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lowish or brown, orbicular or elliptical, scattered or aggregated, sur- 

 rounded by the ruptured epidermis at maturity naked, now and then 

 confluent, cinnamon-brown, uredospores globose, subglobose, ellip- 

 soid or obovate, echinulate, pale brown 17-28 x 14-19 fi, teleuto- 

 spores sori hypophyllous, rarely on the stem, scattered or aggre- 

 gated, minute, now and then confluent, orbicular, pulverulent, black- 

 brown, teleutospores ellipsoid, ovate or subglobose, rounded at both 

 extremities, apex with a pale or hyaline papilla, middle of spore not 

 or hardly constricted, verrucose, dark-brown, 26-35 x 19-23 /x, pedi- 

 cel long, delicate and hyaline.'' 



1006. Telentospore, 1/12, on species of mint. 



PucciNiA POLYSORA Undcrwood. — On Tripsacum dactyloides. 

 Described by Underwood as follows : 



"II, III. Amphigenous ; sori very small, short, very numerous 

 but irregularly scattered, remaining long enclosed in the tough epi- 

 dermis of the host, at length rupturing by a narrow slit ; uredo 

 spores large, broadly oval, 35 x 30 )u., scarcely echinulate, the epi- 

 spore or medium thickness, pale rusty brown ; teleutospores variable, 

 usually short, irregularly oblong, often somewhat constricted at the 

 septum, averaging 25 x 40 fi, the cells often irregularly angled, the 

 upper usually broader than longer, blunt or rounded above; apex 

 not thickened; pedicel usually short." 



1007. Uredospores, 1/12. 



PucciNTA SAMBUCi (Scliw.) Arthur. — On Car ex bullata. De- 

 scribed by Arthur (manuscript) as follows: 



"O. Pycnia chiefly epiphyllous and caulicolous, numerous, gre- 

 garious, more or less crowded in orbicular groups, 1-5 mm. across, 

 conspicuous, punctiform, orange-yellow becoming brownish, glo- 

 boid, 120-155 fi in diameter, 112-144 fx high, ostiolar filaments 

 50-90 fx. 



"I. Aecia hj^pophyllous and caulicolous, crowded in orbicular 

 groups on the leaves, 0.1-0.5 mm. or more across on thickened, dis- 

 colored spots, or crowded over hypertrophied areas, often of con- 

 siderable extent, on the stem and petiole, short 0.3-0.7 mm. in diame- 

 ter, bright orange-yellow, peridia colorless, margin recurved, erose, 

 peridial cells squarish in longitudinal sections, isodiametric, 15-25 fi, 

 inner wall moderately thick, 3-4 fi, verrucose, outer walls thick, 

 7-12 fi, striate, smooth, asciospores globoid, 15-19 in diameter, wall 

 pale yellow, thin, about 1 fi, finely verrucose. 



