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or hyaline, contents orange, echinulate, with rather short, 

 scattered, blunt spines. 



MacuHs rubris vel rubrobrunneis, elongatis ; soris uredo- 

 sporiferis recente ferrugineis, sicco dilute brunneis, hypophyl- 

 lis, elongatis, usque 0*6 X 0'25 mm. ; uredosporis principue 

 globosis, 21-30[jL diametro, nomiullis ovatis, 23-28 x 20-23^,, 

 episporio crasso, dilute brunneo vel hyalino, plasm ate auran- 

 tiaco, echinulatis, spinis breviusculis, sparsis, obtusis. 



Uredo anthlstlrise-treraulae n. sp. 



On leaves of Anthistiria tremula Nees, Hakgala,May, 1910. 



Sori bright fen'uginous when fresh, pale brown when dry, 

 hypophyllous. Spores chiefly ovate, a few globose, 18-30 X 

 16-20(j., usually thin-walled, echinulate, yellow- broTVTi or 

 hyaline. Paraphyses stout, thick-walled, usually curved, 

 40 X 11-12^. 



Soris uredosporiferis, recente ferrugineis, sicco dilute 

 brunneis, hypophyllis ; uredosporis principue ovatis, nonullis 

 globosis, 18-30 X 16-20tJL, episporio tenui, echinulatis, 

 flavobrunneis vel hyalinis ; paraphysibus incrassatis, ssepius 

 curvatis, 40x 11-12'jJl. 



Uredo ochlandrae n. sp. . 



On leaves of Ochlandra stridula Thw., Peradeniya, June, 

 1908. 



Spots elongated, rusty brown. Sori minute, scattered, 

 hypophyllous, circular, 0*2 mm. diameter, or shghtly elon- 

 gated. Spores m mass rusty brown, yellow when magnified, 

 oval or subglobose, wall hyaline, verrucose, 21-25 X 

 17-20^. 



Maculis ferrugineofuscis, elongatis ; soris uredosporiferis 

 muiutis, sparsis, hypophyUis, rotundatis, 0*2 mm. diametro, 

 vel leniter elongatis ; uredosporis flavis, ovalibus vel subglobosis, 

 episporio hyalino, verrucosis, 21-25 x 17-20jjl. 



Inquirenda. 



The exact status of the foUowmg forms is doubtful. Prob- 

 ably some, at least, must be referred to SynchytriacecB. But 

 no germination of the spores has yet been obtained. 



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