126 



Posey County, May 14, 1910, A. G. Johnson; Franklin County, July 1, 

 1912, C. A. Ludwig; Claypool, Kosciusko County, June 11, 1916, R. C. 

 Hathaway. 



The loose smut of wheat is undoubtedly present in all counties of 

 the State and is estimated to cause a reduction in yield of 3-4 per cent 

 for the State. This means that from one to one and one-quarter million 

 bushels are lost annually from this disease. 



24. USTILAGO STRIAEFORMIS (Westend.) Niessl, Hedwigia 15:1. 1876. 



Uredo striaeformis Westend. Bull. Acad. Roy. Belg. 18':406. 

 1851. 



On Poaceae: 



Agrostis alba vulgaris (With.) Thurb., Plymouth, Marshall County, 

 June 22, 1916, G. A. Osner; Brazil, Clay County, June 22, 1917, G. A. 

 Osner. 



Phleum pratense L., Greencastle, Putnam County, May 1893, L. M. 

 Underwood, Ind. Biol. Surv. 9; Plymouth, Marshall County, June 22, 

 1916, G. A. Osner; Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, June 24, 1898, Wm. 

 Stuart; Monroeville, Morgan County, July 28, 1917, G. A. Osner. 



Poa pratensis L., Plymouth, Marshall County, June 21, 29, 1916, 

 G. A. Osner. 



25. USTILAGO UTRICULOSA (Nees) Tul. Ann. Sci. Nat. III. 7:102. 1847. 



Caeoma utriculosa Nees, Syst. Pilze 1:14. 1817. 



On Polygonaceae : 



Persicaria amphibii (L. ) S. F. Gray, Wabash County, October 16, 

 1890, A. Miller 10. 



Persicaria jjennsylvanica (L. ) Small, Michigan City, Laporte 

 County, September 13, 1916, H. S. Jackson and E. B. Mains; Lafayette, 

 Tippecanoe County, October 3, 1915, H. S. Jackson; Muncie, Delaware 

 County, September 29, 1915, H. S. Jackson; Plymouth, Marshall County, 

 September 5, 1916, G. A. Osner, September 5, 1916, H. S. Jackson; Oak- 

 land City, Gibson County, October 5, 1916, H. S. Jackson. 



26. USTILAGO Vilfae Wint. Bull. Torrey Club 10:7. 1883. 

 On Poaceae: 



Sporobolus neglectus Nash, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, 

 October 23, 1912, E. J. Retry. 



