5'8 

 destruente bullosa, subgiobbHa.» 1/2^2 Miin. crassq, extus lutea, intus 

 pallida, carnosa orta, sessilia vel stipit© plus minusve elongate, saepe 

 curvato flexuosove, interdum subcompresso angulatoque, saepe longitudinali- 

 ter sulcato, luteo-albido pradeita. Capitula perithecigera subglobosa, sub- 

 globosa, subtus excavata, supra saepe parum tuberculosa et inqequalia, 

 pallidaluteola, ab ostiolis peri the ciorum prominulls punctulata, ca l/5 

 1/2 Mill. lata. Feritheoia in capitulis peritherica, dens stipata, a 

 strojnatis substantia vix diversa, elongate obovata, ostiolis papillae- 

 formibus, rotundatis, intensius coloratis strojiatis superfieiem penan 

 prominentia, 290-320|i, alta, 130-160|i lata. Asci qylindraoei, deorsura 

 attenuati, spice lata rotundati, t unica valde incrassata, 8 spori, 175- 

 220|i longi, 3.5-5p, crassi. Bporae filiformes, ascorum longitudine, tenuls- 

 sinae, ca. 0.8-0. (|j, crassae, hyalinae, septis inultis, sed valde indistinctis, 

 - Stylospoiae in germinibus junionibus, superfieiem fere totam tuberis 

 sclerotioidei obducentes, e cellulis ejusdem superficial libus ortae, 

 filiformes, plerumque curvatea flexuosaeque, hjralinae, utiinque acutiusculae , 

 4:4-62|j, Iringae, vix 2p, crassae. Brasilia: prope Sao Francisco, Sta. 

 Catherina. In germinibus vivis Luziolae peruviaaiae Juss. Mai 1885. leg. 

 E. Ule." 



p. Hennings (99) makes also the follov?ing obseraation in dis- 

 cussing another species of Claviceps: 



""^benso ist die Art von Balansia riallida Winter ganz 

 verschieden, vv^elche Art in Pruchttaioten von Luziola Sclerctien bildet. 

 Diese Art is jedoch gleiciifalls zu Claviceps als CI. pallida (Wint.) zu 

 stellen und geh'drt nicht zu Balansia." 



Clavice|)S pallida (Wint.) P. Henn. var. Orthocladae P. Henn. (lOl) 

 Following is P. Hsnnings* description of this species: 

 "%celio sclerotoideo in germine parasitico eumque plus 

 minusve destruente, subgloboso gyroso compressoque, flavido; str— atibus 



