1919] Blasdale: Uredinales of Calif ornm 139 



175. Puccinia Xanthii Schw. Ill 



Syn. Fung. Carol, p. 73, 1822. 

 On Xanthium canadense Mill., San Francisco, Suisuu, Fresno 

 County (Holway), Pasadena (McClatchie), San Bernardino (Parish), 

 Los Angeles, and Long Beach (Bethel). 



PUCCINIASTRUM otth. 

 Mitth. nat. Ges. Bern, p. 71, 1861. 

 Aecial stage similar to that of the genus Coleosporiuni', on the 

 leaves of species of Pin us and Ahies. Urediniospores borne singly 

 on pedicels, walls colorless. Telia indehiscent in layers in or beneath 

 the epidermis. Teliospores usually prismatic, two- to four-celled. 



176. Pucciniastrmn Goodyerae (Tranz.) Arthur. II 



Arthur, N. A. Flora, vol. 7, p. 105, 1907. 

 On Goody era 3Ienziesii Lindl., Mount Eddy (Copeland). 



177. Pucciniastrum pustulatum (Pers.) Dietel. 0, I, II, III 



Dietel, in Engler and Prant., Natiirl. Pflanzenfam., vol. 1, p. 47, 1897. 



The aecial stage not definitely known from California, but shown 

 by Frazier (Mycologia, vol. 4, p. 175, 1912) to develop on Abies hal- 

 samea (L) Mill. 



Uredinia and telia on Epilohium franciscanum Barbey ; on E. aden- 

 ocaulon Treal., E. coloratum Muhl., E. Kolosericeum Treal., and E. 

 calif ornicu'm Haussek. Common in the Coast Ranges. Uredinia found 

 throughout the year. 



178. Pucciniastrum P5rrolae (Pers.) Dietel. II, III 



Gmel. Syst. Xat., vol. 2, p. 1474; Dietel, in Engler and Prant., Natiirl. 

 Pflanzenfam., vol. 1, p. 47, 1897. 



On Pyrola picta Smith and P. secunda L., Sisson and Mount Tal- 



lac, Plumas County (Home) ; on Chimaphila umhellata (L) Nutt., 



Siskiyou County (Meinicke). 



179. Pucciniastrum sparsum (Wint.) Ed. Fischer. II, III 



Eabh. Krypt. Flora, vol. 1, p. 245, 1881 ; Beitrag. Krypt. Sehweiz., vol. 2, 

 p. 469, 1904. 



On Arbutus MenziesU Pursh., Mount Tamalpais, type of TJredo 



Arhuii Diet, and Holw. ; on Arctostaphylos patula Greene, Sisson, tj'pe 



of TJredo Copel^ndi Sydow; on A. Hookcri Don., Antonio Station, 



Santa Barbara County (Brandegee). 



