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but made no publication. The receipt of a speci¬ 
men is acknowledged in the 45th Report of the 
N. Y. State Museum of Natural History. In 1887 
Dr. Cunningham published a description of a fun¬ 
gus in the leaves of Nymphcea in India under the 
name Rhamphospora nymphcece , establishing the 
genus for its reception (Scientific Memoirs by Medi¬ 
cal Officers of the Army of India, Pt. III., 
pp. 27-32). During the meeting of the American 
Association for the Advancement of Science in 
1893, Dr. B. D. Halsted mentioned the occur¬ 
rence of a similar fungus in the leaves of Nymphoza 
in New Jersey and it was found in Madison, Wis., 
during the meeting of the Association. In the 
Botanical Gazette for May, 1894, (XIX.-5-188) 
Dr. W. A. Setchell recorded the occurrence of a 
fungus in the leaves of Nymphcea odorata in 
Connecticut and Massachusetts and in those of 
Nupliar advena in Connecticut, which he referred 
to Dr. Cunningham’s species, considering it, how¬ 
ever, an Entyloma. I have not seen the Indian 
species but infer from the description that in 
the manner of formation of the spores as well as 
their form and size the American form corres¬ 
ponds fairly well. Comparison of the germination 
characters with the behavior of Wisconsin ma¬ 
terial in germination, however, leads to the be¬ 
lief that the American form is specifically dis¬ 
tinct. 
The fungus becomes apparent in Racine early 
in Juty; and from that time until after the mid¬ 
dle of September germination can be obtained in 
slide cultures, but I have not succeeded with cell 
cultures. In early July most of the spores 
would germinate in 36-60 hours, but the propor¬ 
tion gradually decreased as the season advanced 
and the vigor of germination decreased as well. 
The promycelium issues from the side of the 
