Ustilagineaj, r)ictj'ospoi'a3, Sorosporiuni. 511 



Jlab. iii ioliis Amniophilae arenarife in Neerlandia. — 

 Piistulas subglobosas, 500-750 y.. latas efformans. 



OROSPORIUM Uud. in Linniea IV (1829), p. 11(3 (Etyni. soros cumu- 

 lus et spora) Winter Die Pilzep. 102, Scliroet. Pilz. Schles. p. 288. 

 — Sporse in hyphis conglomerato-flocculosis, dein gelatinosis evolu- 

 ta3, raaturitate in glomerulos, (primo tegumento gelatinoso involu- 

 tos) coacervatap, dein liberru secedentesque; promyceliuin filiforme ; 



, sporidiola nondum cognita. 



Genus incertas sedi^:, utrum inter Us/ilaf/incas an Tiltelitms disponen- 

 nm dubiunj. Species nonnulUe lortasse potius inter Tolyposporia aliaque 

 enera aptius niilitare videntur. 



. Sorosporium Saponarise Rud. in Linnc-ea IV, p. 116, Winter Die 1872 

 Pilze p. 104, Schroet. Pilz. Schles. p. 288, VsiUago Rudolphiii:\x\. 

 Mem. sur les Ustilaginees p. 99, Microhoiryum Rudolphii Lev. 

 in D'Orb. Dict. univ. pag. 787, Thecaphora Tunicce Auersw. in 

 (Est. botan. Zeitschr. 1868, n. 8, p. 242, Cceoma Schlechiendalii 

 Klotzsch Herb. viv. myc. 1, n. 87, ScJiizoderma Saponarice Fr. 

 Syst. Myc. III, p. 477. — Soris pallide rufo-brunneis, grosse gra- 

 nulatis, partes florales incolentibus, jam in gemma valde evolutis 

 floresque deformantibus; glomerulis subglobosis vel ellipsoideis, 40- 

 100 ;j.. diam., e sporis numerosis, laxe coacervatis constitutis; spo- 

 ris globulosis vel breviter ellipticis, e pressione polyhedricis, 12- 

 18 = 10-14, pellncidis, ochraceis, lateribus liberis verruculis ro- 

 tundatis vel lineolis tenuibus, brevibus densiuscule ornatis; pro- 

 nij^celio filiformi. 



Ilab. in floribu? (ovariis, fllamentis staminalibus etc.) raro in 

 foliis superioribus Tunicre Saxifraga\ Dianthi deltoidis, 

 Car th usian or u m, Seguieri, Saponarite officinalis, S i- 

 lenes inflatse et velutinfe, Stellarife Holostei, Cera- 

 stii arvensis, Lychnidis dioicae in Gerraania, Austria, Gal- 

 lia, Italia, Britannia et Algeria (Durieu). — Nascitur intra flores 

 Caryophyllearum plurium, quos abnormes accretos muco copioso 

 albo primum tandemque pulvere replet. Floris calyx quasi vesi- 

 culosus, vix apertus, sepala rudimentaria brevissima staminaque 

 niaxime abbreviata filaraento valde tumido, brevi, undique insiden- 

 tia fovet, obvelat, demum vero rumpitur pulvereraque spargit; 

 anthera' exiguee manent citoque explicantur, nonnulla^ sterilescere 

 videntur; ovarium deficit vel indistinctum s. minutissinium reperi- 



