116 SOME INDIAN FUNGI. 



ance of reddish -brown sclerotia; pseudospores compact, oblong, 

 brown, on long hyaline pedicels. 



PucciniaKurdistani. Cooke. 



Hypophylla. Soris in maculis suborbicularibus, aggregatis ; 

 pseudosporis magnis, elongato-ellipticis, leniter constrictis, fuscis, 

 breviter pedicellatis. 



On Taraxacum glaucum. Koordistan. 



Sori collected in suborbicular spots in a manner similar to those 

 of P. glomerata ; pseudospores large, elongated, elliptical, slightly 

 constricted at the septum, brown, -05 X "025, much larger than in 

 P. glomerata, P. chondrillce and allied species. 

 Puccinia rostrata. Coohe. 



Published in " Grevillea" iii., p. 75, under the name of P. cruci- 

 ferarum ; but as that was previously appropriated by Rudolphi, the 

 present name must be substituted. 



On CrucifercB. Himalayas. 



Hemileia vastatzix. B. Sf Br. " Gardener's Chronicle," Nov. 6, 1869, 



with fig. 



On coffee leaves. Mysore. 



This pest was first described from specimens commimicated 

 from Ceylon. Although less destructive to the coffee plantations 

 in Mysore, it has now established itself on the Continent of 

 India. 



Isaxia stellata. Coohe. 



Nivea, stellata, incrustans. Floccis tenuissimis, circinatis. 



Encrusting dead insects attached to the under surface of mango 

 leaves. Mysore. 



Snow white, encrusting minute insects, and assuming the 

 appearance of stellate bodies, about 1 line in width. Threads 

 very delicate circinate, sigmoid or variedly curved. (Spores 

 not seen.) 



Pelliculazia. Gen. Nov. 

 Parasitica. Floccis repentibus ramosis, septatis, in pelliculam 

 sub-gelatinosam intertextis. Sporis sessilibus, simplicibus, hyalinis. 

 Hab, On living plants. 



Felliculairia koleroga. CooTce. 



Hypophylla, effusa, griseo-alba, sporis globosis, hyalinis, 

 echinulatis. 



On under surface of leaves of Coffea arahica. Mysore. 



Effused in large greyish white patches, sometimes nearly cover- 

 ing the under surface of the leaves; threads creeping, branched, 

 septate, interwoven into a si;bgelatinous jDellicle, which can be 

 stripped from the leaf when moist. Spores sessile, scattered over 

 the threads, globose, hyaline, echinulate "0075 m.m. diam. Very 

 destructive in coffee plantations, where it is known under the name 

 of " Kole-roga," or black rot. Probably allied to Ami^hiblistrum. 

 Corda. 



