Parasitic Fungi of New Jersey 171 



slightly recurved, peridial cells oblong, 26-29 by 32-39 /x, overlap- 

 ping, the outer wall thick, 7-10 n, smooth, transversely striate, the 

 inner wall much thinner, 2-3 fi, closely and prominently verrucose; 

 asciospores globoid to oblong, 24-30 by 27-34 fx, the wall pale-yellow 

 or colorless, 2-3 tx thick, closely and strongly verrucose, the pores 

 6-8, scattered." Mycologia, v. 6, p. 229 (1914). On Myrica sp. 



"Telia caulicolous, from a perennial mycelium which distorts the 

 younger branches causing slight enlargements and usually dense 

 fasciations, numerous, thickly scattered, often over considerable 

 areas, cylindric, filiform, 3-6 mm. long, about 0.5-1 mm. in diameter, 

 orange colored; teliospores 2-5 celled, linear, fusiform, 9-16 x 85- 

 170 (x, not constricted at the septa, wall pale yellow, thin, about 1 fx, 

 pores 2 in each cell (1 in the uppermost), apical." Kern in Bui. 

 N. Y. Bot. Garden, v. 7, p. 466, 467 (1911). 



948. Myrica carolinensis showing secia. 949. Peridial cells, 1/12. 950. Aecio- 

 spores, 1/12. 951. Teleutospore, 1/12, from Chaincecyparis thyoides. 



Gymnosporangium fraternum Kern. — On Chamcocyparis thy- 

 oides. 



"O. Pycnia and secia unl<iiown. 



"III. Telia foliicolous, from an annual mycelium, solitary, scat- 

 tered, oval, 0.8-2 mm. across, pulvinate, cliestnut-brown, ruptured 

 epidermis usually noticeable; teliospore 2-celled, ellipsoid, 16-19 by 

 39-48 IX, rounded above, narrowed below, slightly constricted at the 

 septum; wall cinnamon-brown, moderately thin, 1.5-2.5 ix, thicker 

 above, 3-5 jx, the pores two in each cell, near the septum; pedicels 

 cylindrical, uniform, 5-6 in diameter." North American Flora, v. 7, 

 p. 191 (1912). 



952. Teleutospores, 1/12, from ChamcBcyparis thyoides. 



Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginian.^ Scliw. — On Jimiperus 

 virginiana. 



"O. Pycnia epiphyllous, numerous, gregarious, more or less 

 crowded in irregular groups, 1-5 mm. across, on discolored spots 

 5-15 mm. across, prominent, conspicuous, punctiform, honey-yellow 

 becoming blackish, globoid, 110-125 /* in diameter by 110-130 fx high; 

 ostiolar filaments 35-50 /x long. 



"I. Aecia chiefly hypophyllous, crowded in annular groups 1.5-10 

 mm. across, on thickened discolored spots 5-15 mm. across, at first 

 cylindrical, 1-2 mm. high, 0.1-0.4 mm. in diameter, peridium split- 

 ting extremely early and becoming very finely fimbriate to the base, 

 strongly revolute; peridial cells usually seen only in side view, long 

 and narrow, 10-16 by 65-100 fx; hygroscopic, becoming strongly 



