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III. Telia chiefly hypophyllous, broadly oblong, 0.5-1 mm. long, long covered by the 
epidermis, blackish-brown, somewhat pulvinate, compound, surrounded by a brownish stroma; 
teliospores germinating at maturity, oblong-clavate or cylindric, 15-21 by 37-61 y, truncate or 
rounded above, narrowed below, slightly or not constricted at septum; wall thin, about 1 y, 
somewhat thickened above, 3-6 u, dark chestnut-brown above, paler below, smooth; pedicel 
very short, dark chestnut-brown at the attachment. 
On Poaceae: 
Secale cereale I,,, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hlinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, 
Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, 
Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vir- 
ginia, Washington, West Virginia; Alberta. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Europe, on Anchusa [officinalis]. 
Distrisution: Practically coextensive with the cultivation of rye, reported from New York 
to Michigan and southward to Florida and Texas, as well as from Washington and Oregon; also in 
Europe and other parts of the world. The aecia are comparatively rare. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Grove, Brit. Rust Fungi f. 198; McAlpine, Rusts Austr. pl. 1, f. 1, 4, 9, ol. 
PGs ea Zeits. Pflanzenkr. 8: 335, f. 3; Beitr. Krypt. Schweiz 2?:f.261; Rostr. Plantep. Haandb. 
Exsiccati: Barth. Fungi Columb. 3062, 3350, 4452, 4842; Barth. N. Am. Ured. 223, 530, 
oe 1428, 2226, 2227; Ellis & Ev. Fungi Columb. 1865; D. Griff. W. Am. Fungi 21a: Sydow, Ured. 
87. Dicaeoma apocryptum (Ellis & Tracy) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 3°: 467. 
1898. 
Aecidium Hydrophylli Peck, Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 1:68. 1873. Not Dicaeoma Hydrophylli 
Kuntze, 1898. 
?Aecidium Phaceliae Peck, Bull. Torrey Club 11:50. 1884. 
Puccinia apocrypta Ellis & Tracy, Jour. Myc. 6:76, 1890. 
Aecidium Onosmodii Arth. Bull. Torrey Club 31:6. 1904. 
Aecidium Mertensiae Arth. Bull. Torrey Club 31:6. 1904. 
Aecidium Williamsii Ricker, Jour. Myc. 10: 165. 1904. 
O. Pycnia amphigenous or epiphylious, in small circular groups, crowded, immersed, 
globoid in vertical section, 65-120 wu in diameter; ostiolar filaments 60-90 yu long. 
I. Aecia hypophyllous, in crowded circular groups, up to 5 mm. or more across, cupulate, . 
0.4-0.5 mm. in diameter; peridium yellowish or colorless, the margin spreading and somewhat 
recurved, unevenly eroded; peridial cells oblong, 16-26 by 26-37 w, the outer wall smooth, 
striate, thick, 5-9 u, the inner wall thinner, 2~3 u, moderately verrucose; aeciospores globoid, 
16-26 by 21-29 yu; wall colorless, moderately thin, 1.5-2 y, finely and closely verrucose. 
ON HypROPHYLLACEAE: F 
Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia (Benth.) Greene (Ellisia chrysanthemifolia Benth.), California. 
Hydrophyllum albifrons A. Heller (H. congestum Wiegand), Idaho, Oregon. 
Hydrophyllum appendiculatum Michx., Illinois. ; 
Hydrophyllum capitatum Dougl., Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, 
Wyoming. 
Hydrophyllum Fendleri (A. Gray) A. Heller, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Wyoming. 
Hydrophyllum occidentale A. Gray, California. 
Hydrophyllum tenuipes A. Heller, Oregon, Washington. 
Hydrophyllum virginianum L,., Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, North Dakota. 
Hydrophyllum Watsoni (A. Gray) Rydb., Utah. 
Nyctelea Nyctelea (L.) Britton (Ellisia Nyctelea L., Macrocalyx Nyctelea Kuntze), Iowa, 
Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma. 
Phacelia alpina Rydb., Utah. 
Phacelia californica Cham., California. 
Phacelia circinata Jacq., California. 
Phacelia distans Benth., California. 
Phacelia heterophylla Pursh, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah; British Columbia. 
Phacelia hispida A. Gray, California. 
Phacelia leucophylla Torr., Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon. 
Phacelia ramosissima Dougl., California. 
Phacelia tanacetifolia Benth., California. 
On BORAGINACEAE: 
Lappula coerulescens Rydhb., Utah. 
Lithospermum linearifolium Goldie (L. angustifolium Micbx.), Nebraska, North Dakota, 
South Dakota. 
Mertensia laevigata Piper, Idaho, Oregon. 
Mertensia paniculata (Ait.) G. Don, Montana. os ; . 
Myosotis virginica (L.) B.S.P. (M. verna Nutt.), Illinois, Missouri. 
Onosmodium occidentale Mackenzie, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota. 
