Part 5, 1920] AECIDIACEAE 371 
IIl. Telia hypophylious, amphigenous, or caulicolous, numerous, scattered, roundish, 
oval or oblong, 0.2-0.5 by 0.3-1 mm., rather early naked, compact, becoming pulverulent, 
cinnamon- or chestnut-brown, ruptured epidermis conspicuous; teliospores ellipsoid or clavate, 
14-20 by 32-45 » (western forms 16-22 by 35-55 x), rounded or occasionally truncate above, 
narrowed below, usually constricted at septum; wall golden- or very light chestnut-brown, 
moderately thin, 1.5-2 », thicker above, 6-10 yu, smooth; pedicel concolorous, as long as spore 
or less. 
ON JUNCACEAE: 
Juncoides Carolinae (S. Wats.) Kuntze (Luzula Carolinae S. Wats., L. saltuensis Fernald), 
New York; Nova Scotia, Ontario. 
Juncoides comosum (E. Meyer) Sheldon, Oregon. 
Juncoides intermedium (Thuiil.) Rydb. (Luzula intermedia A. Nelson, L. campestris Am. 
Auct.), Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Mame, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Vermont, 
Wisconsin; Nova Scotia. 
Juncoides parviflorum (Ehrh.) Coville (Luzula parviflora Desv.), Idaho, Oregon, Washing- 
ton; British Columbia. 
TypH Locality: Near Parma, Italy, on Luzula campesiris. 
Disrrmurion: Canada and northern United States; also in Europ: 
ee. 
ILLustRaATIONS: Beitr. Krypt. Schweiz 2?: f. 187; "Holwa : Ured. 1: pl. 5, f. 25; Krypt.-fl. 
Brand. Pilze 3: f. 91. - 
e eects Barth. N. Am. Ured. 558, 1462; Ellis, N. Am. Fungi 1469; Seym. & Earle, Econ. 
‘ungi 
144. Dicaeoma Veratri (DC.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 3: 471. 1898. 
Uredo Veratri DC.; Poir. in Lam. Encyc. 8: 224, 1808. 
Puccinia Verairi Duby, Bot. Gall. 890. 1830. 
Puccinia Veratri Niessl, Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 9:177. 1859. 
Puccinia Veratri Clinton; Peck, Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 27: 103. 1875. 
O. Pycnia hypophylious, scattered between the aecia, immersed, becoming brownish, 
globoid or flask-shaped, rather large, 112-144 » broad by 128-175 uw high; ostiolar filaments 
55-65 » long; pycniospores many, oval, 0.5-1 by 1-3 4. 
I. Aecia hypophyllous, numerous, crowded often over the entire lower surface of the leaf, 
broadly cupulate, 0.3-0.6 mm. in diameter; peridium white, much recurved, the margin lacer- 
ate; peridial cells rhomboidal or oblong, 16-21 by 21-30 u, somewhat overlapping, the outer 
wall 3-5 » thick, the inner wall 3-6 u, verrucose; aeciospores roundish or oval, 14-18 by 16- 
24 »; wall light-yellow, thin, 1 », finely verrucose. 
On ONAGRACEAE: 
Chamaenerion latifolium (I..) Sweet (Epilobium latifolium ¥.), British Columbia. 
Epilobium alpinum L., Montana, New Hampshire, Utah. 
Epilobium onagallidifolium Lam., Montana. 
Epilobium Hornemannii Reichenb., Utah; British Columbia. 
Epilobium paniculatum Nutt., Idaho, Washington. 
Epilobium rubescens Rydb., Utah. 
Epilobium sp., Oregon. 
Il. Uredinia amphigenous or hypophyllous, scattered, round or oval, small, 0.2-0.5 mm. 
broad by 0.2-1 mm. long, early naked, light cinnamon-brown, pulverulent, ruptured epidermis 
conspicuous; urediniospores globoid or obovate-globoid, 17-23 by 20-28 yu; wall golden-brown, 
rather thin, 1.5-2 4, moderately echinulate with blunt points, the pore 1, lateral or subequa- 
torial. 
Ill. Telia amphigenous or hypophyllous, many, scattered, round or oval, 0.3-0.6 mm. 
broad by 0.3-1.5 mm. long, early naked, cinnamon-brown, pulverulent, ruptured epidermis 
conspicuous; teliospores ellipsoid, 17-23 by 25-46 », rounded at base and apex, both cells 
usually globoid and inclined to separate; wall cinnamon-brown, uniformly thick, 1-2.5 u, 
echinulate-verrucose with low points, the pore of the upper cell usually discernable, apical, 
often covered with a low hyaline papilla, the pore of the lower cell often midway; pedicel 
colorless, fragile or deciduous. 
ON MELANTHACEAE: 
Veratrum Eschscholtzianum (R. & S.) Rydb., Idaho, Oregon; British Columbia. 
Veratrum speciosum Rydb. (V. californicum S. Wats. not Durand), California, New Mex- 
ico, Oregon, Utah, Washington; British Columbia. 
Veratrum tenuipetalum A. Heller, Colorado. 
Veratrum viride Ait., Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, 
West Virginia. 
