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long to subspherical, contain 1 or 2, rarely 3 or 4, spores, and 
are 16-324 in length. The sterile cells usually incompletely 
cover the spores, are hyaline or yellowish tinted, and sub- 
spherical to oblong. The spores are reddish brown, oblong 
to subspherical, often irregularly flattened, smooth, and 11-18 
in length. 
Host and Distr.: Secale cereale, Milford, June, 1890 
(Thaxter) ; Rainbow, June 6, 1903. 
The smut possesses some economic importance, since it 
occurs on cultivated rye. However, it apparently rarely be- 
comes so abundant in the rye fields of this state as to cause 
serious injury. So far the writer has been able to find only 
a single smutted plant, though a number of fields have been 
examined. 
Urocystis Hypoxyis Thaxt. The sori occur in the inner 
and basal parts of the flowers, distorting and destroying them 
more or less, and often run down somewhat on the pedicles ; 
the infected parts have an irregular oblong shape, and finally 
disclose the dusty, purple-black spore mass. The spore balls 
vary from ovoid to spherical, contain 1-8, chiefly 3-5, spores, 
and are 25-60u in length. The sterile cells completely cover 
the spores, are reddish yellow, ovoid, and 9-14 in length. 
The spores are reddish brown, polyhedral, subspherical, or oc- 
casionally ovoid to oblong, and usually 13-16 in length. 
Host and Distr.: Hypoxys erecta, Westville, July, 1889. 
(Thaxter), July 12, 1902. 
This smut was originally described Te the specimens 
found by Professor Thaxter.of Harvard in West Rock Park, 
Westville. Since then it has been reported from Massa- 
chusetts and South America. 
Entyloma DeBy. 
The sori occur chiefly in the leaves, being permanently em- 
bedded in their tissues, and forming discolored but usually 
scarcely distorted areas. The spores are hyaline or yellowish 
tinted, rarely darker colored, simple, separate, or occasionally 
slightly adhering together in rows or irregular masses, and of 
medium size. Elongated conidia are often produced from the 
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