6i8 Ustilaginacoi», Ustilagineee, Soiosiiorium. 



Viir. (' f f n s i , Stapt, Maritzbnrg, Natal, Africa anstr. (J. M. Sim). 

 o. Sorosporium Dembianense Baccariui, F. Etiop. II n. 69 iii Ann. di 2281 

 Bot. XIV, 1917, p. 131!. - Soris stamina ovariaqne destrnentibns, 

 atris, vag;ina bitco-cinerea 5-7 longa ijiclnsis; sporarum glomerulis 

 irregnlariter globosis vel ellipsoideis, 27-40 «^30-50 \i. diam., e 10-18 

 spornlis compositis ; spornlis globoso-angulosis vel ellypsoideis fa- 

 cile secedentibns 9,0 * 11,2 ; minute acnleatis. 



Hah. Andropogou papillipes, Dembia, Gondar (Chiovenda) 

 A. arrh enobasis , Gondar, rnfus in pascnis apricis prope 

 Asoso, Abissinia, Africa trop. 



4. Sorosporiiim geminellum H. et P. Syd. et Bntler, Ann. Mycol. X, 2282 

 1912, p. 253. — Soris elongatis, inflorescentias incolentibus easqne 

 omnino destrnentibns, 1-4 cm. long., saepe vaginis foliorura tectis, 

 meuibrana falsa cinctis, atro-brunneis, iinlvernlentis ; glotnerulis 

 sporarum snbsphaericis v. oblongis, 24-45 [x long., facile in sporas 

 secedentibus; sporis irregularibus, polyedricis, rotundatis v. ovatis, 

 brunneis, 12-17 * 1012, subtilissime verruculosis, episporio irre- 

 gulari crassitndiue, 1-2 [i, cr. 



Hah. in inflorescentiis A n d r o p o g n i s sp., Maoryngkneng 

 Khasia Hills, Assam Jndiae or. (J. H. Burkill). — S. JEllisii Wint. 

 proximnm. 



5. Sorosporjum Andropogonis-aciculati Petch in Ann. bot. Gard. Pe- 2283 

 radeniya V p. 227 (1912). — Ita vocanda Ustilago Andr.-acieulati 

 Petch*— Syll. XXI p. 506. 



6. Sorosporium saharianum Trott., Ann. Mycol. XI, 1913, p. 413. ~ 2284 

 Massa sporarnm magnitndine valde variabilis, apices cnhuorum et 

 inflorescentiam occupans (raro inter glumas normales evoluta), fu- 

 ligineo-atra, cecidia gemmiformia compacta elformans: sporis snb- 

 polygoniis v. snbellipsoideis pallide fnligineis 10-13 \s. diam. v. 13-16 

 ¥ 8-10, tuuica tenni levi pratditis, intus granulosis. 



Hab. in regione inflorescentiae A r i s t i d a e p u n g e n t i s , 

 in sabulosis prope Sdnn (Sliteu), Tripolitania, Africa bor. — A ce- 

 teris speciebus aristidicolis characteribus datis distincta. 



7. Sorosporium Heteropogonis-contorti Baccarini, F. Etiop. II, n. 70, in 2235] 

 Ann. Bot. XIV, 1917, p. 132. — Soris inflorescentiam inficientibus, 

 oblongo-linearibus, vagina levi, griseo-cinerea inclusis; glomerulis 

 globosis multisporis 40-45 ^ 40-70, atris ; sporulis globosis oliva- 

 ceo-brunneis, episporio levi, intns punctnlatis 9,6*11,2. 



Hab. m inflorescentiis Heteropogonis contorti, 

 Hauasc, Arussa, Abissinia, Africa trop. (XeGtRI). — Ex aflinitate 



