Micropuccinia. 203 



Mxsiccati. 

 Cooke, i. 10. 



On Asarum eiiropccuin. 



June to October. 



The sori are generally confluent in large circular patches. 



Fuccinia paliformis. Fckl. 



Teleutospores — Sori small, thick, pulvinate, round or oblong, 

 black. Spores clavate or fusiform, central constriction slight, 

 base wedge-shaped, apex much thickened, generally truncate, 

 rarely rounded, occasionally conical, brown, 23-52/A x io-16/x. 

 Pedicels long, firm. 



Synonym. 



Fuccinia paliformis. Fckl., " Symb. Myc," p. 59. Winter in 

 Rabh., " Krypt. Flor.," vol. i. p. 224. 



On Kceleria cristata. 



September and October. 



Prof. J. \V. H. Trail, near Aberdeen. 



Puccinia virgaiireae. (D. C). 



Teleutospores — Sori black, shining, punctiform, generally in large 

 numbers on orbicular, pallid, yellowish spots, crowded in the 

 centre, scattered towards the periphery. Spores fusiform, 

 pyriform, or clavate, constriction slight or absent, base attenu- 

 ated, apex thickened, rounded or truncate, often with a central 

 oblique point, hooded or conically attenuated, smooth, pale 

 brown, 30-56 x \2-2011. Sori surrounded by a thick bed of 

 dark-brown paraphyses. Pedicels hyaline. 



Synonyms. 



Puccinia virgaiirex (D. C). Winter in Rabh., "Krypt. Flor.," 

 vol. i. p. 173. 



Xyloma virgaurece. D. C, " Syn.," No. 821 



Puccinia virgaurece, Lib. Cooke, " Hdbk.," p. 500 ; " Micro. 

 Fungi," 4th edit., p. 206. 



