Ustilag-inacese, Cintractia. 479 



Oregon Amer. bor. (Griffiths et Hunter). — Ustil. echinatce 

 Schroet. peraffinis. 



39. Ustilago sorghicola Speg. Mye. argent. ser. II, 1902, p. 58. — 1624 

 Ovariis infectis subcylindraceis, fusco-albidis, longe e glumellis exser- 



tis, utriculiformibus diu persistentibus, 4-8 mm. long., 2 mm. diam., 

 per oetatem irregulariter disruptis, pulvere atro repletis; sporis te- 

 nuiter tunicatis, 5-8 [i. diam., obscure fuligineis, levissime eguttu- 

 latis v. guttula plus minusve magna ornatis. 



Hab. in panicuiis vivis Sorghi vulgaris prope La Plata, 

 Argentinse. 



40. Ustilago Andropogonis-saccharoidis P. Henn. in Syd. Ustilag. 

 exs. n. 251 (1901) = Ustilago Andropogonis-hirtifolii P. Henn. 

 (ex ipso auctore). 



BURRILLIA Setchell — Syll. XI p. 236, XIV p. 428. 



1. Burrillia Echinodori Clint. in Journ. of Mycol. 1902, p. 154, Doas- 1625 

 sansia Alismatis (Nees) Oornu, Hark. in Proc. Calif. Acad. Ser. II, 

 1889, p. 231. — Soris foliicolis, areas subcirculares v. irregulares 

 formantibus, prominulis, amphigenis, oblongis vel subsphoericis, 



ad centrum brunneo-parenchymaticis; sporis pallidis ovoideo-sphne- 

 roideis, raro e latere applanatis, crasse tunicatis, 12-18 jx. longis. 

 Hab. in foliis Echinodori rostrati in California Ame- 

 ricse bor. 



2. Burrillia decipiens (Wint. ) Clint. in Journ. of Mycol. 1902, p. 154. 

 Huc ducenda Doassansia decipiens Wint. — Syll. VII, p. 505. 



CINTRACTIA Cornu — Syll. VII p. 480, IX p. 285, XI pag. 233, 

 XIV p. 420, XVI p. 373. 



1. Cintractia algeriensis Pat. Champ. Algero-Tunis., in Bull. Soc. 1626 

 Myc. de France T. XVIII, 1902, fasc. I. — Soris nigris, firmis, 

 calcaratis, intra innorescentiam ortis eamque complentibus, '/.,-2 cm. 

 longis, initio pellicula albida et fugaci circumdatis doin denudatis; 

 cellulis pellicuke 10-15 \l. diam. ; sporis globosis vel ellipsoideis, 

 levibus, 5-7 ;x. diam., brunneis, radiatim dispositis. 



Hab. in floribus Danthonhe Forskahlii, Biskra Tunisiae. 

 — Valde noxia. 



2. Cintractia utriculicola (Henn.) Clint. in Journ. of Myc. 1902, 1627 

 p. 143, Cintractia leucoderma (Berk.) Henn. f. utriculicola Henn. 

 Hedw. 1895, p. 336 et Cintr. axicola (Berk.) Cornu f. spicularum 

 Juel — Syll. XIV, p. 421. — Soris in ovariis evolutis, ovoideis 



