42 NEW SOUTH WALES FUNGI 



9. Septoria DiosPYRi, n.sp. 



(Plate ii. fig. 18.) 



Perithecia epiphyllous, minute, membranaceous, brownish, with 

 a few (about G) dark brown, flexuous, rigid, septate, sharply 

 pointed appendages, associated with Heterobotn/s pm'adoxa, Sacc. 

 >po7-ules hjaline, filiform, curved, slender, 5-septate, 40-45 x 1-li [x. 



On upper surface of leaf of Diospyros caryiUia, F.v.M.; July; 

 New South Wales (Maiden). 



10. USTILAGO CRYPTA, n.sp. 



(Plate ii. fig. 19.) 



Forming black masses within the flowering-glumes which wither 

 up and still envelop the spore-masses. Resting spores globose or 

 slightly elliptic, yellow to yellowish-brown, epispore smooth, dark- 

 brown, thickish, 8-10 /x diameter or 8|^ x 5| jx. 



On PaniciDn, bicolor, R.Br.; New South Wales (Maiden). 



It differs from U. confitsa, Mass., in the non-pulverulent, not 

 naked spore-masses; and from U. panici-miliacei in the smaller 

 and narrower spores. 



EXPLANATION OF FIGURES. 



All the figures, unless otherwise stated, are magnified 1000 diameters. 



Plate i. 



Aster ella hakere. 



Fig. 1. — Ascus with sporidia of a clear brown colour. 



-Asci in which the shaded portions are stained with KI-I. 

 -Brown sporidium. 



Asteridiella solani. 

 -Immature asci ( x 540); b, probably mature. 

 -Ini'iiature ascus treated with KI-I. 

 -Sporidia, some of which are producing germ-tubes. 

 -Surface view of pycnidium ( x 145). 



-Colourless filament inside pycnidium producing sporules. 

 -Sporules. 



