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32. Allodus yosemitana (Biasdale) Arthur & Orton. 
Puccinia yosemitana Blasdale, Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 7: 150. 1919. 
O. Pyenia not seen. ; 
I. Aecia hypophyllous, in groups or solitary, cylindric, 0.8-1 mm. long; peridium 
yellowish or orange, the margin erect and erose ; peridial cells broadly oblong, in longitudinal 
section 17-23 by 25-29 u, slightly overlapping by a downward projection of the outer wall, 
the outer wall 7-10, thick, transversely striate, the inner wall thinner, 2~2.5 u, closely 
verrucose; aeciospores irregularly ellipsoid or globoid, 16-19 by 16-23 u; wall colorless, thin, 
i » or less, very finely and closely verrucose. 
III. Telia hypophyllous, scattered or solitary, prominent, round or oblong, 0.5—1.5 mm. 
long, strongly pulvinate, blackish, ruptured epidermis inconspicuous; teliospores ellipsoid, 
21-26 by 32-39 w, rounded at both ends, or somewhat narrowed below, slightly or not con- 
stricted at septum; wall chestnut-brown, thin, 1 u, 2-4 4 thick above; pedicel slightly tinted 
or appearing colorless, firm, usually about length of spore. 
ON POLEMONIACEAE: 
Leptodactylon Hookeri (Dougl.) Nutt. (Phlox Hookeri Dougl., Gilia pungens Hookeri A. 
Gray), California. 
TyPE LOCALITY: Yosemite Valley, California, on Gilia pungens Hookeri. 
DistRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
33. Allodus mellifera (Dietel & Holway) Arth. 
Résult. Sci. Congr. Bot. Vienne 345. 1906. 
Puccinia mellifera Dietel & Holway; Dietel, Erythea 1:25. 1893. 
QO. Pycnia not seen. 
I, Aecia chiefly hypophyllous, gregarious or scattered, cylindric, up to 1.2 mm. long, 
0.3-0.5 mim. in diameter, the epidermis overarching and opening by a central ostiole; peridium 
whitish, erect, soon becoming irregularly and deeply lacerate; peridial cells rhomboidal or 
pyriform, 17-25 by 31-62 uw, the outer wall 7-10 » thick, smooth, the inner wall 5-6 » thick, 
finely rugose; aeciospores globoid, 19-23 by 22-32 wv; wall light cinnamon-brown when mature, 
3-4 u thick, often appearing thicker, not uniform, very finely verrucose, the pores visible, 
scattered. 
III. Telia at first caulicolous, later amphigenous, scattered, circular or oval in outline, 
0.5-2 mm. across, rather tardily naked, pulvinate, slightly pulverulent, chocolate-brown or 
blackish, ruptured epidermis not conspicuous; teliospores broadly ellipsoid, 25-31 by 40-48 yn, 
rounded above and below, slightly constricted at septum; wall dark chestnut-brown, 3-5 u 
thick, smooth, 7—9 » thick above; pedicel colorless, fragile, about twice length of spore. 
On LAMIACEAE: 
Audibertella incana (Benth.) Briq. (Audibertia incana Benth., Ramona incana Briq.), 
Nevada. 
Audiberiella grandiflora (Benth.) Brig. (Audibertia grandiflora Benth., Salvia spathacea 
Greene, Ramona grandiflora Brig.), California. 
Audibertella Palmeri (A. Gray) Briq. (Audibertia Palmeri A. Gray), California, 
Audibertella polystachya (Benth.) Briq. (Audibertia polystachya Benth.), California. 
Audibertella stachyoides (Benth.) Briq. (Audibertia stachyoides Benth., Salvia mellifera 
Greene, Ramona stachyoides Briq.), California. 
TyvPE LOCALITY: Pasadena, California, on Salvia mellifera. 
DISTRIBUTION: Central California and western Nevada. 
Exsiccatr: Barth. N. Am. Ured. 457. 
34. Allodus vertisepta (Tracy & Gall.) Arth. 
Résult. Sci. Congr. Bot. Vienne 345. 1906. 
Puccinia vertisepta Tracy & Gall. Jour. Myc. 4:21. Mr 1888. 
Diorchidium Tracyi De-Toni, in Sace. Syll. Fung. 7: 736. O 1888. 
O. Pyenia epiphyllous, gregarious, deep-seated, globoid, 75-140 u in diameter by 65-110 
high, honey-yellow; ostiolar filaments up to 30 u long. 
I. Aecia chiefly epiphyllous, gregarious, in annular groups 0.5-2 mm. across on yellowish 
spots, cupulate, short, 0.2-0.3 mm. across; peridium yellowish, delicate, evanescent; peridial 
cells ellipsoid or rhomboidal, 16-22 by 28-34 u, the outer wall 2.5-3 » thick, nearly smooth, 
