342 BOTANY OF SOCOTRA. 



COKTICIUM. 



Oorticium, Pers. Obs. Myc. i. 37; Fries Epicr. 556. 

 A genus chiefly found in temperate regions. 



C. arachnoideum, B. and Br., Out. 273; Fries Hym. Eur. 649. 

 Socotra. On rotten wood ; Galonsir plain. B.C. S. n. 1340. 



Distrib. Europe, Australia, Tasmania, Venezuela, United States, South 

 India. 



TBEMELLINI. 



1. HIRNEOLA. 



Hirneola, Fries Fung. Natal. 24. 



A small genus, common in Australasia and its islands. One European 

 species is found also in the southern hemisphere. 



H. polytricha, Montg. Syll. 181. 



Socotra. Common on logs and stumps. B.C.S. n. 1343. 

 Distrib. India, Ceylon, Madagascar, Mauritius, Cuba, Mexico, Bahia, 

 Guiana, New Zealand, Australia, islands of South Seas. 



2. DACRYMYCES. 



Daxrymyces, Nees Syst. 89; Tulasne in Ann. Sc. Nat. s£r. 3 (1853), tt. 11, 12. 

 A small genus of temperate regions, 



D. stellatus, Nees Syst. 89, f. 90. 



Socotra. On rotten wood; Galonsir plain. B.C.S. n. 1340 bis. 

 Distrib. Europe, United States. 



UREDINE^E. 



By Dr M. C. COOKE. 



UROMYCES. 



Uromyces, Link Berl. Mag. vii. (1826), 28; Tulasne in Ann. Sc. Nat. sen 4, ii. (1854), 185. 

 A rather large genus, parasitic on living plants, chiefly in temperate regions. 

 U. Commelinae, Cke. 



Soris compactis, convexis, atrofuscis, epidermide cinctis; sporis obovatis, longe stipitatis, fuscis 

 laevibus; episporio ad apicem incrassato (•OS x "018 mm.); pedicellis tenuibus, hyalinis 

 flexuosis, diu persistentibus. 



Socotra. On the leaves of species of Commelina ; abundant. B.C.S. 

 Distrib. Endemic. 



