136 The Ohio Naturalist. 



1. Aecidium impatientis Schw. 



On Impatiens bi flora Walt. 



Columbus, Ohio. June i, 1901. 



Coll. W. A. Kellerman. 



"Aecidium impatientis Sz. V. effusum magnum expallescens, 

 peridiis in centre sparsis, crenatis, sporidiis majoribus luteo-fusci& 

 simplicibus. 



F~requens INIaio in foliis Impatientis maculatae. Folia bullata 

 reddit, et macula lata lutescente, in centre obscuriore inquinat." 

 L,. de Schweinitz, S3'nopsis Fungorum Carolinae Superioris (ex- 

 cerpta), p. 41. No. 442. (1822J. 



2. Aecidium porosum Peck. 



On Vicia americana Muhl. 



Lakeside, Ottawa Co., O. May 17, 1901. 



Coll. W. A. Kellerman. 



"Aecidium porosum, Pk. Spols none; cups crowded, deep- 

 seated, broad, wide-mouthed, occupying the whole lower surface 

 of the leaf to which they give a porous appearance ; spores orange- 

 colored, subangular, .0008-.001 inch in length." Botanical Gaz- 

 ette, 3:34. April, 1878. 



3. Aecidium sambuci Schw. 



On vSambuciis canadensis h. 



Columbus, Ohio. Jtme 24, 1901. 



Coll. W. A. Kellerman. 



"Aecidium sambuci Sz. V. maculaeforme magTium crassum 

 folia contor(|uens aurantium exalljicans, peridiis minutis, sporidiis- 

 que simplicibus pallidis. 



" In foliis inprimis ad venas majores et in petiolis Sambuci 

 Canaden.sis. Folia contorquet. Color aurantio-croceus ; peridia 

 sparsa pulvere pallido, lutescente-allio." L. de Schweinitz. vSynop- 

 sis Fungorum Carolinae vSuperioris (excerpta), p. 41. No. 441. 

 (1822). 



" Diagnosis ulterior sequens [subnom. Caeoma, subgen. Aecid- 

 ium, sambuciatum]. C. maculis intumescentibus saepe maximis 

 (i. e. 2 uncialibus) in ])etiolis, pallescentibus. Pseudopcridiis mag- 

 nis, crebris elcvatis, aurantiacis aut pallidis, margine fusco. Spo- 

 ridiis aurantiofulvis, decoloranlibus. In foliis omnia multo minora 

 — pseudoperidiis deiisim aggregatis." L. de Schweinitz, Syno])sis 

 Fungorum in America Boreali media degentium, p. 294. No. 2897. 

 (1834). 



