192 Salmon. — -On Oidiopsis taurica (Ldv.), 
a host-plant of E. taurica) whilst mentioning ‘ E. Linkii, Lev.’ and if. Cicho - 
racearum DC. Magnus makes the following observations with regard 
to the conidial stage : ‘ Die Art ist schon durch ihre Konidien sehr aus- 
gezeichnet. Die Konidien sind ausserordentlich lang gestreckt. Sie sind 
durchschnittlich 52,5 /i lang und 16.5 /x breit. Ihre Oberflache ist kornig 
rauh. Sie werden dicht an der Basis von den Konidientragern schon 
abgeschniirt. Wohl in Zusammenhang mit ihrer bedeutenden Lange traf 
ich sie niemals kettenformig am Konidientrager, sondern immer nur einzeln 
an demselben.’ It may be mentioned here that already in 1900 ( 2 , p. 221) 
I had pointed out that the conidia of E. taurica were remarkable for their 
large size, frequently measuring 50 x 18 /ut. The conidia which occur in the 
examples of E. Asterisci in Rabenh.-Pazsch., nr. 4350, in the Kew 
Herbarium, measure 40-65 x 15-20 /x, and show the characteristic shape for 
E. taurica (see Fig. 37). I have rfo hesitation in sinking E. Asterisci 
to a synonym of E. taurica . 
I have ascertained the presence of endophytic mycelium, sending out 
hyphae and branched conidiophores through the stomata, in dried 
examples of E. tatirica in the perithecial stage on the following host- 
plants : Clematis songarica , Peganum Harmala , Centaurea dissecta subsp. 
Parlaioi'is , Verbascum Blattaria , V. phlomoides , V. Lychnitis , V. bithynicum , 
V. Thapsus , Althaea kurdica , Euphorbia lanata y Carlina lanata, Helian - 
themum oelandicum , Psoralea dr up ace a, P. bituminosa , A can thophyllum 
glandulosum , Hedysarum Falconer i , Artemisia Dracuncidus , Odontospermum 
aquaticum , Daucus maximus , Nepeta podostachys , Astragalus sp., Zygophyllum 
Fabago , Vicia tenuifolia , Passerina annua , Teucrium Chamaedrys % Chon - 
drilla juncea , Chrozophora tinctoria , Capparis spinosa , Cousinia concinna, 
Foeniculum vulgare , Phlomis Herba-venti , Marrubium peregrinum , Cynara 
Cardunculus , Scutellaria multicaidis , Cleone arabica, Ballota rupestris, 
Epilobium hirsutum. I have seen examples in the conidial stage only on 
Onobrychis viciae folia , Asclepias curassavica , Cistus monspeliensis , Rut a Bux - 
batimii , and Mimulus glutinosus. 
In my ‘ Preliminary Note 5 ( 1 ) I pointed out that if. taurica , on account 
of its possession of certain anomalous features described above, viz. the 
endoparasitic mode of life and the morphological peculiarities of the 
conidiophores, would probably require to be separated as a distinct genus. 
In a paper appearing soon afterwards (6), Maire reported that he had 
discovered an endophytic mycelium in an example of if. Cichoracearum 
DC. on Cirsium eriophorum. The example in question, which is contained 
in Montagne’s herbarium in the Paris Museum, was referred to if. taurica 
by Leveille. The fungus clearly belongs, however, to if. Cichoracearum , as 
here pointed out by Maire, and previously by me in 1900 in my monograph. 
I have been able to re-examine this fungus, and have seen the original 
examples from Montagne’s herbarium, and also a fragment of the same 
