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their axis ; spores somewhat globose, smooth, rather pellucid (not 
adhering together), mixed with hyaline filaments (12-14 p diam.). 
In fruits and panicles of Cyperusfimbristylis. Victoria. Queens- 
land. 
The type of U. axicola is not Cintractia. 
1706. Ustilago pilulaeformis. Berk. Hook. Journ. n., 523. 
Sacc. Syll. 1665. 
Compact, black ; spores ovate or ovoid angulate, 16-20 x 12-16 
p, even, epispore unequally thickened. 
In ovaries of Juncus. Victoria. 
1707- Ustilago lencoderma. Berk. Domin. No. 54. Sacc. 
Syll. 1671. 
Sori black, seated on large spots, somewhat covered with an un- 
equal, whitish crust ; spores rounded, rarely irregular (13-17 p 
diam.), opaque, black, even. 
On sheaths of Care x, etc. Victoria. Queensland. 
1708. Ustilago marmorata. Berk. Linn. Journ. xm., 174. 
Sacc. Syll. 1675. 
Compact ; marbling the yet unbroken epidermis ; spores ovate, 
12 x 6f p, even. 
On leaves of Isolepis prolifera. M. Gambier. S. Australia. 
Victoria. 
** Spores granulate, papillose, or warted. 
1709. Ustilago segetum. Bull. Sacc. Syll. 1676. 
Pustules black or olive brown, pulverulent, covered by the 
epidermis, which is soon ruptured, free ; spores globose or oblong, 
often irregularly angular, 4|-8 x 41-6 p ; epispore yellow, then 
olive brown, even or punctulate. 
On Aristida, Danthonia, and Arena sativa. Victoria. Queens- 
land. 
1710. Ustilago bromivora. Walldh, Ustil. p. 215. Sacc. 
Syll. 1677. 
Pustules dark brown, at first bullate and pustuliform, then 
powdery ; spores globose or ellipsoid, rarely ovate, 8-14 x 6-10 p ; 
epispore dark brown, covered with scarcely distinct papillae, or 
nearly even. 
On Bromus mollis, arenarius. E. Australia. Victoria. N.S. 
Wales. 
1711. Ustilago caricis. Pers. Fckl. Symb. 39.=Ustilago 
urceolorutn. — Tul. Ann. Sci. Nat. 1847, vii., 86. Sacc. Syll. 
1685. 
Sori black, produced within the ovaries, sometimes also external, 
compact; spores irregular (12-24x7-20 p), globose, elliptic, 
oblong, angular, often compressed, epispore dark brown, rather 
opaque, scarcely conspicuously punctate. 
On Carices. New Zealand. 
