Part 6, 1921] AECIDIACEAE 441 
Host belonging to family Liliaceae. 
Teliospore-wall smooth, evenly thick. 3. P. aurea. 
_ Teliospore-wall rough, with apical papilla. 4. P. Miurae. 
Aecia and telia inhabiting dicotyledonous hosts. 
Host belonging to family Polygonaceae. 5. P. Rickeriana. 
Host belonging to family Chenopodiaceae. 6. P. Alriplicis. 
Host belonging to family Amaranthaceae. 7. P. Ivesines. 
Host belonging to family Portulacaceae. 
Teliospores fusiform-oblong; wall thin, 1,5-2 Be 8. P. Clayioniae. 
Teliospores oval; wall moderately thick, 2-3 yu. 9. P. Spragueae. 
Teliospores globoid; wall thick, 3-4 Be 10. P. unita. 
Host belonging to family Ranunculaceae. ll. P. Jonesii. 
Host belonging to family Fabaceae. 
‘Teliospores smooth. 
Teliospores germinating at maturity in the sorus. 12, P. montana. 
Teliospores germinating after a period of rest. 
Teliospores broadly ellipsoid. 13. P. Psoraleae. 
Teliospores fusiform-oblong. 14, P. Argophyliae. 
Teliospores unevenly verrucose, appearing smooth when wet. 
eliospore-wall more noticeably verrucose toward apex. 
elia generally long covered by gray epidermis. 15. P. oblonga. 
Telia rather tardily naked but not plumbeous. 16. P. nerviphila. 
Teliospore-wall verrucose in faint lines. 
Teliospores 19-27 u long, with many verrucose lines. 17. P. elegans. 
Teliospores 23-33 u long, with few verrucose lines. 18. P. carnea. 
Teliospores minutely verrucose over entire surface. 
Teliospores largely globoid, 19-29 u long. 19. P. Hedysari-obscuri. 
Teliospores largely ellipsoid, 21-35 u long. 20. P. porosa. 
Host belonging to family Euphorbiaceae. 21. P. coordinata. 
Host belonging to family Solanaceae. 
‘Teliospores rostrate. 22. P. venusta. 
Teliospores rounded or obtuse. 
Teliospore-wall thin, 1.5-2.5 u. 23. P. maculans, 
Teliospore-wall 2.5—5 yu. 24, P. Cestri. 
Host belonging to family Acanthaceae. 25. P. Tweediana, 
1. Pucciniola Brodiaeae (Ellis & Hark.) Arthur. 
Aecidium Brodiaeae Ellis & Hark. Bull. Calif. Acad. 1:28. 1884. 
Uromyces Brodiaeae Ellis & Hark. Bull. Calif. Acad. 1: 28. 1884. 
Caeomurus Brodiaeae Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 33: 449. 1898. 
Uromycopsis Brodiaeae Arth. Résult. Sci. Congr. Bot. Vienne 345. 1906. 
O. Pycnia amphigenous, rather numerous, scattered among the aecia, small, punctiform, 
honey-yellow becoming darker, flask-shaped, 74-96 u in width by 96-112 « in depth } ostiolar 
filaments 30-40 » in length. 
I. Aecia amphigenous, densely gregarious in elongate groups on pale-yellow spots up to 
3 mm. in length, hemispheric at first then ruptured usually by a longitudinal fissure to become 
cupulate, low; peridium straw-colored, the margin erect, finely lacerate; peridial cells squarish 
or rhombic, 16-26 by 23-40 u, slightly overlapping, the outer wall 7-10 w thick, transversely 
striate, the inner wall 3-5 u thick, strongly verrucose; aeciospores globoid or broadly ellipsoid, 
16-26 by 19-27 yu; wall pale-yellow or colorless, 2-3 « thick, uneven, finely and evenly verrucose. 
III. Telia amphigenous, numerous, scattered or crowded into elongate patches, oblong, 
up to 1 mm. in length and from 0.2-0.3 mm. in diameter, rather tardily naked, opening by a 
longitudinal splitting of the epidermis, pulverulent, chestnut-brown, ruptured epidermis 
conspicuous; teliospores globoid or obovoid, sometimes angularly so, 15-24 by 20-28 u; wall 
dark cinnamon-brown, of even thickness, 1.5-2 4, smooth; pedicel concolorous, usually fragile, 
equaling length of spore. 
ic Te adi flora Lindl. (Brodiaea Douglasii 5. Wats.), Idaho, Oregon, Utah, Washington. 
Triteleia ixioides (S. Wats.) Greene (Brodiaea ixioides S. Wats.), California. 
Triteleia laxa (S. Wats.) Benth. (Brodiaea laxa S. Wats.), California. 
TYPE LocaLity: Antioch, California, on Brodiaea laxa. 
DISTRIBUTION: Central California to Idaho and Washington. 
2. Pucciniola primaverilis (Speg.) Arthur. 
Uromyces primaverilis Speg. Anal. Soc. Ci. Argent.12:72. 1881. 
Avan bila Spég. Anal. Soc. Ci. Argent. 12: 78. 1881. 
Uvromyces vernalis Speg.; De-Toni, in Sacc. Syll. Fung. 7: 562. 1888. 
Aecidium vernalis Speg.; De-Toni, in Sacc. Syll. Fung. 7: 562. 1888. 
Caeomurus vernalis Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 33: 451. 1898. 
