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A NOTE ON INDIAN WHEAT-RUSTS. 
There is not any evidence at present that Launea asplenifolia 
occurs in the Punjab west of Lahore: Launea nuciicaulis occurs at 
Multan where it is known as bhatal ; in Scinde ; at Rawalpindi and at 
Mansehra in Hazara. But Launea asplenifolia recurs once more in 
the Kurrarn valley where it was collected by Dr. Aitchison ; con- 
sidering the peculiarly loc 41 nature of its distribution everywhere else, 
it is possible enough thntdt may occur in the Western Punjab, and 
may only have been hitherto overlooked. It occurs, too, in Scinde > 
within the past month it has for the first time been reported from 
near Karachi, where it is known as bhantur. 
At Amr^itsar, March 9th, Launea asplenifolia, exceedingly local, 
was quite healthy. ** Rust, here termed khu-ngi, was very scarce 1 
all of it the form of supposed Puccinia rubigo-vera with teleutospores. 
“ Smut,” termed kanghari, was extremely prevalent. Launea aspleni- 
Jolia had no ascertainable name ; Launea nudicaulis was not found. 
At Gurdaspur, March gth, rust,” khungi, was very scarce ; 
Launea asplenifolia w'as not found ; Z,. nudicaulis, termed bhantal, 
was rare, 
At Amba lla station, March loth, Launea nudicaulis seen. 
At Saharanpur, March nth, a good deal of rust, here still termed 
khungiy in local patches ; mostly perfectly typical examples of 
the supposed P, t^ubi^o-vera ; one specimen was badly affected on 
the outer side of the leaf-sheath as well as on the leaf-blade ; the 
“ rust,” in this case, was apparently quite different from any of 
the blights obtained elsewhere. Both Launea asplenifolia and 
L, nudicaulis are common; the former is, however, as usual, extreme- 
ly local, the latter is general. They, like the rust, are still known by 
Panjabi names ; L, asplenifoli a is termed bhantali (feminine); 
L. nudicaulis is bhantel (masculine form). The spurge {Euphorbia 
dracanculotdes) named titlia at Allahabad and Mogul Serai is 
here termed dodi. In the Herb. Saharanpur collection is a 
specimen of Launea asplenifolia collected between Jan and 
Pilkatra, Aligarh district, in December 1885, by Mr. J. F. Duthie, 
badly affected by the supposed Puccinia rubigo-vera ; both uredos- 
})ores and telentospores occur on the leaves ; the aecidial fructifica- 
tions are borne on specially modified shoots as in the Shibpur and 
Mozufferpur examples. 
On the Rohilkhund and Kumaon Railway on March 14th, Launea 
asplenifolia was found in patches growing amongst kunknr 
“ballast” on the permanent way at the following stations: 
pilibhit, Mailani, Gola Gokurnatli, and Lakhimpur ; at all of these 
