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stage of the fungus's growth, it might have been kept under, 

 if not entirely eradicated. 



Thecaphora globuligera, B. and Br. — This species 

 infests the inflorescence of the " Rice-grass," Leersia hexandra, 

 about the Brisbane River, and it may be surmised that in 

 after years the same fungus will do damage to the Rice 

 crops. 



TiLLETiA CARIES, Tul. (T. Tritici, Bjevk). — The well- 

 known " Stinking-rust '" or "Bunt," which fills the wheat 

 grains with its fetid spores and threads, is more or less 

 prevalent, depending mostly upon the care bestowed in 

 pickling the seed. T. epiphylla, B. and Br., attacks the 

 leaves of Maize, but has not been observed to cause much 

 injury to the crop. 



Uredo cichoracearum, Dc. — In the years 1886 and 

 1887 was very bad on Bidens pilosa and a few other weedy 

 plants of Compositse, but I did not observe it on plants of the 

 same order in cultivation, and when found on the above plants 

 it seemed only those growing on sour land. U. maydis, 

 Batsch, was very prevalent on Maize at Toowoombain 1887. 



Uromyces amygdali, Cooke. — The " Peach-leaf Rust." 

 This fungus has been of late years very abundant on the 

 foliage of the Peach and alhed trees in Southern Queensland. 

 U. DiPLOGLOTTiDis, Cke. and Mass., a few years ago was 

 very destructive to the foliage of the " Queensland Tamarind 

 Tree," Biploglott is Cunning liamii. U. PHYLLODiiE, Cke. and 

 Mass., frequently is met with on the phyllodia of Acacias 

 near Brisbane. 



Ustilago axicola. Berk. — This smut at times completely 

 destroys the inflorescence of a few species of Fimbristylis, and 

 may be observed particularly bad on low flat undrained land. 

 A similar smut, probably the same, is found on a Cyperaceous 

 plant at St. Domingo. U. bromivora, Tui. — This common 

 species has been observed near Brisbane to injure the inflor- 

 escence of the common " Kangaroo Grass," Anthistiria 

 ciliata. V. cursa, Berk., which in India destroys the grain 

 of Anthistiria arundinacea, in Queensland has been met with, 

 at the Walsh River, upon the inflorescence of Anthistiria 

 frondosa. U. carbo, 'I'ul., (U. segetum, Ditum.), is found 

 upon a number of Queensland grasses, often at a great 

 distance from any cultivation. It infests the cultivated 

 cereals in Queensland as elsewhere. U. cesatii, Fisch de 

 Waldd. — This smut, which in America is found on the 

 inflorescence of several grasses, in Queensland is usually met 



