Uredinacese, Didymosporse, Gymnoconia. 395 



30 [x. longis, 30-40 [x. latis, interdum horizontaliter septatis, cel- 

 lulis subglobosis valde constrictis, episporio crasso, castaneo verru- 

 coso, verrucis papilliformibus, hyalino-fuscidulis, 3-4 [A. diam.; 

 stipite ca. 10-15 « 6-8, hyalino, fuscidulo. 



Hdb. in foliis caulibusque Lonchocarpi rariflori, Rio 

 Negro, Manaos, Amer. merid. — Affine D. Piptadenice Diet. 

 2. Diorchidium !eve Sacc. et Bizz. - - Syll. VII, p. 377. — Puccinia 

 levis (Sacc. et Bizz.) P. Magn. in Ber. Deutsch. Bot. G-es. 1891, 

 Bd. IX, p. 190, Syd. Mon. Ured. I, p. 759, Soris uredospo- 



riferis amphigenis, maculis flavidis v. rufo-navis, indeterminatis, 

 insidentibus, sparsis, minutis, punctiformibus, rotundatis v. oblon- 

 gis, epidermide diu tectis, pulverulentis, flavo-brunneis; uredo- 

 sporis globosis, subglobosis vel ellipsoideis, echinulatis, brunneis 

 24-30 |i. diam. v. 24-30 « 17-24, poris germinationis binis instru- 

 ctis; soris teleutosporiferis amphigenis, sparsis, rotundatis v. ovatis 

 0,5-1 mm. diam., epidermide fissa cinctis, atris; teleutosporis elli- 

 psoideis v. oblongo-ellipsoideis, episporio superne valde incrassato, 

 usque 10 [j,., ad septum constrictis, septo plerumque verticali vel 

 obliquo, raro horizontali instructis, levibus, brunneis, 32-40 « 24- 

 38; pedicello hyalino, persistenti, crasso, usque 150 [j.. longo. 



Hab. in foliis vivis Manisuris granularis in Brasilia, 

 Columbia, Portorico, Martinica, G-uadalupa. — TeleutosporsB ple- 

 raeque longitrorsum septatas hinc species in gen. Diorchidio ser- 

 vanda est. 



STICHOPSORA Diet. — Syll. XVI p. 318. 



1. Stichopsora Mentzeliae Diet. et Holw. in Bot. Gaz. 1901, n. 5, m{) 

 p. 337, et Hedw. 1901, p. (61). — Soris hypophyllis, sparsis, par- 



vis , uredosporiferis luteo-aurantiacis, in sicco albis ; uredosporis 

 breve catenulatis 20-28 * 20-24, episporio verrucoso hyalino praxlitis; 

 soris teleutosporiferis viscidis, sanguineo-rubris 100-120 [j.. diam. ; 

 teleutosporis seriatis, cylindrico-clavatis vel ellipsoideis 24-45 v 

 14-20 initio 1-cellularibus, dein 1-septatis; episporio usque 8 [j.. 

 crasso; sporidiolis ellipticis utrinque subconicis, 15 «10-13. 

 Hab. in foliis Mentzelhe hispid;c, Chapala Mexico. 



2. Stichopsora Madiae (Cke.) Syd. Ann. Mycol. 1904, p. 30. Huc du- 

 cendum Coleosporium Madice Cooke — Syll. VII, p. 758. 



GYMNOCONIA Lagerh. - Syll. XIV p. 360, XVI p. 314. 

 1. Gymnoconia Riddelliae Griffiths in Bull. of the Torr. Bot. Club. 1902, 1311 

 pag. 296, fig. 6. — Pycnidiis hypophyllis, sparsis, prominenti- 



