Parasitic Fungi of New Jersey 175 



high when fully mature, chestnut-brown becomiiag yellowish and 

 pulverulent by germination ; teliospores 2-celled, ellipsoid, 16-21 by 

 37-48 fji, somewhat narrowed above and below, slightly constricted 

 at the septum, wall pale cinnamon-brown, uniformly thin, 1-2 ix, the 

 pores 2 in each cell, near the septum; pedicel cylindrical, uniform, 

 4-7 IX, in diameter, very long." North American Flora, v. 7, p. 204- 

 206 (1912). 



961. Peridial cell, 1/12. 962. Aeciospores, 1/12. 963. Teleutospores, 1/12, 



frorn Juniperns virginiana. 



Gymnosporangium transformans (Ellis.) Kern. — On Aronia 

 arbutifolia and Amelanchier sp. 



"O. Pycnia chiefly epiphyllous and fructicolous, gregarious, 

 rather crowded in small groups 0.5-1 mm across, on discolored 

 spots 2-7 mm. across, noticeable, honey-yellow becoming brownish, 

 globoid, rather large, 144-170 ix. in diameter by 112-150 /* high; osti- 

 olar filaments 60-75 (x long. 



"I. Aecia hypophyllous, caulicolous, and fructicolous, occasion- 

 ally solitary, usually gregarious, sometimes few together but more 

 often aggregate in large groups, borne in gall-like, frustum-shaped 

 protuberances (1-2 mm. high) of a reddish-brown color and more 

 or less consolidated at the bases in the groups, at first cylindrical, 

 2-2.5 mm. high by 0.2-0.4 mm. in diameter; peridium soon becoming 

 finely fimbriate to base, partially dropping away, and narrow hygro- 

 scopic, becoming curved or even coiled when wet, 12-18 u thick by 

 J 50-300 fx long, or more, in the sides of the peridium, much shorter 

 toward the apex, the outer wall rather thin, 2-3 jx, smooth, the inner 

 wall, 4-6 fx thick, rather coarsely verrucose, the side walls verrucose 

 on inner half witli roundish or somewhat irregular papillse, more 

 thickly crowded toward the inner side, the outer half of the side walls 

 smooth; seciospores globose, small, 18-22 fx in diameter; wall light 

 cinnamon-brown, 1.5-2.5 [x thick, rather finely verrucose, tlie pores 

 6-8 scattered." North American Flora, v. 7, p. 202 (1912). 



III. Telia on leaves of Chamcccyparis. 



964. Leaves of Amelanchier showing aecia. 965. Peridial cell, 1/12. 966. 

 Aeciospore, 1/12. 



Uromyces appendiculatus (Pers.) Lev. — On beans. 



"O. Pycnia epiphyllous, in small groups, rather large, papillose, 

 honey-yellow, globoid, 100-125 ju, in diameter. 



"I. .(^cia hypophyllus, in small often annular groups, 2-3 mm. 

 across, short, cupulate, peridium white, margin spreading or some- 



