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On chips. Darenth. 
When moist it looks like a Xarge Phacidium, with a black dentate 
margin, and convex orange disc. In that condition it is rather 
gelatinous ; probably an incomplete condition of some Discomyce- 
tous fungus. 
Spoxidesmium txiglochinis. B. tfc Br. Ann. N.H., No. 1607, 1. 10,/. 4, 
Sori punctiform, springing from a cellular base ; young spores 
obovate, stem short, incrassated upwards, then subglobose, ob- 
liquely divided, at length oblong, fenestrate. 
On Triglochin palustre. March. Rannock. 
Sori bright brown, -OOG-’OOS in. ; spores *0003- 0007 in., 
approaching S. pallidum, B. & C., but that is on fir, and the spores 
are not composed of globose cells as in that species. 
iEcidium depauperans. Vize. Gard. Cliron. 
Spots none, peridia scattered, at first round, becoming elongated, 
parallel with the length of the stem ; spores yellow. 
On Vivla cornuta. Forden (Rev. J. E. Vize). 
Puccinia xnoliniae. Tul. Ann. So. Nat., Sept., 1854, ’p. 141. 
PI. ix., fig. 9-11. 
Sori punctiform, oblong, linear or very long, solitary, scattered, 
or partly confluent, dark-brown ; spores broadly elliptical, obtuse, 
even, on long pedicels, cells nearly equal. — B, ^ Br. Ann. N.H., 
No. 1608. 
On Molinia ccerulea. Perth. 
Puccinia calthae. Link. Cooke, Handhooh, No. 1499. B. Br. Ann. 
N.H., Feb. 1876., p. 141. 
On leaves of Ranunculus ficaria. New Pitsligo. 
Urocystis gladioli. 8rn. in Gard. Chron., 1876, p. 420. 
Sori obliterated, or effused ; spores large, compound, consisting 
of 3-6 inner brown cells, and a larger, indefinite number of nearly 
transparent out cells ; both series fertile. 
Within corms of Gladiolus. 
For figures and full description, see Gardeners’ Chronicle above 
cited. 
Ustilago Kuhniana. Wolff, in Bot, p. 
Spores irregularly rounded, reddish-violet ; epispore finely reti- 
culated; sporidia small, copious, verticillate. — Rahh, F. E., No. 
1989. Hedwigia, 1875, p. 28. 
On Rumex acetosa (Dr. Masters). 
Spores -Old-'OIG m.m. diam. 
Ustilago Candollei. Bil. Ann.Des. Sci. Nat. (1847) 93. 
Spores elliptic or ovate, even, dark- violet. — Cooke, Fungi Britt. 
ii.. No. T2. 
On flowers of Polygonum. 
Stilbum melleum. B. Br. Ann. N.H., No. 1609,^. 10,/. 5. 
Minute, pale yellow; stem short, dilated upwards, hispid ; spores 
globose, small ; rough globose corpuscles embedded in the substance. 
On bark. Jan. 
