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time covered with the epidermis, oblonpr, unequal ; protospores 

 oval, slightly constricted, dark-brown; epispore minutely tubercu- 

 late; peduncles very short. — On Goats-beard {Trcif/opogon). 

 Tiiccinia Tragopogonis of Corda has smooth spores. 



Puccinia Compositarum, Sch. Composite Brand; 

 spots obliterated or whitish ; sori small, subrotund, generally 

 hypogenous, encircled with the ruptured epidermis; spores brown, 

 oval, scarcely constricted. — On the leaves of Cenfaurece, &c. 

 Autumn. Common. The Uredo spores are Trichobasis Cichora- 

 cearum. (Plate IV. figs. 67, 68.) 



Puccinia Discoidearum, Link. Southernvtood Brand; 

 spots obliterated ; sori subrotund, minute, surrounded by the 

 ruptured epidermis ; sporidia brown, oblong or ovoid, somewhat 

 rhomboidal, with both cells attenuated and triangular; peduncles 

 elongated. — On Artemisia maritima. Swanscombe Marshes. 1865. 

 The Uredo spores are Trichobasis ArtemisicB. 



ruccinia Syngenesiarum, Lk. Cltjstered-Thistle 

 Brand : spots obliterated ; sori minute, collected in oval blackish- 

 brown, raised spots, covered with the epidermis ; spores brown ; 

 peduncles very short. — On the leaves of Thistles. Autumn. 

 Common. The Uredo spores are uncertain. (Plate IV. figs. 

 63, 64.) 



Puccinia glomerata, Grev. Ragwort Brand; spots 

 pale ; sori roundish, depressed, often confluent ; spores oblong, 

 very variable ; peduncles short. — On leaves of Ragwort, Senecio 

 Jacobcpa. Kot common. 



Puccinia Virgaurese, Lib. Golden-rod Brand ; spots 

 orbicular, pallid, then yellowish ; sori blackish-brown, minute, 

 punctiform, shining, clustered, nearly stellate, convex ; sporidia 

 oblong, subconstricted, yellowish- brown above, attenuated and 

 yellowish-white below ; peduncles short. — On leaves of Solidago 

 virgaurea. Shere, Surrey. July and August. 



Puccinia Cirsii, Lasch. Scattered-Thistle Brand ; 

 Protospores: sori scattered, pulverulent, brown; spores globose, 

 cinnamon-brown, granular, at length delicately roughened. Brand- 

 spores : sori scattered, dark-brown, epiphyllous, encircled by the 

 ruptured cuticle ; spores shortly pedicellate, obtuse, dark-brown. 

 On leaves of Cirsium, 



Puccinia Andersoni, B. and Br. Spots epiphyllous, or- 

 bicular, surrounded by a brown border; sori hypophyllous, 

 minute, crowded, almost concealed by the pubescence of the leaf; 



