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whether they have been properly referred or not. An examina- 
ion of authentic material may reduce the above spcies to syn- 
onomy. 
Ustilago sieglingiae Ricker n. sp. — Sori in ovaries, ellip¬ 
soid, 3-4 mm. long, infecting most of the spikelets and showing 
conspicuously through the florets; spores elliptical to subglobose, 
reddish brown, at first appearance smooth walled, but on closer 
examination are apparently closely and minutely echinulate, 4-6/x 
diam. 
On Sieglingia purpurea (Walt.) Kuntze. Type specimen col¬ 
lected by A. S. mtchcock, Punta Rassa, Fla., July to August, 
1900. 
This species is most nearly related to U. triplasidis E. & E., 
but has constantly smaller spores. 
Ustilago strumosa Cke. On the last of June, 1904, Mr. 
W. R. Maxon collected portions of a bamboo on the slopes of 
Monkey Hill, Jamaica, bearing a fungus growth about inches 
in diameter, somewhat oppressed and closely resembling a small 
Scleroderma externally. Unfortunately no fruit was collected, 
but the host was supposed to be Chusquea or Arthrostylidium. 
The host index failed to reveal anything suggestive of our speci¬ 
mens and after searching the literature of the Gasteromycetes 
it seemed that they might possibly be referred to Milleria Peck 
or Testicularia Klotzsch which is an older name, it having been 
first placed in the Gasteromycetes and later among the smuts. 
Since the material is abundant in the above locality Mr. Wm. 
bawcett, Director of the Hope Garden, was able to inform us 
that the host was Chusquea abietifolia Griseb. It happens that 
Ustilago strumosa Cke. is the only fungus reported on the host 
and it seemed hardly worth while to look up the description, but 
curiosity as to what kind of an Ustilago could be found on a 
bambo led me to look up the description in Grevilliea, 9:98, 1881, 
and much to my surprise it was found to fit our specimens per¬ 
fectly, which caused material to be sent to Dr. Clinton, who in¬ 
formed me that the species was undoubtedly a sclerotium be¬ 
longing to Brefeld’s genus Ustilaginoidea. The above species 
should then stand for the present as Ustilaginoidea strumosa 
(Cke.) Clint, n. n. The sclerotia probably belong to some asco- 
mycetous fungus. Mr. Fawcett has been kind enough to supply 
the author with additional sclerotia with which it is hoped to 
obtain the mature stage by cultivation. 
Tolyposporium globuligerum (Berk. & Br.) Ricker n. 
comb. Thecaphora globuligera Berk. & Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 
Lond. II, 1 1407, 1879. Testicularia leersiae Cornu in Ann. Sci. 
Nat. VI, 15:273. pi. 14, f. 6-10, 1883. Ustilago leersiae Durieu 
in Cornu loc. cit. 274 as syn. 
