Part 8, 1922] AECIDIACEAE 555 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Hedwigia Beibl. 42: 31. f. 10-14. 
Exsiccati: Barth. N. Am. Ured. 1642. 
76. Micropuccinia obliqua (Berk. & Curt.) Arth. & Jackson; 
Arth. Bull. Torrey Club 48: 42. 1921. 
Puccinia obliqua Berk. & Curt.; Berk. Jour. Linn. Soc. 10: 356. 1869. 
Puccinia Gonolobi Rav.; Berk. Grevillea 3:54. 1874. 
Puccinia Cynanchi Lagerh. Bol. Soc. Brot. 7: 129. 1889. 
Puccinia Kunzeana P, Henn. Hedwigia 33: 230. 1894. 
Puccinia Philibertiae Ellis & Ev. Bull. Torrey Club 22:60. 1895. 
Dicaecoma Cynanchi Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 35: 468. 1898. 
Dicaeoma Gonolobi Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 33: 469. 1898. 
Dicaeoma obliquum Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 3%: 469. 1898. 
Dicaeoma Philibertiae Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 33: 470. 1898. 
Pucciniea sphaerospora Sydow & Henn.; Sydow, Ann. Myc. 1: 327. 1903. 
Puccinia sphaeroidea P. Henn. Hedwigia Beibl. 42: 107. 1903. 
Dasyspora Gonolobi Arth. Résult. Sci. Congr. Bot. Vienne 346. 1906. 
O. Pycnia unknown, probably not formed. 
Ill. Telia amphigenous, chiefly hypophyllous, on discolored spots 2-10 mm. across, 
gregarious, distinct or becoming more or less confluent, often arranged concentrically, rarely 
scattered or solitary, mycelium often becoming locally systemic, forming witches’ brooms, 
and then telia scattered evenly or becoming confluent over young stems and both surfaces 
of leaves, small, round, 0.2-0.8 mm. across, early naked, compact, often pulvinate, cinnamon- 
or blackish-brown, often cinereous by germination, ruptured epidermis usually not noticeable; 
teliospores obovate, ellipsoid, or globoid, 15-23 by 24-35 u, rounded above, rounded or some- 
what narrowed below, not constricted at septum; wall golden- or dark cinnamon-brown, 
variable in thickness, 1.5-3.5 4, slightly thickened above, 3-64, smooth; pedicel once to 
twice length of spore, sometimes longer or shorter, colorless or tinted next spore, often inserted 
obliquely; mesospores occasionally intermixed. 
On ASCLEPIADACEAE: i 
Fischeria crispiflora (Sw.) Schlecht., Cuba; Jamaica. 
Fischeria sp., Panama. 
Funastrum clausum (Jaeq.) Schlechter (Cynanchum clausa Jacq., Philibertia clausa K. 
Schum., Philibertella clausa Vail), Florida; Bahamas; Cuba. 
Funastrum crassifolium (Hemsl.) Schlechter (Philibertia crassifolia Hemsl., Philibertella 
crassifolia Vail), Oaxaca; Guatemala. 
Funastrum cynanchoides (Decaisne) Schlechter (Philibertia cynanchoides A. Gray, P. 
vividiflora Britt. & Rusby, Philibertella cynanchoides Vail), Arizona, New Mexico. 
Funastrum hirtellum (A. Gray) Schlechter (Philibertia linearis hirtella A. Gray, P. hirtella 
Parish, Philibertella hirtella Vail), California. 
Funastrum lineare heterophyllum (Engelm.) F. Macbr. (Philibertia linearis heterophylla A. 
Gray, Philibertella Hartwegii heterophylla Vail, P. heterophylla Cockerell), Arizona, 
California. 
Funastrum sp., Lower California. 
Gonolobus laevis Michx. (Enslenia albida Nutt., Ampelanus albidus Britton), Texas. 
Metalepis cubensis Griseb., Cuba. 
Metasielma angustifolium Turéz., Mexico (state). 
Metastelma bahamense Griseb. (M. cubense Griseb.), Florida. 
Metastelma barbigerum Scheele, Texas. 
Meltastelma lineare Bello, Porto Rico. 
Metastelma palustre (Pursh) Schlechter (Vincetoxicum palustre A. Gray, Seutera maritime 
Decaisne, S. palustris Vail), Florida, Mississippi; Bahamas. 
Metastelma parvifiorum R. Br., Porto Rico; St. Thomas; St. Croix. 
Metastelma penicillatum Griseb., Cuba. 
Metastelma sp., Panama. . 
Vincetoxicum bifidum (Hemsl.) Arth. (Gonolobus bifidus Hemsl.), Hidalgo, Zacatecas. 
Vincetoxicum erianthum (Decaisne) Arth. (Gonolobus erianthus Decaisne), Veracruz. 
Vincetoxicum gonocarpos Walt. (Gonolobus macrophyllus Michx.), Mississippi, South 
Carolina. 
Vincetoxicum hirsutum (Michx.) Britton (Gonolobus hirsutus Michx.), Mississippi. 
Vincetoxicum mexicanum S. Wats., San Luis Potosi. ; 
Vincetoxicum productum (Torr.) Vail (Gonolobus productus Torr.), Arizona. 
Vincetoxicum uniflorum (H.B.K.) Arth. (Gonolobus unifiorus H.B.K.), Morelos. 
Vincetoxicum sp., Kentucky, Louisiana, Texas; Coahuila; Nicaragua; Guatemala. 
Typr LOCALITY: Cuba, on ‘‘some plant resembling chickweed,” now determined as Metastelma 
enicillatum. 
- DISTRIBUTION: Southern California to Kentucky and South Carolina southward through 
the West Indies and Central ee corte oe 
ILLUSTRATION: Sydow, Monog. Ured. 1: pl. 45, f. . : : 
Exsiccatt: Barth. Fungi Columb. 2452; Barth. N. Am. Ured. 442, 2436; Ellis, N. Am. Fungi 
256; Kellerm. Fungi Sel, Guat. 5; Rav. Fungi Car. 4: 91. 
