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Journal of Botany, May.—Mr. Rudolf Beer describes a rare and remarkable conidia-bearing fungus, Coemansiella Alabastrina, which has only been recorded twice before. The conidiophore begins like Eruotium, but the sterigmata are few in number and grow out forming a circlet of arms; from each of these a series of conidia is cut off on the upper side. The conidia are fusiform and pointed at both ends. Chlamydospores and other conidial bodies were obtained in the culture, but no traces of perithecia were observed.—Mr. Pugsley has devoted considerable attention to the British “capreolate” Fumitories and submits the following classification:—Subsection 1. Eucapreolatae. Bracts as long as pedicel; pedicel recurved; fruit pendulous, narrow at the base. (1) F. capreolata, L. (= F. pallidiflora, Jord.). (2) F. purpurea, Pugsley, which refers to certain English plants named as F Boræi, Jord., but differing from Jordan's original discription. Subsection 2. Murales. Bracts shorter; pedicels erect; fruit without a neck. (3) F. muraliss. Sond. (includes F. Boræi, Jord.). (4) F. confusa, Jord.—Dr. Rendle describes three new species of Convolvulus from South Africa, a Convolvulus, and two Ipomæeas which we regret to find are named after the collectors instead of receiving distinctive names.—Mr. G. C. Druce gives a list of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire plants and Mr. J. Hunter records North Donegal mosses.
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Scientific Serials . Nature 66, 118 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/066118a0
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