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Ottli and first published by Zalewski, in 1883; which latter authority for 
C. convolvulacearum is consequently preferred, but the author considers 
the Schweinitziau name JEcidium ipomoece-pandurance , given in 1822, 
as the first name applied to the form on Convolvulacece in North Amer¬ 
ica. 
Mention is made in the same paper of a very interesting Peronospora, 
found to agree with P. Cubensis, B. & 0., which has been found inde¬ 
pendently in Cuba, Japan, and New Jersey, in which latter place it has 
attacked most vigorously the cucumber vines. It is especially inter¬ 
esting biologically as an exception to the general rule that only small 
conidial spores produce zoospores.—D. G. Fairchild. 
Gayara, Dr. F. Materiaux de Mycologie Lombarde , Revue Mycologique, 
October, 1889. 
The author gives a list of the fungi of Lombardy, the following or¬ 
ders being represented : Myxomycetes, 4; Zygomycetes, 4; Oomycetes, 12; 
Ustilaginece, 4: Uredlnece, 11; Discomycetes, 12; Pyrenomycetes, 33; Hyp* 
homycetes , 41; Splicer op sidece, 41; Leptostromacece, 4 ; Melcinconece, 13; Im¬ 
perfect forms, 3. Fifteen of the species are new and are fully described 
and illustrated by two plates. There are also many interesting notes on 
some of the injurious species.—B. T. Galloway. 
Fulton, T. Wemyss. The Dispersion of the Spores of Fungi by the 
Agency of Insects, icith Special Reference to the Phalloidei. Annals of 
Botany, May, 1889, p. 207. 
This interesting article may be divided into two rather distinct parts, 
the first comprising the results of Mr. Fulton’s experiments with Phal- 
lus impudicus, and the second containing data gathered from different 
sources to prove that the adaptation of fungi for the visitation of insects 
is quite general among certain families. 
After a description of the structure and development of the common 
Stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus), attention is drawn to the fact, noticed 
previous to 1575, that the liquefied liymenium, or stinking slime, of this 
species has great attractions for insects, especially two species of fly, 
Musca vomitoria and Musca Cccsar . To settle two important questions 
suggested by these insects feeding upon the slime filled with the 
ripe spores of the fungus, the effect of the slime upon the fly and the 
effect of the fly upon the spores, the author conducted two series of ex¬ 
periments. The first series, involving the first question, proved, as 
might be expected, that the slime has no effect upon the fly either before 
or after death. The second series, consisting in an attempt to produce 
the fungus from spores which had traversed |he digestive organs of the 
fly, was measurably successful, although slightly incomplete, from the 
fact that only two out of four trials produced the characteristic myce¬ 
lium, and of these, the one given an opportunity to develop its com¬ 
pound sporophore failed to do it. The author does not mention in his 
account of the experiment any attempt to free the excrement from 
