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II. Telia usually hypophyllous, scattered or sometimes crowded into small groups, round, 
0.3~1.5 mm. across, rather early naked, becoming pulverulent, chestnut- or chocolate-brown, 
ruptured epidemis conspicuous; teliospores broadly ellipsoid, 21-28 by 27-35 », occasionally 
up to 39» long, rounded above and below, not or slightly constricted at septum; wall dark 
cinnamon- or light chestnut-brown, 2-3 w thick, thickened at apex, 5-7 x, moderately 
verrucose with markings uniting in short lines giving a coarsely verrucose or sometimes a 
faintly reticulate appearance; pedicel colorless, persistent, up to 60 u long, the wall thin, ly 
or less. 
On LAMIACEAE: 
Salvia amarissima Ortega, Hidalgo, Michoacan, Oaxaca; Guatemala. 
Salvia elegans Vahl, Mexico (state); Guatemala. : 
Salvia farinacea Benth., Texas. 
Salvia Holwayi Standley, Guatemala. 
Salvia lavanduloides H.B.K., Guatemala: 
Salvia Lindenii Benth., Guatemala. 
Salvia nepetoides H.B.K., Guatemala. 
Salvia Pitcheri Torr. (S. azurea grandiflora Benth.), Kansas, Ni ebraska, Oklahoma. 
Salvia vitifolia Benth., Oaxaca. 
TYPE LOcALITY: Austin, Texas, on Salvia farinacea. 
DistRIBuTION: Kansas south through Mexico to Guatemala. 
Intusrration: Bull. Torrey Club 29: pl. 15, f. 6. 
Exsiccatr: Barth. Fungi Columb. 2450, 3654; Barth. N. Am. Ured. 631; Ellis & Ev. Fungi 
Columb. 1867; Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Fungi 1852; Kellerm. & Swingle, Kaus. Fungi 43d. 
215. Dicaeoma (?) Ballotaeflorae (Long) Arthur. 
Puccinia Ballotaeflorae Long, Bull. Torrey Club 29: 116. 1902. 
OandI. Pyenia and aecia unknown. 
II. Uredinia hypophyllous, scattered, round or oblong, 0.2-0.8 mm. long, early naked, 
pulverulent, cinnamon-brown, ruptured epidermis inconspicuous; urediniospores triangular- 
obovoid or broadly obovoid, 19-23 by 23-26 wu; wall cinnamon-brown, 1.5-2 u thick, closely or 
moderately and finely echinulate, the pores 3 or 4, 2 slightly subequatorial, and 1 or sometimes 
2 apical. 
III. Telia amphigenous, scattered, round or oblong, 0.2-0.8 mm, long, early naked, be- 
coming pulverulent, blackish-brown, ruptured epidermis inconspicuous; teliospores ellipsoid 
or oblong, 23-27 by 32-43 wu, rounded above and below, slightly constricted at septum; wall 
dark chestnut- or chocolate-brown, 2-3.5 » thick, thickened over the germ-pores into a con- 
colorous or slightly lighter umbo, 5—7 », moderately and coarsely verrucose; pedicel colorless 
or somewhat tinted next the spore, 50-70 » long, thin-walled. 
On LAMIACEAE: 
Salvia ballotaeflora Benth., Texas. 
TYPE LOCALITY: San Marcos, Texas, on Salvia ballotae flora. 
Distrisution: Central to southern Texas. 
Exsiccati: Barth. N. Am. Ured. 2141. 
216. Dicaeoma badium (Holway) Arthur. 
Puccinia badia Holway, Jour. Myc. 11: 158. 1905. 
OandI. Pycnia and aecia unknown. 
II. Uredinia hypophyllous, rather numerous, scattered, round, very small, 0.1 mm. in 
diameter or less, early naked, pulverulent, pale cinnamon-brown, ruptured epidermis incon- 
spicuous; urediniospores usually broadly obovoid with pores in surface view, triangular-obovoid 
with pores in optical section, 16-23 by 16-24; wall pale cinnamon-brown, thin, 1-1.5 n, 
finely and closely or moderately echinulate, the pores rather indistinct, 2, somewhat subequa- 
torial. 
II. Telia hypophyllous, numerous, scattered, round or irregular, small, 0.1 mm. across, 
early naked, pulverulent, dark chocolate-brown, ruptured epidermis inconspicuous; telio- 
spores broadly ellipsoid, 19-24 by 23-32 4, rounded above and below, slightly constricted at 
septum; wall dark chestnut-brown, 2.5-3.5 » thick, uniform, moderately and somewhat 
coarsely verrucose; pedicel persistent, hyaline, up to 50 » long, often attached obliquely or in 
a line with the septum. 
