lSS Bj'itish Fitno'i. 



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globose, 40-50 fjb diameter; central fertile spores 

 with the outer free portion of each convex, the con- 

 tiguous surfaces flattened, brown, 3-6 ii diameter; 

 peripheral sterile cells very numerous, regularly 

 arranged, pellucid, pale brown. 



Urocystis gladioli, W. G. Smith, Gard. Chron. 

 1876, p. 420; Sacc. Syll. vii. ii. n. 1900; Plow. 

 Brit. Ured. and Ustilag. p. 287; Cke. Micr. Fung, 

 ed. 4, p. 232. 



On the corms and stems of Gladiolus communis 

 and G. imhricatis in gardens. Not uncommon during 

 certain seasons. 



Urocystis anemones, Schroet. 



■ Sori large, convex, circular or elongated, for some 

 time covered by the epidermis which eventually splits 

 longitudinally, becoming powdery, black ; spore- 

 clusters variable in size and form, 25-30 /jl ; central 

 fertile spores 1 — 3, rarely more, brown, minutely 

 granulose, 16-18 ft diameter; peripheral sterile cells 

 few in number, rarely forming a continuous layer, 

 hemispherico-depressed, pale brown, 8-16 /x dia- 

 meter; sporidia produced at the apex of the pro- 

 mycelium, elliptical or frequently pyriform, 10-14 x 

 3-3'5 fi. 



Urocystis anemones, Schroeter, in Bern. u. Beob. 

 Ustilag. in Beitr. Biol. Pfl. 1877, p. 375; Sacc. Syll. 

 vii. ii. n. 1901 ; Plow. Brit. Ured. and Ustilag. p. 

 288. 



Urocystis pompliolyyodes, Cke. Hdbk. p. 517 ; Cke. 

 Micr. Fung. t. ix. figs. 183, 184. 



Forming large blisters on the stem and leaves of 



