90 NORTH AMERICAN FLORA [VoLumME 7 
Elephaniopus mollis H. B. K., Guatemala; Jamaica; Porto Rico. 
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray, Alabama, Virginia. 
Llephantopus scaber I,., Cuba; Porto Rico. 
Elephantopus tomentosus L,., Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Vir- 
ginia. : 
TYPE LOCALITY : North Carolina, on Elephantopus tomentosus. 
DISTRIBUTION : Virginia and southern Illinois to Central America and the West Indies ; also in 
South America. 
ExsiccaT1: Ellis, N. Am. Fungi 1487; Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Fungi 1880, 
12. Coleosporium Eupatorii Arth. Bull. Torrey Club 33: 31. 1906. 
O and I. Pycnia and aecia unknown. 
II. Uredinia chiefly hypophyllous, scattered, small, 0.25 mm. across, early naked, yel- 
low fading to white, ruptured epidermis somewhat noticeable ; urediniospores short-ellip- 
soid or globoid, 15-20 by 22-27»; wall medium thick, 2-2.5y, half formed by the rather 
large, irregular, deciduous tubercles. 
Ill. Telia unknown. 
ON CARDUACEAE : 
Eupatorium collinum DC., Guatemala. 
Eupatorium macrophylium I,., Cuba; Nicaragua. 
TYPE LOCALITY: El. Yunque, Baracoa, Cuba, on Aupatorium macrophyllum. 
DISTRIBUTION: West Indies and Central America. 
13. Coleosporium Steviae Arth. Bot. Gaz. 40: 197. 1905. 
O and I. Pycnia and aecia unknown. 
II. Uredinia hypophyllous, scattered unevenly and often thickly, 0.25-0.5 mm. across, 
early naked, yellowish fading to white, ruptured epidermis somewhat noticeable ; uredinio- 
spores ellipsoid to globoid, more or less angular, 18-23 by 26-35; wall rather thin, 
1.5-2, finely verrucose. 
III. Telia hypophyllous, scattered unevenly, often confluent, 0.25-0.5 # across, slightly 
elevated, orange-yellow fading to very pale-yellow; teliospores with wall swelling 30-40 u 
thick above; contents orange-yellow fading to colorless, cylindrical, 12-19 by 50-754, 
truncate or rounded at both ends. 
ON CARDUACEAE : 
Stevia monardaefolia H.B.K., Mexico (state), Michoacan, Morelos. 
Stevia reglensis Benth., Mexico (state). 
Stevia rhombifolia H.B.K., Mexico (state). 
Stevia salicifolia Cav., Hidalgo, Mexico (state), Michoacan. 
Stevia trachelioides (DC.) Hook., Mexico (state). 
Stevia viscida H.B.K., Mexico (state). 
TYPE LOCALITY: Nevada de Toluca, Mexico, on Sievia tracheliotdes. 
DISTRIBUTION: Central Mexico. 
14. Coleosporium Laciniariae Arthur, sp. nov. 
O and I. Pycnia and aecia unknown. 
II. Uredinia amphigenous, scattered, large, 1 mm. across, soon naked, yellow fading 
to a dirty white, ruptured epidermis mostly inconspicuous; urediniospores subelliptical or 
globoid, 18-23 by 24-354; wall rather thin, 1.54, closely and strongly verrucose with 
uniform papillae. 
III. Telia amphigenous, and sometimes caulicolons, scattered, often confluent, some- 
what elevated, reddish-orange; teliospores with wall swelling 30-40 thick above; con- 
tents orange-yellow when fresh, fading to colorless, clavate or oblanceolate, 16-21 by 58- 
77 w, obtuse or sometimes narrowed above, much narrowed below. 
On CARDUACEAE: ; : 
Laciniaria Chapmanti (T. & G.) Kuntze, Florida. cones 
Laciniaria graminifolia (Walt.) Kuntze (Liatris graminifolia Pursh), Alabama. 
Type collected at Auburn, Alabama, on Laciniaria graminifolia, October, 1895, L. M. Under- 
wood. 
DISTRIBUTION : Southeastern United States. 
15. Coleosporium Solidaginis (Schw.) Thiim. Bull. Torrey Club 
6: 216. 1878. 
Uredo Solidaginis Schw. Schr. Nat. Ges. Leipzig 1: 70. 1822. 
Caeoma (Uredo) Solidaginis Schw. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. II. 4: 291. 1832. 
Peridermium acicolum Underw, & Earle, Bull. Torrey Club 23: 400. 1896. 
Stichopsora Asterum Dietel, Bot. Jahrb. 28: 565. 1899. 
Stichopsora Solidaginis Dietel, Hedwigia Beibl. 42: 181. 1903. 
