470 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
from the species, and by others as an entirely new species. It seems 
to differ from the species chiefly through its larger spores. The 
germination has not been described. 
Entyloma Ellisii Hals. 
Entyloma Ellisii Hals., Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 17 : 95. 1890. 
Sori in leaves, forming pale white spots, indefinitely limited, sub¬ 
confluent, spores hyaline or slightly yellowish tinted, clustered in 
the intercellular spaces beneath the stomata, spherical, thick walled 
(2-5 y), chiefly 16-20 y but varying from 11-25 y in diameter; 
conidia hypophyllous, abundant, acicular, small, 10-14 y by less than 
1 /JL. 
Host: Spinacia oleracea, N. J. (type). 
Halsted states that he found this smut on hothouse plants which 
had lost their chlorophyll and had the appearance of being frost¬ 
bitten. He describes the mycelium as being very fine and notes the 
very peculiar clustering of the spores beneath the stomata. The 
variable size of the spores and their thick walls are also peculiar 
characters. In bulletin number 70 of the New Jersey Agr. Exp. 
Station, Halsted gives an account of this fungus with a figure but 
the germination of the spores has not been described. 
Entyloma Eschscholtziae Hark. 
Entyloma Eschscholtziae Hark., Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci., 1 : 40. 1884. 
Sori in leaves, forming whitish subcircular areas, usually with 
reddish purple border or discoloration on the upper side, about 1 
mm. in diameter; spores hyaline to reddish yellow, somewhat 
ovoid or subspherical but chiefly of more or less irregular polyhedral 
form through pressure, adhering together rather firmly, with evi¬ 
dence of gelatinous sheath, smooth, 10—15 y in length; conidia not 
observed. 
Host: Eschscholtzia Californica , Calif, (type). 
The smaller sori and smaller more irregular spores seem to dis¬ 
tinguish this species from Entyloma fascum which also occurs on 
the Papaveraceae and which some botanists consider as including 
this species. Further collections are needed to definitely settle this 
point. The germination of the spores is not known. 
