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was the first occasion on which the bush had produced 
flowers. 
A. phillyreae lias been recorded on one previous occasion 
in England, being collected near Chichester on Phillyrea 
media, L. The specimens were seen by Dr. Cooke, who 
included the fungus in his handbook, as var. phillyreae of 
Aecidiiim crassum, Pers. No diagnosis of this variety was 
given ; hence the species has not become generally known 
to British mycologists. Plowright, p. 268, says : “ This 
is a doubtful Aecidium, being little more than a condition 
of Caeoma phillyreae, as far as I have observed it.” 
Now C. phillyreae, Thum., is a synonym of Aecidium 
phillyreae, D.C., and the latter is certainly a typical Aeci¬ 
dium, hence it may be concluded that Plowright was not 
familiar with the fungus. The occurrence of the fungus 
in this country is dependent on the distribution of its 
hosts, which are cultivated as ornamental shrubs. Search 
was made to ascertain whether the aecidiospores were 
capable of infecting any other plant growing in the neigh¬ 
bourhood of the diseased bush, but without success. The 
infected bush, which was a large one, and had been growing 
in the churchyard for many years, died the year following 
the epidemic described above. 
The fungus is recorded from France, Germany, Itaty, and 
Algeria. 
Aecidium glaucis, Dozy and Molk. 
Irregularly scattered, or sometimes arranged in circles 
forming clusters of variable size, shortly cylindrical or 
flattish, edge white, torn ; spores angularly globose, 
colourless, minutely warted, 16—25 X 15—20 p. 
On Glaux maritima. 
Aecidium euphorbiae, Gmelin. 
Scattered over the entire surface of the leaves, conical 
then cup-shaped, edge whitish, torn ; spores angularly 
globose, minutely warted, orange, 19—26 x 30—35 p. 
On Euphorbia exigua. 
Aecidium pseudo-columnare, J. Kuhn. 
Arranged in two rows on the under surface of the leaves, 
globose, ovate or elongated, edge irregularly torn ; spores 
colourless, minutely warted, ovate, elliptical or angular, 
33—37 X 18—25 
On Abies pectinata, A. nordinaniana, A. amabalis and 
A. cephalonica. 
Infected leaves are paler in colour than healthy ones. 
