36 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull.’ 
ical or slightly angled, have a thickish wall, and are 10-16p in 
length. The conidia may occur on either surface of the sorus 
as a whitish growth, and are linear, somewhat curved, and 
30-55 by 1-2 in size. 1 
Host and Distr.: Physalis pubescens, South Manchester 
(Thaxter); New Haven, Sept. 16, 1902, Sept. 30, 1903; 
Physalis Virginiana, Hamden, Oct. 14, 1903. 
The cultivated strawberry tomato, Physalis pubescens, is 
sometimes rather seriously injured by this smut. The figure 
shows the sori on this host, the spots having a definite darker 
border. 
Entyloma Linariz Schrét. Fig. 30. The sori show as 
small, faint, yellowish spots on the under surface of the leaves, - 
and are oval to circular in outline, and 14-2 mm. in diameter. © 
The hyaline or yellowish spores are chiefly subspherical or 
spherical, smooth, have evident double wall, and are I1-15p, 
in length. The conidia have not been observed. 
Host and Distr.: Linaria vulgaris, Westville, Oct. 22, 
1903. 
This species has been reported on this host only twice in 
North America. The variety is more common. 
Entyloma Linariz var. Veronice Wint. The sori are 
somewhat more evident than in the typical form of the species, 
showing on both sides of the leaf. The spores also are deeper 
tinted and larger, 13-16y, or rarely 19u, in length. 
Host and Distr.: Veronica peregrina, New Haven, May 
16, 1904. 
Entyloma polysporum (Pk.) Farl. The sori form sub- 
circular or more irregular, yellowish or (later) dark brown 
spots, 2-5 mm., in the leaves; the surrounding tissue is often 
killed, thereby merging the sori. The spores are usually hya- 
line to yellowish, or more rarely even chestnut brown, ovoid 
to spherical or somewhat polyhedral, smooth, provided with 
evident thick double wall, and chiefly 12-17p in length. Coni- 
dia, apparently, are lacking. 
Host and Distr.: Ambrosia artemisiefolia, Cheshire, Aug. 
3, 1903. 
The closely related species Entyloma Compositarum Farl., 
also on Composite as hosts, probably also occurs in this state, 
though not yet reported. 
