Part 3, 1912] ABCIDIACBAB 249 



Caeomurus Desmodii Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 33 • 449 1898 



Caeomuriis Hedysari-paniculati Arth. Proc. Ind" Acad". Sci. 1898 : 180. 1899. 



Uredo Desmodu-letocarpi P. Henn. Hedwigia 41 ■ 107 1902 



Uromyces Desmodii-leiocarpi P. Henn. Hedwigia 48 :'l, 1908. 



0. Pycnia epiphyllous, in small groups on discolored spots, punctiform, small, rather 



inconspicuous, flattened-globoid, 82-110 m in diameter by 65-80 m high; ostiolar filaments 

 25-30 /i long. 



1. Aecia hypophyllous, loosely arranged in small irregular or annular groups, short, 

 cupulate, small, 0.1-0.2 mm. in diameter; peridium somewhat recurved, the margin lacer- 

 ate ; aeciospores globoid, 21-24 by 22-27 m; wall colorless, thin, about 1-1.5 m, finely 

 verrucose. 



II. Uredinia chiefly hypophyllous, scattered, small, roundish, 0.5 mm. or less in 

 diameter, soon naked, pulverulent, light cinnamon-brown, ruptured epidermis notice- 

 able ; paraphyses rather few, encircling the sorus, very inconspicuous, delicate, clavate, 

 9-12 by 25-30 M, the wall very thin, nearly colorless; urediniospores broadly ellipsoid or 

 obovate-elHpsoid, 17-24 by 19-26 m ; wall golden-brown, 1.5 m thick, evenly and finely echinu- 

 late, the pores 3-5, scattered. 



III. Telia chiefly hypopjiyllous, scattered, sometimes aggregated and confluent, round- 

 ish or oval, 0.4-0.8 mm. in diameter, soon naked, pulvinate, somewhat pulverulent, black- 

 ish-brown, ruptured epidermis inconspicuous ; teliospores ovoid or ellipsoid, 15-20 by 

 19-29 M, obtuse or rounded at both ends; wall dark chestnut- or chocolate-brown, thick, 

 2.5-3 M, the apex somewhat thicker, 4-7 /x, concolorous or semihyaline, conspicuously ver- 

 rucose ; pedicel hyaline or nearly so, about twice length of spore. 



On Fabaceae : 



Meibomia amplifolia (Hemsl.) Kuntze {Desmodium amplifolium Hemsl.), Michoacan. 



Meibomia bracteosa (Michx.) Kuntze {Desmodium cuspidatuni Hook.), Illinois. 



Meibom-ia canadensis (ly.) Kuntze (Desmodium canadense DC), Iowa, New Jersey, New 

 York. 



Meibom.ia canescens (L.) Kuntze [Desm-odium. canescens DC) y Connecticut, Illinois, Indi- 

 ana, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, West Vir- 

 ginia. 



Meibomia Dillenii (Darl.) Kuntze {Desmodium Dillenii Darl.), Alabama, Arkansas, Dela- 

 ware, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, 

 Pennsylvania, Wisconsin ; Ontario. 



Meibom.ia elegans (Desv.) Kuntze {Desmodium. elegans DC), Mexico (state), Oaxaca. 



Meibom-ia grandijtora (Walt.) K.unXz& {Desmodium acum-inatum- DC), Kansas, Minne- 

 sota. 



Meibomia illinoensis (A. Gray) Kuntze {Desmodium. illinoense A. Gray), Illinois, 



Kansas. 



Meibomia laevigata (Nutt. ) Kuntze {Desmodium laevigatum DC, D. rkombifolium DC), 

 Delaware, Florida, Indiana, North Carolina. 



Meibomia marilandica (L.) Kuntze {Desmodium m,arilandicum Boott), Alabama, Dela- 

 ware, New Jersey, North Carolina. 



Meibomia Michauxii Vail {Desmodiunt rotundifolium DC), Alabama, Illinois, New 



Jersey, New York. 

 Meibomia obiusa (Muhl.) Vail {Desmodium ciliare DC), Mississippi, New Jersey, North 



Carolina, South Carolina. 

 Meibomia paniculaia (L.) Kuntze {Desmodium paniculatum DC, Hedysarum paniculalum 



Iv.), Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, 



Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, 



South Carolina, Texas, West Virginia. 

 Meibomia paucifior a (Nutt.) Kuntze {Desmodium paucifiorum DC), Arkansas. 

 Meibomia rtgida (KH.) Kuntze {Desmodium rigidum DC), Mississippi, New York. 

 Meibomia sessilifolia (Torr.) Kuntze {Desmodium sessilifolium T. & G.), Iowa, Kansas. 

 Meibomia striata (Pursh) Kuntze {Desmodium sirictum DC), Alabama, North Carolina, 



South Carolina. 

 Meibomia strobilacea (Schlecht.) Kuntze {Desmodium strobilaceum Schlecht.), Jalisco. 

 Meibomia viridifiora (L.) Kuntze {Desmodium viridijlorum Beck), Florida, Indiana, 



Ohio. 



Meibomia sp., Morelos. 



Type locality: North Carolina, on Hedysarum paniculatum. 



Distribution : New York to Minnesota and Nebraska, and southward to the coast, and 

 throughout southern Mexico ; also in South America. 



ExsiCCATi : Kellerm. Ohio Fungi 37, 99, 197 ; Kllis & Ev. Fungi Colurab. 254; Barth. Fungi 

 Columb. 2393, 2696, 2894, 2S95, 2990, 3091, 3092, 3395,3592; Barth. N. Am. Ured. 191; EUis, N. Am. 

 Fungi 246; Rab.-Wint.-Paz. Fungi nv.x.3926; Rav. Fungi Am. 49, 493 ; Sydow, Ured. 254, 1358, 

 2007, 2008, 2009, 2104 ; Carleton, Ured, Am. 19 ; Thiim. Myc. Univ. 946. 



