ustilaginei

pl. [Mod. Lat. ustilag (o), gen it. ustilagin ( is ); Lat. masc. pl. adj. suff. -ei.] Bot.: A tribe of Fungals, order or sub-order Puccinei. The species grow in the interior of the ovaries, anthers, and other organs of flowering plants, producing deformity, absorption of the internal ti ue and its replacement by the pulverulent spores of the Fungals, constituting a dark colored and fetid powder. The pro to spores are produced from very delicate branching ti ue, or from closely packed cells. ŭs-ti-lā-gō, s . [Latin=an unidentified plant, called also carduus sylvatic us .] Bot .: The typical genus of Ustilaginei ( Berkeley ), a genus of Ceomacei ( Lindley ). The spores are simple, with a simple coat. It contains the various kinds of smut so destructive to corn, to reed-beds, . [SMUT, II. 1.] *ŭst-ion (i as y), s. sup. of uro =to burn.] state of being burned. [Latin ustio, from ustum, The act of burning; the *ŭs-tör-i-ous, a. [USTION.] Having the quality of burning. "The power of a burning gla is by an us to rio us quality in the mirror or gla ."-Watts.