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by reticulations resembling the cells of bees, within 

 which arise small rounded protuberances. The other 

 stages of this and the other Uredo, Rcestelia, and 

 ^cidium kinds have to be discovered yet. 



Uredo armillata, Ludw. — On Juncus palUdus, near Coromby, 

 Victoria (Tepper). It l^elongs to an unknown species 

 of Puccinia. 



** angfiOSperma, Thuem. — On Ilakea (Baron F. v. 



Mueller). 



*' Ang'Uillariae, Cke. — On AnguiUaHa dioica ; Upper 

 Macquarie River (Hamilton). 



** Rhag'Odiae, Cke. et. Mass. — On Rhagodia Billardieri 



(Watt). 



*' Spyridii, Cke. et Mass. — On Spyridhim jyarvifoliiim 

 (Watt). 



ROBStelia polita, Berk. — On Mueldenheckia C nulling hamii and 

 Jacksonia scoparin. Brisbane. Most probably belonging to 

 some Gymnosporangium of some Cypress species. 



^eidium Cymbonoti, Thuem.— Victoria. 



*' Ranunculacearum, D.C. — The Crow's-foot ^cidia 

 belong to various kinds of rusts affecting 

 Gramine^e. 



List of Australian Ustilagixe^. 



Our knowledge of the Australian Smuts is not niucli better 

 than that of the Rusts, for of about 400 known species of 

 Ustilaginese only the following 15 are known from Australia, 

 some of which also are unwelcome guests to the agriculturist : — 



Ustilag'O Segfetum (Bulliard), Wint. The common black smut of 

 the cereals. On A vena saliva ; Melbourne (Reader), 

 On wheat, &c. 



" bromivora (Tub), Wint. On Bromus mollis', Mel- 



bourne (Reader). 



" SOlida, Berk. On ScJuemis imberbis : Melbourne 



(Reader). 



" UtriCUlOSa (Nees), Winter. In the flowers of 



Polygonum minus : near Melbourne (Reader). 



'* australis, Cke. in the carpels of Eriacltne^ sp, 



(F. V. M.). 



** Muelleriana, Thuem. In the seeds of Juncus 



2)IanifoIius ; Victoria (Baron F. v. Mueller) ; Mount 

 Lofty (Tepper). 



