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Ust. Vaillantii Tul. 1 appear.- in tin- anther- ami ovaries of 

 (tiiifd, Si-illn. Mnxni,-i, etc. Tin- perianth of di>ea>ed tlower- 

 remains, luit is somewhat enlarged. Tin- ovaries ami anthei- 

 becoine tilled with spores; the latter organs an-. lm\\cv.-r, fully 

 developed and may even contain pollen-brains mixed with >p)i - 

 According to Brefeld, the spores terminate easily in water and in 

 nutritive solution. A promycelium is fnrmed which, after detach - 

 mi-lit from the spure, becomes three-celled and develops conidia. 

 These sprout for some time, then produce three-celled promyet-lia. 



Ust. ornithogali (Si.-lim. rt K/-) forms leaf-swellings on Ornithogalum :ni<l 



". 



Ust. tulipae (Ht/ntl.) ]in><lu<-rs >\v.-l]in^s \\ tin- Irav<-> of the tulip. 



Ust. plumbea Ko-tr. occurs on leave- of .I/-"//' maculatum in I )i-nm;irk. 



Ust. ficuum Ufic-li. In tin- fruits i.f h'ir.i.t Carica in A>ia .Minor. 



Ust. Trabutiana Saca In berries of Dracaena. l>r<i<-<> in Al-.-i-ia. 



Ust. Vrieseana Vuill.- In tin- I'.otanie (larden at Am>ter- 

 dam, the roots of several species of /,'/'<W_//^///.s- exhibited woodj 

 tumours iVoia which proceeded outgrowths resemliliii'.: "witches 

 brooms." Thc-e contained the myeeliuin of an f'xfi/n'/n which 

 produced .-poivs in the cortical ti.-sues. 



Ust ( ') adoxae Di-t-f. ' >n .\il,,,,i ;/,....,>/<<////<'/<' in i-cll> of- tin- subterranean 

 -t.-ui. Tin- S|M,M-> |iroi|ii'-i-il only siinjili- tilaun-nts without i-oiiiilia. 

 Ust. Lagerheimii l!n-f. < n A' /////-/ from Ouit<. 



Ust. Schweinfurthiana Thiini. (h\ ////y-/-'//" rv/////-/. -. < from ( 'airo. 

 Ust. boutelouae-humilis Micf. (in /,'...//</.<//-/ A ////'//.< fiom (^uito. 

 Ust. Ulei H.-nn. < >n r/,A, //.<. 

 Ust. spinificis Lmhv. (in >'/,/,.//' hirsuta fiom Alflaiili-, Au-tialia 



Ust. Treubii Solms. :; '\'\\\^ Javanese funo'u- and tin- oalls 



produced liy it deserve a somewhat leliothi-ncd notice oil accolllll 



nf their o'eneral ln'olooieal interest. It causes a hypertrophy on 

 1'ul i/i/mni in chinensi in -lava, which further exemplifies the 

 phenomena already noticed iii connection with Caeoma deform 

 .,n Thujopsis (p. :'.0). 



Tin- stems at attacked place- sho\\ slum- hyjM-rt rophy and 



>t change in lln-ii- anatomical structure. Solms desionate- 



the thickeiiiii'js, in coninion with tho-e caused by Caeoma 



1 Tul i -in . . I mi. i/. tcienct ruUttr., Ser. in. . V"l. \ 1 1. . I ^ 17. \\ ith pi 



\\'.itli (i. Smitli i '/'/,-,/,;,.,', Chronicle, icv., Is'.u, p. HI.",., c^ivea .1 i 

 aii'l noti- mi (i. .-in -ii-ii. < nt tlii- -inul in I'.i ii.iin. i Kilit. I 



-' X'uilli-iniii, l'"i/i/'f. /'/<'/., Is'.M 



in-, .{unit 1 . '/*' iiiiilii, lolan, '/ Huitfn \ 1. \i.. Is^ii^T. p 7' 1 



