Classification . 2 o t 



diameter^ composed of from 3 — 12 firmly coliering 

 resfcing-spores of a pale browa colour, more or less 

 wedge-shaped, free external portion convex, thickly 

 covered with warts, inner faces flat, smooth, 12-17 /l6 

 diameter ; promyceliam branched ; sporidiola unknown. 



Thecaijliora liyalina, Fingerh. in Linnj:ea, x. p. 

 2o0 ; Sacc. Syll. vii. ii. u. 1855; Plow. Brit. Ured. 

 and Ustilag. p. 295 ; Cke. Hdbk. p. 515 ; Cke. Micr. 

 Fimg. ed. 4, p. 231. 



On Convolvulus soldanella, G. septum, C. arvensis. 

 Not common. 



TliGcaphora Trailli, Cooke (figs. 94, 95). 



Produced in the inflorescence, becoming coarsely 

 pulverulent ; spore-clusters variable in size, umber- 

 brown, resting-spores subglobose or compressed at 

 the points of contact, epispore with delicate, slightly 

 raised bands anastomosing to form a more or less 

 regular, small-meshed network, 12-16 /j, diameter. 



Thecaphora Trcdlii, Cooke, Grev. vol. xi. p. 155 ; 

 Plow. Brit. Ured. and Ustilag. p. 296 ; Sacc. Syll. 

 vii. pt. ii. n. 1867. 



On Carditus hcteropliyllus. Rare. 



The epispore is minutely but very distinctly reti- 

 culated, and not verrucose as described by Cooke. 



Sorosporium, Pud. 



Resting-spores of uniform size, small, all fertile, at 

 first in dense spore clusters, but not compact, and 

 soon breaking up, produced by tufts of intertwined 

 hyph[e that become gelatinized, the entire spore- 



