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erect, the margin irregularly lacerate; peridial cells irregularly rectangular, about 13-21 by 
32-35 uy, abutted, the outer wall transversely striate, rather thick, 4-9 4, the inner wall ver- 
rucose, thinner, 2-3 y; aeciospores globoid or ellipsoid, 21-26 by 26-31 4; wall golden-yellow, 
1.5-2 w thick, finely and closely verrucose. 
II. Uredinia amphigenous, many, scattered, oval or oblong, 0.3-0.6 by 0.4-1.5 mm., 
rather early naked by a somewhat irregular longitudinal slit, pulverulent, cinnamon-brown, 
ruptured epidermis conspicuous; urediniospores globoid or ellipsoid, 23-32 by 30-39 »; wall 
light golden-brown, moderately thick, 1.5-2.5 », finely echinulate with blunt points, the pores 
10-14, scattered. 
III. Telia amphigenous, many, scattered, linear-oblong, 0.3-0.6 by 0.4-1.5 mm., rather 
early naked by a longitudinal slit, pulverulent, blackish, ruptured epidermis conspicuous; 
teliospores oblong, 25-33 by 42-63 », rounded or truncate above, rounded or narrowed below, 
slightly or not constricted at septum; wall uniformly thick, 3-4 u, dark chocolate-brown, very 
coarsely tuberculate; pedicel pale or colorless, deciduous. 
On ALLIACEAE: 
Dipterostemon capitata (Benth.) Rydb. (Brodiaea capitata Benth.), California. 
TYPE LocaLity: Antioch, California, on Brodiaea capitata. 
DIstRIBuTIoN: The coast of California from San tara southward. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Holway, N. Am. Ured. 1: #1. 8, f. 32a, b. 
Exsiccati: Ellis & Ev. Fungi Columb. 1188; Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Fungi 3572. 
152. Dicaeoma Asparagi (DC.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 33: 467. 1898. 
Puccinia Asparagi DC. Fl. Fr. 2: 595. 1805. 
Puccinia Discoidearum Asparagi Wallr. Fl. Crypt. Germ. 2: 222. 1833. 
Aecidium Asparagi Lasch; Klotzsch, Herb. Viv. Myc. 1i79; 1847; Flora 31: 509. 1848. 
Uredo Asparagi Lasch; Klotzsch, Herb. Viv. Myc. 1180. 1847; Flora 31: 509. 1848. 
Puccinia oxypus Bon. ‘Abh. Nat. Ges. Halle 5: 219. 1860. 
O. Pyenia caulicolous, loosely gregarious among the aecia, punctiform, honey-yellow 
becoming brownish, globoid or flattened-globoid, 80-130 » wide by 90-150 deep; ostiolar 
filaments short, 30-40 pz. 
I. Aecia caulicolous, scattered or often gregarious on oblong or lenticular spots, short- 
cylindric, 0.2-0.3 mm. wide by 0.2-0.4 mm. high; peridium white, the margin erect, incised; 
peridial cells rhomboidal, 12-23 by 20-35 p, the outer wall thick, 5-10 y, transversely striate, 
the inner wall thin, 2-4 u, coarsely granular; aeciospores globoid or angular, 15~21 by 17- 
26 »; wall pale-yellow, thin, 1 », finely verrucose. 
II. Uredinia caulicolous, many, scattered, oblong or linear, 0.2~0.5 by 0.3-3 mm., rather 
early naked by a longitudinal slit, pulverulent, cinnamon-brown, ruptured epidermis notice- 
able; urediniospores globoid or ellipsoid, 18~25 by 22-30; wall golden-yellow, moderately 
thick, 1.5-2 », closely and minutely echinulate, the pores usually 4, equatorial. 
III. Telia caulicolous, many, scattered or more or less confluent on lenticular areas, 
individual sori oblong or linear, 0.2-1 by 0.4-3 mm., rather early naked, somewhat pulvinate, 
chocolate-brown, ruptured epidermis conspicuous; teliospores ellipsoid, 18-25 by 30-48 y, 
rounded at both ends, slightly constricted at septum; wall chestnut-brown, moderately thick, 
2-3 p, thickened above, 4-8 », smooth; pedicel somewhat colored, one-half to twice length of 
spore; mesospores often quite numerous, ellipsoid or angular, 19-23 by 29-35 yp, the wall chest- 
nut-brown, moderately thick, 2-3 u, thicker at apex, 4-9 un, smooth, the pedicel often twice 
length of spore. 
On ALLIACEAE: 
Allium Cepa L., Iowa, Nebraska. 
ON CONVALLARIACEAE: 
Asparagus officinalis L., California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, 
Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, 
New York, North Carolina, N orth Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, 
West Virginia, Wisconsin; Manitoba, Ontario. 
TYPE LOCALITY: France, on Asparagus officinalis. 
DistRIBUTION: Introduced with asparagus culture throughout North America; also in Europe. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Beitr. Krypt. Schweiz 2: f. 185; Holway, N. Am. Ured. 1: 1. 9: f. 37; Krypt.-f. 
Brand. Pilze 3: f. B89; Rostr. Plantep. Haandb. ie 82. 
EXSICCATI: Barth. Fungi Columb. 3931, 4255, 4659, 4841; Barth. N. Am. Ured. 329, 818, 1427, 
1526, 1527, 2225; Brenckle, Fungi Dak. 261; Ellis "& Ev. Fungi Columb. 1184, 1568; Ellis & Ev. N. 
Am. Fungi 3574; Kellerm, Ohio Fungi 27; Seym. & Earle, Econ. Fungi 500. 
