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on Pyrus coronaria; Fusicladmm effusum, var. carpineum, on Carpinus Ameri¬ 
cana; Clasterisporium cornigerum, on Carpinus sp.; Dendryphium muricatum, on 
Primus Virginiana; 1).pachysporum, on Peniophora; Septonema griseo-fulvum, 
on Populus tremuloides; Sporidesmium iabacinum, on Populus tremuloides ; Ma- 
crosporium podophylli, on old JEcidiumpodophylli; Helicosporium diplosporum , 
on Smilax; Fusarium volutella, on Vitis bipinnata; Epidochium olivaceum, on 
Fraxinus sp.; Exosporium sociatum, on Bhytisma acerinum, growing on Acer 
rubrum. (D. G. F.) 
557. Farlow, W. G., and Seymour, A. 13. A provisional host index of the fungi of the 
United States, Part III. Cambridge, June, 1891, pp. 135-219. Includes in this 
third and last part the hosts Endogens, Cryptogamia, and animals, together 
with an addenda of 29 pages and an index of genera. See No. 126 and review, 
in this Journal, (vol. 7) p. 135. (D. G. F.) 
558 . Grove, W. B., and Bagnall, J. E. The fungi of Warwickshire. (Cont. from Vol. 
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559 . Hauer, Dr. Franz Ritter von. Jahresbericht fur 1890. Annalen des K. K. Natur, 
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560. Kellerman, W. A. Parasitic plants. Cult, and Country Gent., 61st year, No. 
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561 . Marquand, E. D. The cryptogamic flora of Kelvedon and its neighborhood, to¬ 
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562 . Massee, George. New fungi from Madagascar. Journ. of Bot., vol. 29, No. 337, 
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tomyces miscrosporus , on leaves of Jasminum sambac; Anthostomella Quercus, on 
dry twigs ©f Quercus; Laestadia Spartii, on dead branches of Spartium jun- 
ceum; Wallrothiella pusilla, on rotten trunks ; Spheerella alba, on languish¬ 
ing leaves of Populus alba', Epicymatia Modonue, on Stilbospora Modonia on 
dead branches of Castanea vesca; Melanopsamma rosoe, on decayed branches of 
Rose; Leptosplneria camphorata, on dry stems of Artemisia camphorata; L. fa- 
ginea, on dead twigs of Beech; L. punctiformis, on decayed stems of Zea Mays; 
L. vagina ?, on decaying sheaths of Phragmitcs vulgaris; Melanomma leptosphee- 
rioides, on dry naked stems of Pulicaria viscosa; M. epileucum, on old bark of 
TJlmus campestris; Massarina microspora, on dead branches of Pinus sylvestris; 
Metasplmria spurca, on dry umbelliferous stems, perhaps Daucus Carota; M. 
clavulata, on decayed culms of Scirpus Holoschcenus; Pleosphcerulina gen. n. 
P. rosicola, on dry branches of Bosa canina; Zigncella ligustrina, on dry branches 
of Hgustrum vulgare, together with Oslropa cinerea; Pleosporaverbenicola, on 
dry stems of Verbena officinalis; Curreya ulmicola , on decayed branches of TJlmus 
