The Scottish Naturalist. 85 



MYOOLOGIA SOOTIO'A. 



By Rev. J. STEVENSON. 

 {Continued from S. N., Vol. L, page 37.) 



2282. Puccinia paliformis Fcld. (Symb. Myc. p. 59. Winter, 

 Pilze, p. 224.) 



Sori epiphyllous, small, usually sunk in grooves of 

 leaf, rounded or oblong, dark brown to black ; spores 

 crowded, both forms often on same leaf, on moderately 

 long pedicels. Uredo-spores round or ovate, rather 

 thin-walled and pale to chestnut-brown, -o2o-'028 u. 

 diam. Teleuto-spores subcylindrical or spindle-shaped, 

 slightly constricted in middle, wedge-shaped at base, 

 conical, or almost truncate at apex, which is considerably 

 thickened, , o36- , o40 11. long, by 'oi6-*o2o u. thick 

 (German examples are '023-'o52 by*oio--oi6 u.), colour 

 some shade of brown more or less deep. J. W. H. Trail. 

 On Koeleria cristata L. Oct. 



East. — — — Dee — — 



West. — — — — 



Links near Aberdeen. Professor J. W. H. Trail. 

 Europe. 

 2233. Thecaphora Trailii Cke. Grevillea, Vol. XI., p. 155. 



Developed in the florets, purplish-brown, pulverulent. 

 Spores globose, usually in fours, rarely 2 or 3, compressed 

 on the inner face ; epispore finely verruculose. 



Having very much the habit and appearance of 

 Ustilago Cardui, but differs in being a true Thecaphora, 

 and in the epispore being verrucose and not reticulate. 

 On Carduus heterophyllus. 

 East. — — — Dee — — 



West. — — — — 



Braemar. Professor J. W. H. Trail. 



2284. Ramularia cochleariae Cke. Grevilka, Vol. XI. p. 155. 

 Epiphyllous, orbicular, white. Spots pallid. Spores 

 elongate-cylindrical, rounded continuous, hyaline. '025- 

 •028 x "0035 u. 

 On leaves of Cochlearia officinalis. 

 East. — — — Dee — — 



West. — — — — 



Banks of Don, near Aberdeen. Professor J. VV. H. Trail. 



* Fusidium geranii West. Bull. d. Brux., 185 1, p. 413. 

 Grevillea, Vol. III., p. 184 ( = Conidia of Stigmatea 

 GeraniiYx. My col. Scot. No. 19 10). 



Spots brown, rounded, scattered, rather irregular, con- 



