Part 8, 1922] AECIDIACEAE 569 
O. Pycnia unknown, probably not formed. 
III. Telia hypophyllous, rarely epiphyllous, solitary or more commonly gregarious in 
groups 0.2-1 cm. across, often circinating, small, round, 0.1-0.4 mm. across, early naked, 
compact, sometimes pulvinate, less commonly somewhat pulverulent, cinnamon- or chestnut- 
brown, in germinating sori becoming cinereous, ruptured epidermis not noticeable; teliospores 
broadly ellipsoid, oblong, or obovoid, 16-23 by 26-40 yu, rounded above, rounded or occa- 
sionally somewhat narrowed below, not constricted at septum; wall golden- or chestnut- 
brown, 2.5-4 « thick, slightly thickened above, 4-7 u, smooth; pedicel colorless, often slightly 
tinted, ustally persistent, once to twice length of spore, occasionally longer. 
On RUBIACEAE: 
Borreria ocimoides (Burm. f.) DC., Costa Rica. 
Borreria laevis (Lam.) Griseb., Jamaica; Cuba; Porto Rico. 
Borreria parviflora G. Meyer, St. Croix. 
Borreria terminalis Small, Florida. 
Borreria verticillata (L,.) G. Meyer, Porto Rico. 
‘Bouvardia sp., Morelos. 
Coccocypselum hirsutum Bartl., Costa Rica. 
Crusea calocephala DC., Guatemala. 
Crusea sp., Morelos. 
Diodella rigida (Cham. & Schlecht.) Small (Diodia rigida Cham. & Schlecht.), Florida; 
Colima; Cuba; Haiti; Porto Rico. 
Diodia littoralis Sw., Porto Rico. 
Diodia maritima Thonn., Porto Rico. 
Diodia sp., Veracruz; Guatemala. 
Ernodea angusia Small, Florida. 
Ernodea littoralis Sw., Florida; Bahamas; Mona Island; Porto Rico. 
Hemidiodia ocimifolia (Willd.) K. Schum., Cuba. 
Houstonia angustifolia Michx., Texas. 
Mitracarpus portoricensis Urban, Porto Rico. 
Spermacoce glabra Michx., Alabama, Louisiana. 
Spermacoce Haenkeana Hemsl., Michoacan. 
Spermacoce podocephala DC., Guatemala. 
Spermacoce Pringlei S. Wats., Oaxaca. 
Spermacoce riparia Cham. & Schlecht., Porto Rico. 
Spermacoce tenuior (,.) Lam., Jamaica; Porto Rico; St. Croix. 
Tyre LOcALITy: Surinam, on Spermacoce sp., now interpreted as probably Borreria laevis. 
Distrrpution: Along the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to Texas and southward through Central 
America and the West Indies; also in South America. 
ILLUSTRATION: Bot. Jabrb. 17: pl. 12, f. 1, 2. 
Exsiccati: Barth. Fungi Columb. 2455, 4854; Barth. N. Am. Ured. 44, 153, 1555, 1557; Ellis 
& Ev. N. Am. Fungi 1841; Rav. Fungi Car. 3: 93. 
114. Micropuccinia Linkii (Klotzsch) Arth. & Jackson; Arth. 
Bull. Torrey Club 48: 42. 1921. 
Puccinia Linkii Klotzsch, Linnaea 8: 490. 1833. 
Puccinia Pringlei Peck, Bot. Gaz. 6: 275. 1881. 
Dicaeoma Linkii Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 33: 469. 1898. 
Dicaeoma Pringlei Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 33: 470. 1898. 
O. Pycnia unknown. 
III. Telia amphigenous on petioles and veins, chiefly epiphyllous, when on blade of 
leaf deep-seated and gregarious on thickened nearly orbicular purplish spots 0.5—1 cm. across, 
or when on veins and petioles elongated to 2 cm., causing some hypertrophy, roundish, 0.2-0.5 
mm. across or larger through coalesence, early naked, somewhat pulverulent, blackish-brown, 
ruptured epidermis noticeable; teliospores ellipsoid, 18-22 by 32-44, rounded or obtuse 
above, rounded or somewhat narrowed below, not or slightly constricted at septum; wall 
chestnut-brown, 2-3 » thick, thickened above by a broad sub-hyaline conic umbo, 5-7 yu, 
similarly thickened over pore of lower cell at septum, striate with prominent sparsely distributed 
sub-hyaline cylindric papillae, 1-2 mm. high, arranged in 3-5 longitudinal or oblique lines; 
pedicel colorless, usually deciduous or equaling spore. 
On CAPRIFOLIACEAE: ; 
Viburnum pauciflorum Pylaie, Idaho, Michigan, Montana, Washington; Quebec. 
Type LocaLity: America borealis [Canada], on Viburnum [pauciflorum]. . 
DistRIBuTION: In proximity to the international boundary from eastern Canada to the Pacific 
coast. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Linnaea 8: pl. 3; Sydow, Monog. Ured. 1: pl. 13, f. 189. 
Exsiccatr: Barth. N. Am. Ured. 550; Rel. Farl. 259. 
