252 FETCH : 



Uredo Fici Cast. 



• On leaves of Ficus Carica L., Hakgala, September, 1908. 

 On leaves of Ficus 'parasitica Koen. , Pcradeniya, December, 

 1908. 



Uredo artocarpi B. & Br. 



On leaves of Artocarpits lakoocha Roxb., Peradeniya 

 (Thwaites) ; Peradeniya, January, 1912. 



Spots minute, about 0*5 mm. diameter, black, on the under 

 side of the leaf, sometimes clustered. Uredo sori one or two on 

 each spot, circular or linear, minute, 0*1 mm. diameter, or 02 

 X 01 mm. Uredospores pyriform or oval, verj^ pale brown, 

 echinulate. 18-34 x 13-20|x; a few spherical, 14-18^ diameter. 



Uredo Pouzolziae Syd. 



On Pouzolzia Bennettiana Wight, Hakgala, May, 1910. 



The spots are minute and brown, not " Flavescentibus, 

 indeterminatis," and the sori are very pale brown, not ochia- 

 ceous. 



Uredo amomi n. sp. 



On Ainomum invol iter alum Trim., Hakgala, May, 1910. 



Spots pale yellow-brown, extending for several centimetres ; 

 sori clustered, minute, circular, about 0" 25 mm. diameter, pale 

 brown, surrounded by the upturned epidermis, hypophyllous. 

 Spores hyaline, ovate, oval, or globose, strongly spinulose, with 

 acute l)road -based spines, 25-38 x 20-28ix. 



Maculi.s dilute Havobrunncis ; soris lu'edosporifcris minutis 

 aggrcgatis, rotundatis, dilute brunneis, epidermide rupta 

 cinctis, circa 0-25 mm. diametro, hyp(){)hyllis ; uredosporis 

 hyalinis, ovatis vel ovalibus vol subglobosis, echinulatis, 

 hpinis acufis basim extensis, 25-38 X 20-28^;,. 



Uredo Dioscoreae (B. & Br.) Petch. 



(= jEcidiinn J>io.srorexje B. & Br.) 



Peradeniya. .Inly, 1808 (Thwaites). On leaves and ))etioleH 

 of /)io,sror(ti (ilata, IJndugoda, July, 1908; common on culti- 

 vaU'd varieties of Diosrona, R. B. G., Peradeniya, November, 

 1908. 



Sori minut4 . u|) i<i (I 25 mm. diameter, on either side of the 

 leaf, clustered on yellowish spots, or along the veins, or on 



