Uredinales, Pucciniacese, Puccinieae, Pucciuia. 669 



pallide brunneis, conspicuis, subepidermicis, ampulhiceis, 130 [x circ. 

 diam. ; aecidiis hypophyllis, annulatim in greges 3-6 mm. diam. 

 coufertis, in maculis decoloratis insidentibus, cupulatis 0,2-0,4 mm. 

 diam., margine quandoque revoluto eroso v. lacerato praeditis ; 

 cellulis peridialibus rhomboideis 22-30 ^ 18-26 apice divisis pariete 

 interiia verrucosa; aecidiosi>oris globosis 18-27 * 16-23; tunica sub- 

 hyalina, tenui 1 n cr. inconspicue verrucosa; teleutosporis, sparsis 

 oblongis, 0,5-0,8 mm. long., prominentibus epidermide grisea diu 

 tectis, pallide castaneo-brunneis, subpulverulentis, epidermide la- 

 cerata cinctis; teleutosporis oblongis 42-52 * 23-27, utrinque rotun- 

 datis, septo non v. leniter constrictis; tunica cinnamomeo-brunnea, 

 2,5-3 \i cr., apice umbonato-5-7 |i incrassata, plicis prominulis lon- 

 gitudinalibus, 3-5 |ji long., pedicello hyalino sporam subaequante fra- 

 gili fultis. 



Hab. in fob"is Tecophileae Roseanae, Esp. ined., Sauta 

 Clara Peru, America austr. 



11. Puccinia paullula H. et P. Sydow, Philipp. Journal of Sci., Bot., 2449 

 VIII (1913) p. 195. -- Maculis epiphyHis, indeterminatis, flavis ; 

 teleutosoris hypophyllis, irregulariter vel plus minusve aequaliter 

 densiusculeque distributis, subinde totam fobi superflciem vel ma- 

 gnam ejus partem obtegentibus, minutis, vix V3 ''i™- diam., sed 

 saepe confluentibus et tunc usque ad 1 mm., compactiusculis, flavo- 

 brunneis, tandem obscurioribus ; uredosporis immixtis, plerumque 

 perfecte giobosis, brunneis, raodice obtuseque echinulatis, 20-26 {x 

 diam., episporio 1,5 [a crasso ; teleutosporis ellipsoideis, utrinque 

 late rotundatis, medio valde constrictis, levibus, flavo-bruuneis, ad 

 apicem non vei lenissime incrassatis, septo saepe obliquo vel lon- 

 gitudinaliter posito, 20-24 ^ 18-21, episporio tenui, loculis facillime 

 secedentibus ; pedicello sporam aequante vel superante, hyalino, 

 deciduo. 



Hab. in foliis vivis Amorphophalli sp., Los Baiios, Lu- 

 zon, ins. Philipp. (C. F. Baker). 



12. Puccinia compacta Kuuze in Weigelt, Exs. 1827 (non Berk. 1855), 2450 

 Syll. XI p. 204 (nomen); Puceinia concrescens Ell. et Ev. in Arth. 

 Mycologia 1915 p. 240. — Teleutosoris orbiculatim dispositis in areis 

 decoloratis, pulvinatis, confertis, demum centro confluentibus et 

 pulvinar 2-4 mm. latum, castaneo-brunneum margine pallidius for- 

 mantibus ; teleutosporis oblongo-ellipsoideis, saepe irregularibus, 

 20-40 ^ 12-20, utrinque obtusis v. rotundatis, v. deorsum subtenua- 



tis, non v. vix constrictis ad septum interdum obliquum, membrana 



