144 NORTH AMERICAN FLORA | VOLUME 7 
obovate-ovoid, 17-26 by 20-304; wall thick, 2-3, chestnut-brown, closely and strongly 
echinulate, pores 8-12, scattered in or near the equatorial zone. 
HII. Telia amphigenous, from punctate to 0.5 mm. across, scattered, subepidermal, 
blackish-brown, shining ; teliospore-heads chestnut-brown, 6-8 cells across, 65-150 in dia- 
meter, smooth; cysts pendent, decurrent into the pedicel ; pedicel colorless, short. 
ON FABACEAE : 
Brongniartia nudtifiora S, Wats., Jalisco. 
Brongniartia podalyrioides H. B. K., Jalisco. 
TYPE LOcALity : Guadalajara, Mexico, on Brongniarta sp. 
DISTRIBUTION: Southern Mexico. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Bot. Gaz. 35: pl. 3, f. 21; Beih. Bot. Centr. 202: 1.5, f. 10. ‘ 
35. Ravenelia Piscidiae Long, Jour. Myc. 12: 234. 1906. 
O. Pycnia unknown. 
II. Uredinia amphigenous, small, 1 mm. or less across, subepidermal, pulverulent, 
pale cinnamon-brown, ruptured epidermis inconspicuous ; paraphyses few, intermixed with 
the spores, cylindrical, sometimes curved above, 10-12 by 30-50, wall smooth, uniformly 
thin, chestnut-brown above, paler below; urediniospores ellipsoid, 15-17 by 17-29»; wall 
pale cinnamon-brown, thin, 1-1.5, finely and closely echinulate, pores 7-10, scattered. 
III. Telia amphigenous, minute, scattered and coalescing, blackish, subepidermal, 
ruptured epidermis inconspicuous ; paraphyses few or none ; teliospore-heads dark chestnut- 
brown, 4-6 cells across, 75-120 in diameter, smooth; cysts flattened against the underside 
of the head, reaching from the pedicel to the periphery; pedicel colorless, short, slender. 
ON FABACEAE : 
Ichthyomethia Piscipula (1,.) A. S. Hitche. (Piscidia Erythrina I,.), Florida. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Miami, Florida, on Piscidia Erythrina. 
DISTRIBUTION : Known only from the type locality. 
36. Ravenelia laevis Dietel & Holway, Bot. Gaz. 24: 35. 1897. 
Pleoravenelia laevis Long, Bot. Gaz. 35: 127. 1903. 
O. Pycnia unknown. 
II. Uredinia amphigenous, small, 1 mm. or less across, subepidermal, pulverulent, 
cinnamon-brown, ruptured epidermis evident; paraphyses evenly intermixed with the 
spores, spatulate or spatulate-capitate, 20-30 by 80-110, wall smooth, uniformly thick, 7— 
10, chestnut-brown above, paler below; urediniospores broadly obovate or globoid, 16-22 
by 20-264; wall cinnamon-brown, medium thick, about 3 4, finely and closely echinulate, 
pores many (15 or more), scattered. 
III. Telia epiphyllous, grouped or scattered, punctate to 1 mm. in diameter, blackish, 
shining, subepidermal, ruptured epidermis noticeable; paraphyses few or none; teliospore- 
heads chestnut-brown, 5-6 cells across, 60-130» in diameter, smooth; cysts flattened against 
the underside of the head, reaching from the pedicel to the periphery; pedicel colorless, 
short, slender. 
ON FABACEAE : 
Indigofera densifiora Mart. & Gal., Mexico (state), Morelos, Oaxaca. 
Indigofera jaliscensts Rose, Jalisco. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Eslava, near City of Mexico, Mexico, on Judigofera sp. 
DISTRIBUTION : Southern Mexico. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Bot. Gaz. 35: A. 3, f. 17; Beih. Bot. Centr. 202: £1. 6, f. ZZ. 
37. Ravenelia Indigoferae Tranz. Hedwigia 33: 369. 1894. 
Uredo Anilis P. Henn. Hedwigia Beibl. 38: 68. 1899. 
Pleoravenelia Indigoferae Long, Bot. Gaz. 35: 129. 1903, 
OQ. Pycnia unknown. 
II. Uredinia amphigenous, small, 1 mm. or less across, subepidermal, more or less 
grouped, pulverulent, cinnamon-brown, ruptured epidermis inconspicuous; paraphyses 
evenly intermixed with the spores, spatulate or spatulate-capitate, 20-30 by 80-100, cinna- 
mon-brown with nearly colorless stipe, wall smooth, thickened above, 2-34, thin below; 
urediniospores obovate-oval or ovoid, 18-23 by 22-27“; wall cinnamon-brown, medium thin, 
1.5-2 4, finely and sparsely echinulate, pores 8-12, scattered. 
