148 PUCCINIALES 



Amerosporae 



Teliospores 1-celled, colored or hyaline, sometimes lacking 



A. Telia present 



1. Spores or sporogenous hyphae exserted through 



the stomata 



a. Teliospores exserted in loose twisted threads; 



I—; Tropics ' Skierkia 16:271, D 53 



b. Sporogenous hyphae exserted, singly or in 



fascicles 



(1) Promycelium typical, i. e., external, fili- 



form and sterigmate 



(a) Sporogenous hyphae single; I II — ; 



Rubus, Java Gerwasia 21:597, D 51 



(b) Sporogenous hyphae fascicled; I — ; 



Rubiaceae esp.. Tropics Hemileia 7:585, D 52 



(2) Promycelium short, stout, half-exserted 



at spore-base; sporidioles sessile 



(a) Promycelium 2-celled; II — ; Olea, East 



Indies Cystopsora 21:607, D 52 



(b) Promycelium 4-celled; Phillyrea, Medi- 



terranea Zaghouania 17:268, D 53 



2. Spores or sporogenous hyphae not exserted 



through the stomata 



a. Teliospores sessile, hyaline, not seriate 



(1) Aecia with peridium 



(a) Promycelium typical, arising from 



spore-apex 

 X. Teliospores in a single layer; I — ; 



Nyssa, N. A. Aplopsora D 56 



y. Teliospores in an x-layered mass; 



Urticaceae esp., Trop-Subtrop. Cerotelium 21:606, D 56 



(b) Promycelium internal; heteroecious Ochropsora 21:604, D 56 



(2) Aecia without peridium 



(a) Telia and uredia enclosed by brown 



curved cylindric paraphyses; Trop. 



Am. Olivea 23:663, D 54 



(b) Paraphyses lacking or rudimentary 



X. Teliospores in fascicles arising from a 

 basal cell; I II — ; Pithecolobium, 



Paraguay Chaconia 14:290, D 54 



y. Teliospores not in fascicles from a basal 

 cell 

 (x) Promycelium apical; II — ; S. Hem. Chrysocelis 23:664, D 55 

 (y) Promycelium internal; I II — ; 



Java Goplana 16:318, D 55 



b. Teliospores sessile, seriate usually colored, 



often more or less united laterally; pycnia 

 subepidermal 



(1) Telia with a peridium; I II — ; Sida, 



Argentina Dietelia 14:291, D 96 



(2) Telia without peridium 



(a) Teliospores imbedded in a gelatinous 



mass; I II—; Capparis, India Masseella 14:292, D 93 



