Piicciniopsis. 1 9 7 



On Lychnis diurna. 



Uredospores, April to June ; teleutospores, July to September. 



IV. PUCCINIOPSIS. Schrot. 

 ^Ecidiospores and teleutospores on the same host-plant. Not infrequentl) 

 a few isolated uredospores are found concealed between the teleutospores, l)ul 

 they do not form proper uredospore sori. 



Puccinia liliacearum. Duby. 



^^cidiosporcs — Pseudoperidia scattered on the leaves, deeply im- 

 bedded, opening above by a small orifice. Spores rounded, 

 polygonal, isodiametric, rarely elliptical,, orange-yellow, 16-23 

 X 14-17/A. 



Teleutospores— '&ox\ scattered in groups, imbedded in the leaf- 

 tissue, covered by the epidermis, which becomes at length 

 ruptured by a small rift above. Spores oblong, sliglitly or 

 not at all constricted, apex not thickened, rounded, but more 

 often attenuated and surmounted by a conical point, base 

 attenuated, smooth, pale brown, 40-70 x 22-351U,. Pedicels 

 rather long, thick, colourless. 



Synonym. 



Puccinia liliacearum. .Duby, " Bot. Gall," vol. ii. p. 891. 

 Winter in Rabh., " Krypt. Flor.," vol. i. p. 194. Schrot., 

 " Krypt. Flor. Schl.," vol. iii. p. 342. 



On Ornithogalum umbcllatum. 



Near Carlisle ; Rev. Hilderic Friend. 



April and May. 



Biology. — Schroter remarks that the aecidia are always few, and 

 often altogether absent, but that the spermogonia are abundant, 

 especially on the ends of the affected leaves. 



Puccinia tragopogi. (Pers. ) 



^cidiospores — Pseudoperidia on the whole plant —leaves, stems, 

 bracts, receptacles — shortly cylindrical, at first mammaiform, 

 with whitish torn edges. Spores rounded, verrucosa, orange- 



