PUCCINI^T. 501 



scattered or crowded; spores pale-brown, obovate, attenuated 

 below, the upper segment globular, easily separating. — Pers. 

 Si/n.p.227. Eng.Fl.Y.p.mh. Cooke Eng. Fl.Y.p.ldS. Cooke 

 exs. 710.38. Kl. exs. no, 697. Cooke L.F. no. 14. 



On Galium cruciatum. Autumn. 



1489. Puccinia galiorum. Link. " Bedstraw Brand." 



Uredo-spores. Spots yellowish; sori subrotund, aggregate, 

 closed; spores globose, reddish. — Trichohasis galii^Berk. Outl. 

 p. 332. Cooke M.F.p. 209. Cooke exs. no. 72. 



Braxd-spores. Spots obliterated ; sori hypogenous, partly 

 covered with and surrounded by the ruptured epidermis, scat- 

 tered; spores brown. — Link. Sp. ii. p. 76. Eng. Fl. v.p. 366. 

 Cooke M.F. t. 8, f. 172, 173. Fckl. exs. no. 351. Kl. exs. ii. no. 

 792. Ann. N.R. no. 263. 



On leaves of several species of Galium, and Asperula odorata. 



[United States.] 



1490. Puccinia difformis. Kunze. *' Goosegrass Brand." 

 Uredo-spores ? 



Brand-spores. Spots yellowisli ; sori variable, compact, 

 often in rings ; epidermis bullate ; spores obovate, obtuse, on 

 short pedicels, brown. — Cooke M. F. Ed. ii. p. 223. Cooke exs. no. 

 113. 



On Galium aparine. Autumn. 



Usually occurring on or near spots previously occupied by JEcidium galii. 

 Very distinct from either Puccinia galiorum or P. valantice, the sori are firm 

 and compact like little spots of pitch. 



1491. Puccinia uxnliellifexairuni. B.C. " Pignut Brand." 



Uredo-spores. Spots yellowish ; sori subrotund and ovate, 

 scattered, on the under surface, surrounded by the ruptured 

 epidermis ; spores ovate, oval, and oblong in the same heap, 

 brown. — Trichobasis umhellataimm, Lev. Ann. Sc. Nat. Cooke M.F. 

 p. 209. Cooke exs. no, 42, J. Cooke L.F. no. 38. Uredo umhella- 

 tarum, Johnst, Fl. Bei^w. ii.p. 202. Berk. Eng. Fl. Y,p. 380. 



Braxd-spores. Spots obliterated; sori small and scattered, 

 subrotund, surrounded by the remains of the ruptured epider- 

 mis ; spores brown, broadlv elliptic, much constricted ; peduncle 

 short.— Z).C. Fl. Fr. \i.p. 58. Eng, Fl. v. p. 366. Cooke. M.F. t. 

 4,/ 71. 72. Cookeexs.no. 39,4.0. Fckl. exs. nos. 364,-369. P. 



