248 NORTH AMERICAN FLORA [VoLUMB 7 



Uromyces Lespedezae Peck ; Coulter, Bot. Bull. [Bot. Gaz.] 1 : 20. 1878. 



Aecidium leucosHcium Berk. & Curt.; Burrill, Bull. 111. Lab. Nat. Hist. 2 : 226. 1885. 



Caeomurus Lespedezae Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 3^ : 450. 1898. 



Caeomurus Lespedezae-procumbentis Arth. Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci. 1898 : 180. 1899. 



0. Pycnia epiphyllous, in small groups about 0.5 mm. across, punctiform, minute, in- 

 conspicuous, yellowish, flattened-globoid, 80-98 ju in diameter by 64-74/4 high ; ostiolar fila- 

 ments 25-40 /x long. 



1. Aecia hypophyllous, in small groups 1-1.5 mm. across, on discolored spots, short, 



cupulate, 0.1-0.2 mm. in diameter; peridium pale- yellow or white, the margin revolute, 



lacerate ; peridial cells rhomboidal, 19-25 m long, the outer wall rather thick, 4-7 m, trans- 

 versely striate, the inner wall thinner, 3-4/a, moderately verrucose, somewhat striate ; 



aeciospores globoid, 11-15 by 13-16 /t ; wall colorless, thin, 1 )u, minutely verrucose. 



II. Uredinia hypophyllous, scattered, roundish, small, about 0.2-0.3 mm. across, rather 

 tardily naked, pale cinnamon-brown, pulverulent, ruptured epidermis conspicuous; paraph- 

 yses encircling the sori, strongly incurved, cylindrical to slender-clavate, 10-12 bj- 45-58 ju, 

 the wall pale-yellowish, thick, smooth ; urediniospores broadly ellipsoid or obovate-ellip- 

 soid, 13-18 by 16-23 /x ; wall pale golden-brown, rather thin, 1-1.5 ju, rather obscurely and 

 sparsely echinulate, the pores 3 or 4, approximately equatorial. 



III. Telia amphigenous, scattered, roundish or oval, 0.3-1 mm. across, rather tardily 

 naked, conipact, pulvinate, blackish-brown, ruptured epidermis evident; paraphyses simi- 

 lar to those in the uredinia, usually present but less abundant ; teliospores ovoid, oblong or 

 oblong-clavate, 12-16 by 18-32 m, rounded or obtuse at the apex, obtuse or usually narrowed 

 below; wall smooth, dark chestnut-brown, 1.5/i thick, the apex much thickened, 5-10 ju or 

 more, slightly paler above ; pedicel colorless, once to once and a half length of spore. 



On Fabaceae : 



Lespedeza angustifolia (Pursh) KU., Connecticut, Virginia. 



Lespedeza capiiata Michx., Alabama, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Mas- 

 sachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, 

 Vermont, Wisconsin ; Ontario. 

 Lespedeza frutescens (L.) Britton {L. retictilata S. Wats, not Pass., L. intermedia Britton), 

 Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, 

 Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia. 

 Lespedeza hirta (L.) Hornem. {L. polystachya Michx.), Alabama, Delaware, Florida, 

 Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, 

 West Virginia. 

 Lespedeza lepiostachya Engelm., Iowa. 

 Lespedeza Nuttallii Darl., Kentucky, New York. 



Lespedeza procumbens Michx., Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massa- 

 chusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Rhode Island, West Virginia. 

 Lespedeza repens (L.) Bart., Alabama, District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, Missis- 

 sippi, Missouri, S^outh Carolina, West Virginia. 

 Lespedeza Stuvei Nutt., Alabama, Arkansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, North 



Carolina, Tennessee. 

 Lespedeza texana Britton, Texas. 

 Lespedeza violacea (L-) Pers., Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, Ohio, 



South Carolina, West Virginia, Wisconsin. 

 Lespedeza virginica (L.) Britton {L. reticulata Pers., L. sessilijlora Michx., L. violacea 

 angustifolia T. & G.), Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of ColumlDia, Illinois, 

 Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina. 

 Type locality: North Carolina, on Lespedeza procumbens. 



Distribution : Vermont to Minnesota, and southward to Florida and Texas ; also in Japan 

 and northeastern Asia. 



Kxsiccati: Ellis, N. Am. Fungi 245; Ellis & E v. N. Am. Fungi 1827 ; Ellis & Ev. Fungi 

 Columb. 1697, 1698; Barth. Fungi Columb. 2493, 2596, 2797, 2896, 2897, 2898, 2992, 2993 ; Barth. N. 

 Am. Ured. 94, 194; Kellerm. Ohio Fungi 39, 198; Sydow, Ured. 306, 2358; Rav. Fungi Car. 4: 

 92; Rav. Fungi Am. 494; Thiim. Myc. Univ. 643, 1528; Rab.-Wint.-Paz. Fungi l^ur.3929; Seym. 

 & Earle, Econ. Fungi27^; Roum. Fungi Gall. 4507 ; Vesterg. Micr. Rar. Sel. 447. 



50. Nigredo Hedysari-paniculati (Schw.) Arth. R&ult. Sci. 



Congr. Bot. Vienne 343. 1906. 



Puccinia Hedysari-paniculati Schw. Schr. Nat. Ges. Leipzig 1 : 74. 1822. 

 Phragmidium, Hedysari Schw. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. II. 4 : 297. 1832. 

 Uromyces solidus Berk. & Curt. Grevillea 3 : 57. 1874. 

 Uromyces Desmodii Cooke, Hedwigia 17 : 39. Mr 1878. 

 Uromyces Desmodii Thum. Bull. Torrey Club 6 : 215. Mr 1878. 

 Uromyces Hedysari-paniculati 'Ba.rl.', Ellis, N. Am. Fungi 2'^5. 1879. 

 Aecidium Desmodii P. Henn. Hedwigia 35 : 259. 1896. 



