446 NORTH AMERICAN FLORA [VoLUME 7 
On RANUNCULACEAE! 
Ranunculus alismaefolius Geyer, Colorado. 
Ranunculus alismellus (A. Gray) Greene (R. dlismaefolius alismellus A. Gray), California. 
Ranunculus Hariwegii Greene, California. 
TYPE LocaLity: Soda Springs, California, on Ranunculus [alismellus]. 
Distripution: Central California to northwestern Colorado. 
Exsiccati: Barth. N. Am. Ured. 1390; Ellis & Ev. Fungi Columb. 1471; D. Griff. W. Am. Fungi 
327; Seym. & Earle, Econ. Fungi Suppl. B3; Sydow Ured. 755. 
12. Pucciniola montana Arthur. 
Uromyces montanus Arth. Bot. Gaz. 39: 386. 1905. 
Telospora montana Arth. Résult. Sci. Congr. Bot. Vienne 346. 1906. 
O. Pycnia amphigenous, gregarious upon yellowish spots, 1.5-4 mm. in diameter, con- 
spicuous, light-brown, globoid or flattened-globoid, 115-241 by-128-190 yu; ostiolar filaments 
80-144 w long; pycniospores colorless, ellipsoid, 3 by 4 nu. 
I. Aecia occasionally amphigenous, usually hypophyllous, gregarious on discolored areas 
1,5—4 mm. in diameter, short-cylindric, 0.2-0.6 mm. in diameter; peridium slightly yellowish, 
the margin erose; peridial cells rectangular, 10-24 by 26-45 p, abutted or slightly overlapping, 
the outer wall 5-10 » thick, transversely striate, the inner wall 1.5-4 » thick, verrucose; aecio- 
spores irregularly globoid, ellipsoid, or oblong, 16-29 by 23-37 4; wall pale-yellow or colorless, 
rather thick, 1.5—3 u, closely and finely verrucose. 
III. Telia hypophyllous, crowded in circinating or irregular groups, roundish or oval, 
small, 0.2-0.7 mm. across, early naked, not pulverulent, cinnamon-brown at the margin of the 
groups, dark and cinereous from germination within, ruptured epidermis not noticeable; 
teliospores ellipsoid or obovoid, 17-24 by 26-42 u, narrowed or rounded at both ends; wall 
pale-brownish or almost colorless, thin, 1-1.5 4, thickened at apex, 4-8 », smooth; pedicel 
colorless, up to length of spore. 
On FaBaceakE: 
Lupinus Ehrenbergii Schlecht., Hidalgo. 
Lupinus mexicanus H.B.K. (L. vaginatus Cham. & Schlecht.), Mexico (state). 
Lupinus montanus H.B.K., Guatemala. 
TYPE Locauity: Nevada de Toluca, Mexico (state), on Lupinus mexicanus. 
DISTRIBUTION: Southern Mexico and Central America. 
Exsiccati: Barth. Fungi Columb. 2597; Sydow, Ured. 1961. 
13. Pucciniola Psoraleae (Peck) Arthur. 
Uromyces Psoraleae Peck, Bot. Gaz. 6: 239. 1881. 
Caeomurus Psoraleae Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 33: 450. 1898. 
Uromycopsis Psoraleae Arth. Résult. Sci. Congr. Bot. Vienne 345. 1906. 
O. Pycnia hypophyllous, very abundant, scattered among the aecia or preceding them, 
large, papilliform, immersed or somewhat raised above the surface, quite conspicuous, honey- 
yellow becoming darker, globoid, 100-130 y» in diameter; ostiolar filaments agglutinated into a 
column 80-100 » high. 
I. Aecia hypophyllous, numerous, evenly scattered over large areas, cupulate, low, 0.1- 
0.4 mm. in diameter; peridium pale-yellow, the margin somewhat revolute, deeply lacerate; 
peridial cells oblong in radial section, 16-19 by 26-34 uw, overlapping, the outer wall 7-104 
thick, smooth, the inner wall thinner, 3-6 y, closely verrucose; aeciospores irregular or oblong- 
globoid, 15-23 by 18-29 uw; wall pale-yellow or colorless, of uniform thickness, 1-1.5 u, finely 
and inconspicuously verrucose. 
Ill. Telia amphigenous or petiolicolous, rather few, scattered, round or ellipsoid, 0.2-1 
mm. across, early naked, somewhat pulverulent, dark chestnut-brown, ruptured epidermis 
evident; teliospores globoid or broadly ellipsoid, 21-26 by 26-42 u, rounded above, rounded 
or narrowed below; wall dark cinnamon-brown, 2-2.5 u thick, sometimes with a slight umbo 
over the apical pore, 2-3 p, smooth; pedicel colorless, up to 30 » in length, tapering, 5-7 » wide 
at the point of attachment, more usually fragile ant! broken away. 
On FABACEAE: 
Psoralidium lanceolatum (Pursh) Rydb. (Psoralea lanceolata Pursh), Arizona, Colorado, 
Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming. 
Psoralidium micranihum (A. Gray) Rydb. (Psoralea micrantha A. Gray), Arizona, New 
Mexico, Utah. 
Psoralidium Purshii (Vail) Rydb. (Psoralea Purshii Vail), Wyoming. 
