Pyrenomycetae, Hypocreacese, Balansia. 509 



bor. — Huc spectant Sclerotium Paspali Scliw., Sphacelia Pa- 

 spali Bornet, Spermosdia Paspali Fr. 



3. Claviceps Sesleriae Stager, Cenj^ralbl. f. Bakter., II Abt. XVII B050 

 (1906) p. 784. — Stromate sive sclerotio vulgo lineari-oblongo, 

 obsolete trigono, recto v. arcuato, e parenchymate densissimo duro 

 albido constante, cujus media parte iu steliae figuram redacta ob- 

 scura ; capitulis crassis, primum pallidis luteolisque, dein purpu- 

 reo-violaceis; conidiis ovato-ellipsoidei.s 10,5-14 « 3,5-7, nonnihil 



in medio constrictis pr;etereaque nucleolis duobus oppositis donatis. 

 Hdb. in inflorescentiis Sesleriae caerulete prope Twann 

 Helvetia. 



4. Clavlceps Tripsaci Stevens et Hall, Botan. Gazette, L (1910) p. 463, BOBl 

 fig. 6-8. — Sclerotiis levibus, ex albo brunneis vel nigris, subco- 

 noideis, basi 4-5 mm. cr. ; capitulo e griseo griseo-albo; stipite 

 crasso ex albo purpureo-albido, 1-1,5 cm. longo; peritheciis nume- 

 rosis ellipsoideis ore prominulis, 390=^153-187; ascis cylindraceis, 

 145-175=:^ 2-3; sporidiis filiformibus 130 jj.. longis; conidiis hyalinis, 

 continuis, e fusoideo lunulatis, 17,4-37,7 =s= 2,9-8,7. 



Hah. in Tripsaco dactyloide, America bor. 



5. Claviceps Junci Adams, Irish Naturalist XVI, n. 5 (1907) p. 168, B052 

 fig. 1. — Sporis (conidiis?) oblongo-ellipsoideis, 7-10^2,8-3,5, o- 

 varia matricis explentibus; ascis non inventis. 



Hah. in ovariis Junci glauci in Royal Canal co. Dublin 

 Hibernia (Ireland). — Manifeste forma conidiophora, forte Spha- 

 celice sp. 



BALANSIA Speg. — Syll. IX p. 999, XI p. 366, XIV p. 656, XVI 

 p. 607, XVII p. 821. — Ad hoc genus, teste Atkinson in Journ. 

 of Mycol. XI (1905) p. 252, essent trahendae Epichloe Hypoxylon 

 Peck et Dothidea vorax B. et C. 



1. Balansia glgas Racib., Bull. Acad. Sc Cracovie (1906) pag. 905. 60B3 

 — Stromate (an sclerotio?) globoso, 1-2 cm. lato, intus albido et 

 raolli, extus cortice tenui flavido-brunneo praedito; stromatibus sin- 

 gulis stipitatis, 30-50 in quoque sclerotii superficie, flavido-brun- 

 neis, 1-2 mm. cr., globosis, stipite 1-4 mm. longo praditis, rufo- 

 brunneis; capitulis intus albis, cortice firmo, brunneo-rubro tectis; 

 peritheciis anguste phialiformibus 500 =* 110-140, immersis, ostiolis 

 minutis; ascia aparaphysatis linearibus^ 140-190 « 3-4, octosporis ; 

 sporidiis filiformibus copiose septatis hyalinis intra ascum non se- 

 cedentibus. 



