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38. Uromyces junci (Desm.) Lev. 



Pucciuia junci Desm, 



Teleutospores only. 



On J uncus effusus L. 



Junction Citv, Perrv Co., Ohio. April lo, igoi. 



Coll. W. A. Kellerman. 



This fungus was issued by J. B. H. J. De.sniazieres, Plantes 

 Cryptogames de France, Fasc. II., No. Si, on the label of which 

 no technical description is given, but the following statement is 

 made : " Elle (i. e., Puccinia junci) a de grands rapports avec le 

 Puccinia graminis auciuel on pourrait la i-eunir comme une variete 

 bien destincte. Les capsules sout, conmie dans cette espece, en 

 forme de niassue niais les pustules qu'elles forment par leur reunion 

 ne sont pas lineaires." 



39. Uromyces lespedezae (Schw.) Peck. 



Puccinia lespedezae-procumbentis, Puccinia lespedezae- 



polystachyae Schw. 



On Lespedeza liirta ( L. ) EU. 



Bowling Green, Wood Co., Ohio. vSeptember 2, 1901. 



Coll. \V. A. Kellerman. 



"Puccinia lespedezae procimibentis Sz. P. minor subpuncti- 

 formis sparsa fuscescens prorunipens, sporidiis ol)longis biloculari- 

 bus. 



" Passim ad folia Lespedezae procumbentis. Epidermidem 

 paginae inferioris folii in bullas elevat, post rupturam albas, pellu- 

 cidas. Sporidii septum exacte in medio sporidio situm et pedicellus 

 (albidus, longior) a sporidio distinctus est." L. D. de Schweinitz, 

 Synopsis Fungorum Carolinae vSuperioris (excerpta), p. 47, No. 497. 

 1822. (Schrift. d. Nat. Gesrllschaft zu Leipzig.) 



" Puccinia lespedezae polystachyae Sz. P. minor punctiformis 

 epidermide cmcta nigra splendens, .sporidiis oblongis utrinque 

 attennatis subbilocularibus. 



" Frequens in pagina infer'ore foliorum Ivpidermide cincta. 

 Sporidia niagis elougata et in pediceUum attenuata, septo yix con- 

 spicuo, cujus umbra mox pone apicem sporidii, mox inferius 

 apparet. L olor .sporidiorum sub lente luteus." L. D. de vSchweinitz, 

 Synopsis Fungorum Carolinae Superioris (excerpta), p. 47. Xo. 49S. 

 1822. (Schrift. d. Nat. Gesellschaft zu Leipzig.) 



40. Ustilago hordei (Pers.) Kell. & Swing. 



Uredo hordei Pers. 

 On Hordeum .salivuni Jcs.sen. 

 ' Oxford, Butler Co. Ohio. June 3, 1895. 



Coll. W. A. Kellerman. 

 " Uredo segetnm : pulvere copioso nigro in graminum spiculis 

 s. glnniis proveniente. (Disp. meth. fung., p. 56.) 



" Reticularia segetnm, fusco-nigricans graminum parasitica, 

 intus filamentosa. (Bull, champ, i, pig. 90. t. 472. f. 2.) 



"«■. Uredo hordei: pseudopcridio subelliptico ruguloso, pul- 

 vere latente." I). C. H. Persoon, vSynopsis Methodica Fungorum, 

 I : 224. iSoi. 



