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less '-"iii'lia iiK-apaMi- of -! niiii;it ion. \Vh,-n the nutritive solution 

 fr,'<|U'-iit 1 v n-ii.-wrd. tin' ni\ .-rliuni -n-w \ i^m-oiisly :uul forim-d ;i -<-li-rot iuui- 

 like body, from \\liidi tin- dark spoils w,-r.- lad-rally alijoint.-d and 



<n this ar.-oimt liivf.-ld fomi'h-'l a -ioii]i with tin- ^fin-rii- nani,- !' 

 / ttilaginoidea \ it iii'-hidi's this >]>.. -i.-- as Ustilogi ui.l an- 



other similar on,- ,,n Setaria Crus-Ardeae li- '-alls Utt. setariae. Tin- -louj) 

 has aUinitios with tin- 1 'st ila-int-a.- and Ascomycetes lik.- Claviceps, and 

 |',i ,-l',-l,| sees in it a i-onni-ctin^ link ln-t \vr.-n tin- two famili-s. 

 S.-\fi-al other A in, -i i. -an apecies ot Till, t,', i liavc lii-.-n 



Neovossia. 



Characters similar to 7V//, //'^, except tliat tin.' coniilia 

 Hi -criiiinatiuu { thu .spores d in if coalesca ('miidia s. I\VH 

 in iiutriti\'i- .-'lutiims produce a myccliiuu with two kinds . ii' 

 secondary i/nnidia. 



N. moliniae Krnike. The lilack spuri'-puwdcr i^ dcvclupcd 

 in eiilar-ril ovai of M/i,iin co&ndea. The .snnmtli u\oid 

 spores are cin.-ldsi.-d in a transpart-nt mantle, and have a hyaline 

 ta.il-like apiienda.u''. Each spore is produced at the end of a 

 hyphal filament, wbicb remains attached after the spore-mass i- 

 freed and 1'nrnis the append:: _ The spores ucniiinate in \vatei- 

 at .nice, and -end up a .-imple .n-rial priiniyceliiun. mi the apex 

 of which a <Tuwn nf many needle-like cmiidia are pnidiiced. 

 i .if the pmrnyeelia may take place if tln-y liee..me very 

 , the prnt.ipla>m passing int'i the apical segments and leaving 

 the hasid empty, as in TiUilin. 1 '.ranch in- nf iln- pnnnyeelia 

 may al-" occur. The cnnidia mi l.eino- -hnl give "If >ickle- 

 -ecmidary cmiidia. In nutritive s.ilutimi-. ln>we\-er. the 

 ]/r.idiice a mycelium from which either >ickle-shaped ,,| 

 n'-e.|le--ha]MMl (.unidia may If- -iv.-ii nil', the latter hnwever ne\ er 

 i cmwn m eirel.-i. 



N. Barclayana I'.rt-t'. In (In- finiu of I', ,'.< tmn ////.////,// in Simla. 

 - i- not >\ nun vn IOM , \\-it 1 1 / '.<t / /.i,/., j- nnist t ' Ha 1 'I 

 N. ( ') bambusae Ili.-t. In fruit - of liaml ..... ti.'in I'.ia/il. 



Entyloma. 

 \Iyi-elinm jut I'lvellular and II-- <i gelatinous. Ihc spores 



.f int'-n-alary origin, and arise here and liter ..... i any part 

 nf the m\cclium. The spore-el app.-ai externally a^ 



spots, and tin- spores never ! the Im-i. The sporee i-n 



