. Scleranthi Rahh., on Sderanthus annuus ; near 
Perth. 
HYPHOMYCETES. 
*Polyactis galanthina B. <fh Br. on Gal. nivalis at Glamis Castle. 
(J. S., in Gard. Chr on. 4th May, 1889, p. 365) in end of 
February. This is very closely related to, if really distinct 
from P. cana, K. & S. 
Ramularia didyma linger, on Ranunculus repens ; Leuchars. 
R. Epilobii (Schn.), on Epilohium montanum ; Drum- 
carrow. 
R. pratensis Sacc, on Rumex Acetosa ; common. 
R. sambucina Sacc, on Samhucus nigra; near St. Andrews. 
R. Taraxaci Karst., on Taraxacum officinale ; near St. Andrews. 
R. Urticae Ces., on Urtica dioca ; Leuchars. 
Fusicladium dendriticum, on apples ; St. Cyrus, in July. 
*Hymenula rubella Fr. On dead leaves of Typha latifolia, in 
loch at Drummond Castle, near Crieff, in September. 
Province of Dee. 
discomycetes. 
Hymen oscypha amenti (Batsch), on decaying catkins of 
Salix aurita ; Den of Maidencraig, near Aberdeen, in 
January. 
H. eburnea (Rob.), on corns of Arrhenatheriwi avenacewn, in 
Braemar in April. 
^Lachnea protracta (Fr.) Phill. in litt. Growing in groups, 
among grass on the north bank of the Dee, a short distance 
above Ballater in April. Stunted fir trees were scattered 
sparingly over the sward where this very handsome addition 
to the British flora grew in fair abundance. Mr. Phillips 
has described it in Grevillea (1890, p. 83) under the name 
L. mirabilis (Borszc), and it is mentioned by myself under 
