378 NORTH AMERICAN FLORA [VoLUME 7 
ON AMARYLLIDACEAB: 
Aletris aurea Walt., Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas. 
Aleiris farinosa L.., Delaware, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island. 
Aletris lutea Small, Florida. 
Type Locality: South Carolina, on Aletris aurea. 
DISTRIBUTION: The states bordering the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico from Massachu- 
setts to Texas. 
InLustrations: Holway, N. Am. Ured. 1: pl. 9, f. 39, 
Exsrccati: Ellis, N. Am. Fungi 1454; Rab.-Wint. Fungi Eur. 3119; Roum. Fungi Sel. 4825; 
Thiim. Myc. Univ. 2230. 
155. Dicaeoma Cooperiae (Long) Arth. Résult. Sci. Congr. Bot. 
Vienne 344, 1906. 
Puccinia Cooperiae Long, Bull. Torrey Club 29: 110. 1902. 
OQ. Pycnia amphigenous, in open elliptic groups, pale-yellow becoming brownish, flattened- 
globoid, 130-160 » broad by 110-150 uw high; ostiolar filaments about 30 u long. 
I. Aecia amphigenous, numerous, gregarious in oblong groups, cupulate, half immersed, 
about 0.3 mm. in diameter; peridium whitish, the margin erect, laciniate; peridial cells rhom- 
boidal, 13-22 by 20-32 u, the outer wall rather thick, 6-12 u, transversely striate, the inner 
wall thinner, 3-6 u, coarsely verrucose; aeciospores globoid or ellipsoid, 17-22 by 20-28 y; 
wall pale-yellow or colorless, thin, 1-1.5 », inconspicuously verrucose. 
II. Uredinia amphigenous, numerous, scattered, oval or oblong, 0.2-0.7 by 0.4-1 mm., 
rather early naked by longitudinal slits, pulverulent, cinnamon-brown, ruptured epidermis 
membranous, conspicuous; urediniospores ellipsoid or obovoid, 17-25 by 22-32 u; wall hyaline 
or light-yellow, thin, 1-2 y, finely echinulate, the pores inconspicuous, 3 or 4, equatorial or 
nearly so. 
III. Telia amphigenous, numerous, scattered, ellipsoid or irregular, 0.3-1 by 0.5-2 mm., 
rather early naked by longitudinal slits, pulverulent, grayish- or chestnut-brown, ruptured 
epidermis membranous, conspicuous; teliospores ellipsoid, clavate or irregular, angular, 19- 
28 by 32-48 », rounded or truncate above, rounded or narrowed below, the septum often 
oblique, slightly constricted; wall cinnamon-brown, uniformly thin, 1.5-2 u, smooth except for 
2-5 longitudinal lines formed by the angles; pedicel nearly colorless, fragile, often inserted 
laterally; mesospores very few. 
On AMARYLLIDACEAE: 
Cooperia Drummondii Herb., Texas. 
Cooperia pedunculata Herb., Texas. 
Type Locality: Austin, Texas, on Cooperia Drummonditi. 
DISTRIBUTION: Central Texas. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Holway, N. Am. Ured. 1: pl. 10, f. 41. 
Exsiccati: Barth. N. Am. Ured. 135; Ellis & Ev. Fungi Columb. 1644. 
156. Dicaeoma (?) Bomareae (Lagerh.) Arthur. 
Uredo Bomareae Lagerh.; Pat. & Lagerh. Bull, Soc. Myc. Fr. 11: 215. 1895. 
Puccinia Bomareae P. Henn. Hedwigia 35: 242. 1896. 
O and I. Pyenia and aecia unknown. 
II, Uredinia hypophyllous, few, scattered, soon surrounded by the telia, circular or 
oblong, 0.2-1 mm. long, somewhat tardily naked, pulverulent, golden-brown, ruptured epi- 
dermis noticeable; wrediniospores broadly ellipsoid or globoid, 18-26 by 23-29 yu; wall light- 
yellow or lemon-yellow, 1-2 4 thick, finely and closely or moderately echinulate, the pores 
obscure. 
III. Telia hypophyllous, numerous, compound in patches 1-3 mm. long or circinating 
about the uredinia, individual sori minute, 0.5-1 mm. across, long covered by the epidermis, 
somewhat pulvinate, chestnut-brown; stroma present, surrounding the sorus, thin, chestnut- 
brown; teliospores irregularly ellipsoid or clavate, 15-25 by 33-55 u, variously rounded, trun- 
cate or narrowed at both ends, slightly constricted at septum; wall lemon-yellow, about 1.5- 
2» thick, thicker above, 3-9 u, smooth; pedicel cinnamon- or chestnut-brown, short, up to 
one third length of spore. 
On AMARYLLIDACEAE: 
Bomarea acutifolia Benth., Morelos, Oaxaca, Veracruz; Guatemala. 
Bomarea ovata Mirb., Oaxaca. 
