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little transverse bands consisting of short parallel black lines, 

 yV of an inch or more in lenpith ; spores globose, very minute. — 

 On stems of Aira aquatica and A. caspitosa. Uncommon. (Plate 

 VI. tigs. 120-122.) 



Ustilago longissima, Tul. Elongated Smut ; produced 

 on the leaves in Imear, lonsr, parallel, dirty-olive patches ; epi- 

 dermis bursting longitudinally ; spores globose, breaking up into 

 -minute granules, olive-black. — On leaves of Poa aquatica and 

 fliiitam. Summer. Common. (Plate V. figs. 105-107.) 



Ustilago hypodytes, Fr. Grass-culm Smut; produced on 

 the culms beneath the sheaths, alterwards exposed ; spores 

 minute, subglobose, brownish-black. — On the culms of various 

 Grnsses. Summer. Sometimes not uncommon. (Plate V. figs. 

 100, 101.) 



Ustilago segetum, Ditm. Coe-n Smut ; produced on the 

 receptacle find rachis ; epidermis soon ruptured; spores loose, 

 minute, globose, black.— On tlie ears of Corn and Grasses. Au- 

 tumn. Very common. (Plate V. figs. 98, U9.) 



Ustilago typhoides, B. and Br. Reed Smut; produced 

 on the stems of reeds, forming thick buUate patches several inches 

 long, occupying whole internodes, covered by their sheaths; spores 

 globose, rather large. — On steins oi Ariaido pJiragmitis. Autumn. 

 Not uncommon. (Plate VI. figs. 128, 129.) 



b. Epispore violet. 



Ustilago CandoUei, Tul. Developed in the ovary ; mass 

 of spores blackish-violet ; spores globose, ovoid-globose, and a 

 little flattened (about -Oll-'OM mm.) ; epispore smooth, dull rosy- 

 violet.— In the ovaries of Polygonum Rpdropiper and other species. 



B. Spores with a granular epispore. 



Ustilago Montagnei, Tul. Beaksedge Smut ; produced 

 on the seeds ; epidermis bursting ; spores slightly angular, small, 

 dark-coloured, intermixed sparingly with fragile filaments.— On 

 seeds of Rhyncospora alba. Not common. (Plate V. tigs. 96, 97.) 



Ustilago urceolorum, Tul. Sedge Smut; produced on 

 the glumes and utricles ; epidermis soon bursting ; spores in a 

 compact mass, afterwards breaking up, globose, rather large, 

 granulated.— Surrounding the seed of various Carices ; as, Carex 

 pracox, stellulata, recurva, and pseudo-cyperus. Autumn. Not 

 uncommon. (Plate VL figs. 109-111.) 



