308 NORTH AMERICAN FLORA [VoLUME 7 
ON PoackaE: 
?Aristida Adscensionis L,. (A. bromoides H.B.K.), California, New Mexico; Coahuila, Jalisco. 
Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene (D. maritima Raf.), Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, 
Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, 
Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming: Saskatch- 
ewan, : 
?Pleuraphis Jamesii Torr. (Hiloeria Jamesii Benth.), Arizona. 
?Pleuraphis rigida Thurb. (Hilaria rigida Benth.), Nevada. 
TYPE Loca.ity: [Frisco], Utah, on Sarcobatus vermiculatus. 
DistriBuTion: Abundant on alkaline soil from North Dakota to Saskatchewan and southward 
to Utah, western Texas, and central Mexico, and sparingly on the Atlantic coast fromMaine to Dela- 
asta eiee on the Pacific coast from Washington to southern California; also in South America, Asia, 
an rica. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. Univ. Iowa 5: gl. 1, f. 46a, b. 
Exsiceati: Arth. & Holway, Ured. Exs. Ic. 46a, b; Barth. Fungi Columb. 3267, 3769, 3802, 
3846, 4163, 4371; Barth. N. Am. Ured. 62, 265, 570, 571,572, 643,704, 767, 1175, 1271, 1272, 1870, 
1871, 1872, 1967, 1968, 2062, 2063, 2064, 2065, 2066, 2067, 2068, 2069, 2070, 2071; Brenckle, Fungi 
Dak.47, 130, 204; Clements, Crypt. Form. Colo. 578; Ellis& Ev. N. Am. Fungi 1822, 3047; Ellis & Ev. 
Fungi Columb. 348, 1501, 1976, 2073; Garrett, Fungi Utah. 169; D. Griff. W. Am. Fungi 38, 359; Rab.- 
Wint. Fungi Eur. 3634; Seym. & Earle, Econ. Fungi 536; Sydow, Ured. 1279, 2279, 2433; Vesterg. 
Micr. Rar. Sel. 853; Zahlbr. Krypt. 2008. 
49. Dicaeoma hibisciatum (Schw.) Arth. Résult. Sci. Congr. Bot. 
Vienne 344. 1906. 
Caeoma (Aecidium) hibisciatum Schw. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. II, 4: 293. 1832. 
Aecidium (Caeoma) hibisciatum Schw. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. IT. 4: 309. 1832. 
Aecidium Napaeae Arth. & Holway; Arth. Bull. Iowa Agr. Coll. Dep. Bot. 1884: 166. 1884. 
aie Windsoriae Burrill, Bull. Ill. Lab. Nat. Hist. 2: 197. 1885. Not P. Windsoriae Schw. 
Aecidium Callirrhoés Ellis & Kellerm. Jour. Myc. 2:4. 1886. 
Puccinia Schedonnardi Kellerm. & Swingle, Jour. Myc. 4:95. 1888. 
Aecidium Malvasiri Ellis & Tracy, Jour. Myc. 7:43. 1881. 
Aecidium Sphaeralceae Ellis & Ev. Bull. Torrey Club 22: 364. 1895. 
Puccinia Triodiae Ellis & Barth. Erythea 4:3. 1896. 
Aecidium Gossypii Ellis & Ev. Erythea 5:6. 1897. 
Dicaeoma Schedonnardi Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 33: 470. 1898. 
Dicaeoma Triodiae Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 34: 471. 1898. 
Puccinia Epicampes Arth. Bull. Torrey Club. 28: 662. 1901. 
Puccinia Muhlenbergiae Arth. & Holway, Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. Univ. Iowa 5: 317. 1902. 
Puccinia tosta Arth. Bull. Torrey Club 29: 228. 1902. 
Puccinia hibisciata Kellerm. Jour. Myc. 9: 110. -1903. 
Aecidium malvicola Arth. Bull. Torrey Club 31:6. 1904, 
Dicaeoma Muhlenbergiae Arth. Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci. 1903: 148. 1904. 
O. Pycnia amphigenous, few, in small crowded groups on discolored spots, honey-yellow 
becoming brownish, globose in vertical section, 90-140 » in diameter; ostiolar filaments 40- 
100 » long. 
I. Aecia hypophyllous, in circular groups 4-10 mm. in diameter, surrounding the pycnia, 
cupulate or short-cylindric, small, 0.3-0.4 mm. broad; peridium low, yellowish or colorless, the 
margin lacerate and recurved; peridial cells quadratic or oblong, 18-26 by 21~35 y», overlapping, 
the outer wall thick, 7-14 2, smooth and striate, the inner wall thinner, 3-7 », coarsely ver- 
rucose; aeciospores globoid or broadly oblong, 15-21 by 16-26 yw; wall colorless or very light- 
yellow, somewhat variable in thickness, 1-3 y, finely and inconspicuously verrucose, often 
appearing smooth. 
ON MALVACEAE: 
Abutilon sp., Nuevo Leén. 
Althaea rosea 1,., Nebraska. 
Callirhoé alceoides (Michx.) A. Gray, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska. 
Callirhoé digitata Nutt., Oklahoma. 
Callirhoé involucrata (T. & G.) A. Gray, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma. 
Gossypium hirsutum 1,., Texas; Lower California. 
Gossypium sp., Mexico (state). 
Hibiscus lasiocarpus Cav., Illinois. 
Hibiscus militaris Cav., Illinois, Nebraska, Pennsylvania. 
Hibiscus Moscheutos L,., Alabama, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio. 
Melvastrum coccineum (Pursh) A. Gray, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North 
Dakota. 
Malvastrum fasciculatum (Nutt.) Greene, California, 
Malvaviscus acerifolius Pres|, Hidalgo, Jalisco. 
Napaea dioica L,., Indiana, Iowa. . 
Sida hederacea (Dougl.) Torr., New Mexico. 
Sidalcea candida A. Gray, Colorado. | 
Sphaeraicea lobata Wooton, New Mexico. 
