Ustilaginacese, Cintractia. 511 



10-12*8-11, e latere 6-7 a. cr.; episporio tenui, pellucido, fusco, 

 distincte verrucoso. 



Hah. in ovariis Rhy nchos porcu glauc;i' pr. Aomori Ja- 

 ponice (legit Faurie; comm. II. Leveille). 



8. Cintractia exerta Mc. Alp , Smuts Austral. (1910) p. 170, t. XYI, 2020 

 XXXVIII. — Soris in spiculis inclusis et membrana grisea, demum 

 secedente, tectis et massas atro-brunneas vel nigras sporarum o- 

 stendentibus ; sporis levibus olivaceis, globosis v. ellipsoideis, oli- 

 vaceis, 6-8 a. diam. v. 6-8*6-6,5, interdum ieviter angulosis, 



Hah. in spiculis Anthistiri;e ciiiatse, Victoria Australi;e. 

 — Massae sporarum elougatte ad circ. 0,7 cm. e spiculis deforma- 

 tis et fere destructis oriuntur. 



9. Cintractia Disticlilidis Mac Alp , Smuts Austral. (l9l0) pag. 169. 2u2i 

 t. XXIV, XXXVI. — Soris internodia, ssepius per totam longitu- 

 dinem culmi protractis, occupantibus, initio vaginis foliorum in- 

 clusis dein erumpentibus et sporarum massas atro-brunneas densas 

 ostendentibus; sporiB late olivaceis globosis v. breve ellipsoideis, 

 levibus, minutis, 5-6 a. diam. v. 6-7 » 4,5-5. 



Hab. in culmis Distichlidis maritimae, Victoria Austra- 

 liae. — CintracticB (Ustil.) hypoditi affinis, sed spor;e minores. 



10. Cintractia densa Mac Alp.,Smuts Austral. 1 1910) p. 168, t. XXIH, 2(i-2J 

 XXXVI, LlII. — Soris inflorescentiam occupantibus et siugulos flo- 

 sculos destruentibus, inque massas compactas atro-brunneas seous 

 rhachidem dispositis, initio membrana grisea tectis, mox nudatis et 

 sporas ostendentibus; sporis brunneis globosis vel e globoso elli- 

 psoideis, levibus, 6,5-9,5 a diam. vel 9-9,6 * 6,5-8 intus tenuiter 

 granulosis. 



Hah. in inflorescentia Rottboelli cC comprossii!, Victoria 



Australi;i\ 



11. Cintractia columellifera (Tul.) Mac Alp., Smuts Austral. (1910 2023 

 pag. 166, t. LIII. Usfilago carbo v. columellifera Tul., M.'moire 

 Ustil., Ured. p. 81. — Soris ovariicolis, initio glumis iuclusis, co- 

 lumellam simplicem v. ramoso-spinescentem includenlil»us; sporis 



ex brunneo olivaceis, levibus, globosis v. subglobosia, 7-8 a. diam.. 

 contentu demum vacuolato-granuloso. 



Hab. in inflorescentia Andropogonis australis Queon- 

 sland Australi:E et Andropogonis hirti, Poiiniseti cou- 

 chroidis in Mauritania et ins. Madera. 



12. Cintractia Lygei (Ral^enh.) Mairo, Bull. Soe. bot. Fr. LIV (1907) 2024 

 pag. CXCVIII, t. XXXIX, U.stilago Lggei Rabenh. in Uuio itiu. 



