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The specimen in Rabenh. Fung. Eur., 1607, communicated by 
Kiihn, and also Berkeley’s type, examined 
Fig. 19, spore of 7. levis. 
2. Tilletia verrucosa, Cooke & necs in Grevillea xvii. 
Ma 16.—Spores-mass occupying the ovary, pale a en. 
pores globose or € lobose, pale ye Siow brown, 20-25 a diam., 
Sees with larg , acute, pyramidal warts about 3 5 high. 
— Saec. Syll. ix. (1891), no. 1177. 
Hosts.—Panicum coloratum, Linn.: Ehrharta calycina, Sm. 
HAB.—Africa. Mozambique Distr., Portuguese East Africa, 
rider “Zambesi, between Lupata and 3 e, Kin 'k. Cape Colony, 
in ovary of Ehrharta in herb. Thunber. 
Readily distinguished amongst us ce warted spores by 
the pale yellowish brown or amber colour of the spores, and the 
large, pointed, pyramidal warts on the epispore. Type in herb. 
Kew. 
Fig. 22, spore of T. verrucosa. 
3. Tilletia rotundata, M«ssee.—Spore-mass occupying "e ovary, 
dark brown; spores globose or angularly globose, 20-25 iam., 
El He translucent, wall thick, epispore densely covered 
with m te warts — Ustilago rotundata, Arthur in Bull. Iowa 
Agric. "Coll. 1884, 1 
Host.—Panicum virgatum, Linn. 
HAB.—United States ; Connecticut, South Manchester. 
Exrsicc.—Ellis & Everh., N. Amer. Fung., ser. 2, 1894. 
pe id dieser v e by germination, it is impossible 
to ith e the generie position of this species; 
morpliolopidally de. eu "characters indicate Tilletia 
4. pec mixta, Massee.—Spore-mass blackish brown, formed 
in the ovary; spores globose, angularly globose; or broa 
elliptic, arani g 16-18 » diam., margin about 2 u broad, deep 
chestnut brown, ee nulated or very dpt He vod —T. fusca, 
Ellis & Everh. in exsiec. not in Journ. Myc. ii 
HosT.—Eriochloa annulata, Kunth; Festuca microstachya, 
D 
Wis — Australia ; pa Per Bennett. United States ; 
Idaho, Boise City, Ellis & Everha 
E.xsicc.—Ellis & Everh., N. Ane. Fung. ser. 2, 1895. 
' Allied to Tilletia de Baryana in spore-structure, but quite 
ers gy in the rich chestnut colour of the spore, the much smaller 
or granulations on the epispore, and in being produced in 
the wary: 
Fig. 10, spore of T. mixta. 
