Lone: Texas Func 113 
Puccinia Texana Holway and Long, sp. nov. 
Sori hypophyllous on spots; spots ferruginous when fresh, 
dark brown when desiccated; sori orbicular to oval, firm, .4-.5 
mm. in diameter, ferruginous, often confluent. 
aE Uredospores globose to obovate, 20-26 x 23-30), light 
brown, immature spores obovate 
to ovate-pyriform, walls thick, 
minutely echinulate,light brown, 
with four germ pores lying in 
two zones on either side of the 
equator, 
_ III. Teleutospores _ inter- 
mixed with the uredospores, 
often on the periphery of the Fic. 3. Ruccinia Texana on Berberis 
Sorus ; teleutospores oval to “Vetolata. A, uredospores. , normal 
slightly obovate ; 20-28 x 26- teleutospores. C, germinated teleutospores 
40p; slightly constricted at the with apex and base depressed, the usual form 
septum ; apex erchewhiat or Vor seen in a water mount. 
at all thickened, cells subequal, epispore smooth, pedicel up to 
hte ad long, hyaline; germinated and desiccated teleutospores col- 
Psing inward at base and apex. (See Fig. 3, ¢.) 
On Berberis trifoliolata, Austin, Texas, March 17, 1900, no. 
44; Jan. to Dec., 1901. Type no. 44a, March 17, 1901. 
This species is common in the vicinity of Austin, throughout, 
the entire year on the Berberis bushes, but usually only a few of the 
lower leaves are attacked by it. The teleutospores germinate 
While on the bushes. After germination the base and apex are 
Much depressed (see Fig. 3, c), and this is the form usually seen 
under the microscope when the mount is in water; but if the 
teleutospores are first boiled in lactic acid, they swell out to their 
normal shape and size (see Fig. 3, 4). Both uredo and teleuto- 
Spores are present during the entire year, but the ‘uredospores 
seem to predominate during the winter and spring months. The 
Spots on the leaves usually appear only when the sori are old and 
fi 
ully matured, young sori being without the spots. 
Co8 
Puccinia similis sp. nov. 
bic oe irregularly scattered over the under side of the 
i bak hte , oblong or irregular in shape, .5—I mm.; pseudoper- 
Which na much exserted, with four or more lacerate segments 
pse over the aecidia when desiccated. Aecidiospores 
