186 The Smut of Nachani or Ragi 



The study of the germination of the spores of the smut shows it to 

 be a species of Ustilago, and as no smut of Nachani has been recorded 

 the name Ustilago Eleusinis has been proposed, and the following 

 description is given both in English and Latin. 



Ustilago Eleusinis nov. sp. 



Sori scattered, green or pinkish at first, later becoming darker. 

 Spore mass powdery. Spores round, 6-6-12-lOju. in diameter and spiny. 

 PromyceUum hyaline, septate, giving rise to many spindle-shaped 

 sporidia. 



Habitat: on Eleusine coracana at Malkapur in October 1918 in the 

 Bombay Presidency, India. 



Ustilago Eleusinis nov. sp. 



Sori sparsis, primum viridibus vel roseis, dein f uscescentibus ; 

 sporarum massa pulveracea; sporis globosis, 6-6-12-lOju. diam. echinu- 

 latis; promycelio hyalino septato, sporidiola numerosa fusiformia 

 emittente. 



Hab. in ovariis Eleusinis coracanae ad Malkapur, in provincia 

 Bombayensi Indiae, Oct. 1918. 



(Received March Uh, 1922.) 



