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SOME AFKICA.N FUNGI. 
By M. C. Cooke. 
Agaricus (Crepidotus) Inandae, CooJce. 
Pileo carnosulo, molli, laterali, reniformi, sessili, villoso, ochraceo, 
siccitate fusco, mycelio amplo flavide-pallidove intertexto, lamellis 
latis, vix confertis, cinnamomeis. Sporis subglobosis (-004 mm. 
diam.) 
On bark. Inanda, Natal. (J. M. Wood 680). 
Pileus half-an-inch to an inch broad, sessile, reniform, villose, 
especially behind, with flexuous tawny hairs ; mycelium yellowish 
or pallid, sometimes interwoven into a byssoid stroma. 
JEcidium Tylophorae, Cooke. 
Epiphyllum et caulicolum. Maculis purpureis, orbicularibus, 
vel in caulam effusis. Pseudo-peridiis semi-immersis, margine 
albo, lacerato. Sporis subglobosis, aurantiis. 
On Tylophora. Natal. ( Wood 694). 
When on the stems twisting and contorting them considerably. 
Uredo Balsamodendri, Coolce. 
Hypophylla. Maculis indeterminatis, brunneis, soris sparsis, 
minutis, fuscis, pulverulentibus ; uredosporis ellipticis, plerumque 
apicem versus granulato-verrucosis, fuscis, 35 x 18 p. 
On leaves of Balsamera. Durban, (J. M. Wood 689). 
Uredo cryptolepidis, Cooke. 
Hypophylla. Maculis obsoletis, soris minimis, pallide fuscis, 
5-10 aggregatis, mox epidermide fissa cinctis; uredo-sporis 
globosis, asperulis, pallidis, 18 p diam. 
On leaves of Cryptolepis . Inanda. ( J . M. Wood 672.) 
Uromyces anomathecae, Cooke. 
Amphigena. iSoris subtransversalis ellipticis, brunneis, com- 
pactis, minutis, teleutosporis pyriformibus, vel subtriangularis, 
apice incrassatis,^ badio-fuscis, deorsum pallidioribus, breviter 
stipitatis, episporio lsevi, 25 x 25 p. 
On Anomatheca cruenta. Natal. (J. M. Wood 693.) 
Fassalora protearum, Kalch Sf Cooke MSS. 
Epiphylla. Maculis irregularibus, sordidis. Hypliis fasciculatis, 
brevibus, conidiis subfusoideis, acrogenis, uniseptatis, loculo 
superiori crassioribus, pallidis, 35-40 x 7 /x. 
On leaves of Protea argentea. Cape of Good Hope. 
Stilbum physarioides, Kalch , Sace. Syll. No. 2731. 
Stipitibus sparsis, vitellinis, brevibus, deorsum incrassatis ; 
capitulo subgloboso, laxo, albido ; hyphis furcatis, vel breviter 
ramulosis. Conidiis ellipticis, hyalinis, 4-5 x 2 p. 
On herb stems. Cape of Good Hope. 
