Part 2, 1907] AECIDIACEAE 139 
II. Telia amphigenous, round or oblong, 1-2 mm. long, often confluent on the stem, 
chestnut-brown (on leaves) to blackish-brown (on stems), pulvinate, subcuticular, ruptured 
cuticle noticeable; paraphyses none; teliospore-heads chestnut-brown, 4-6 cells across, 45~- 
90 » in diameter, smooth or with an indistinct papilla in center of each cell; cysts 
globose, 6-15, pendent from the insertion of the pedicel, not united with one another, slow 
to burst in water ; pedicel persistent, slightly tinted, 50-100 » long. 
ON CAESALPINIACEAE : 
Chamaecrista aspera (Muhl.) Greene, Florida. 
Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene (Cassia Chamaecrista L,.), Obio. 
Chameaecrista multtpinnata (Pollard) Greene, Alabama, Mississippi. : 
TYPE LOCALITY: Auburn, Alabama, on ‘‘ Cassia nichitans,’’ error for Chamaecrista 
multipinnata. : 
DISTRIBUTION: Southern Ohio to Florida and Mississippi. 
ILLUSTRATIONS : Bot. Gaz. 35: pl. 2, f. 12; Hedwigia 33: p/. 5, f. 23. 
Exsiccati: Seym. & Earle, Econ. Fungi B 25. 
20. Ravenelia indica Berk. Gard. Chron. 1853: 132. 1853. 
O. Pycnia unknown. 
II. Uredinia amphigenous, scattered or in circinating groups, round or irregular, 0.3- 
1 mm. across, subcuticular, soon naked, cinnamon-brown, ruptured cuticle noticeable ; 
paraphyses wanting; urediniospores globoid, 13-16 by 16-20 “; wall pale golden-brown, 
medium thick, 2-3 4, finely echinulate-verrucose, ‘pores 6-10, scattered. 
IfI. Telia amphigenous, chiefly caulicolous, elongated, 0.5-1 mm. wide by 1-3 mm. 
long, often larger and coalescent, subcuticular, early naked, blackish-brown, somewhat shin- 
ing, ruptured cuticle conspicuous; teliospore-heads dark chestnut-brown, hemispherical, 
from above roundish, 6-8 cells across, 70-112 u, in diameter, smooth ; cysts globoid or ovoid, 
16-18 by 18-26 », hyaline, smooth, pendent from beneath the head, not united; pedicel 
cinnamon-brown, 10-16 » in diameter, 40-130 # long. 
On CAESALPINIACEAE : 
Cassia Absus I,., Jalisco, Oaxaca, 
Cassia hispidula Vahl, Oaxaca. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Parus Nath, Behar, India, on ‘Acacia or Abrus,” errors for Cassia Adbsus. 
DISTRIBUTION : Southern Mexico; also in India. 
21. Ravenelia mesilliana Ellis & Barth. Bull. Torrey Club 25: 508. 1898. 
O. Pyenia unknown. 
II. Urediniospores intermixed with the teliospores, few seen, globoid or broadly ellip- 
soid, 17-20 by 20-232; wall cinnamon-brown, medium thick, 2-2.5 4, low and sparsely 
echinulate, pores 6 or more, scattered. 
III. Telia amphigenous, numerous, scattered, crowded, often confluent, about 1mm, 
across, subcuticular, early naked, blackish-brown, shining, ruptured cuticle noticeable ; 
paraphyses unknown ; teliospore-heads chestnut-brown, 5-8 cells across, 50-90 » in diam- 
eter, smooth; cysts hyaline, globoid, pendent beneath entire head, somewhat united ; 
pedicel hyaline, short, deciduous. 
ON CAESALPINIACEAE : . 
Cassia bauhinioides A. Gray, New Mexico. : 
TYPE LOCALITY: Mesilla, New Mexico, on Cassia bauhiniotdes. 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
ILLUSTRATION : Bot. Gaz. 35: pl. 2,7. 2g 
22. Ravenelia portoricensis Arthur, Bull Torrey Club 31: 5. 1904. 
Ravenehia Arthuri Long, Jour. Myc. 12: 234. 1906. 
O. Pycnia unknown. 
Il. Uredinia amphigenous, in circinating groups, roundish, 0.5 mm. or less across, 
subepidermal, soon naked, pale brownish-yellow, ruptured epidermis noticeable; para- 
physes none; urediniospores broadly ellipsoid, 16-20 by 21-294; wall golden-yellow, 
medium thick, 2.5, rather thickly echinulate, pores 6-8, scattered. 
III. Telia chiefly epiphyllous, scattered, oval or oblong, 0.5-1 mm. long, often con- 
fluent, subepidermal, soon naked, blackish-brown, shining, ruptured epidermis very con- 
