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black to dark brownish ; spores irregular, obovoid or rarely subglobose, 

 angular from compression, wall thin, verrucose, dark brownish, 28-22 x 

 22-20 // (Fig. 3 b). 



On Sophora flavescem Ait. var. galegoides Plemsl. September 10. 

 1900 and October 1903, Botanic Garden of Tokyo (S. Kusano). 



The formation of the teleutospore begins in September and attains 

 its maximum in October. Uredospores seem to precede it and to be formed 

 generally in August or earlier. But on the young shoot they cap be 

 found sometimes vigorously developing even at the end of October. This 

 fungus occurs annually on the same stock of this perennial herb which 

 is cultivated in the Botanic Garden of Tokyo. It is found spreading 

 over the whole plant and over the whole surface of the leaf, forming uredo 

 and teletuosori densely. I did not yet observed the first infection of the 

 fungus and am not sure whether the fungus belongs to Hemiuromyces or 

 Brachyuromyces. But the presence of some brownish dead spots on 

 the leaves, with some trace of the old sori, like those of Sophora japonica, 

 which are due to the primary uredosori of its own Uromyces (U. Sophorce 

 japonk(e) makes certain that they may be the point of primary infection, 

 on which pycnidia preceded uredosori. Whence we include the fungus 

 provisionally to Braclujuromyces. 



Aecidium Sophorae Kus. n. sp. 

 (Fig. I). 



Pycnidia preceding or accompanying aecidia, amphigenous, chiefly 

 epiphyllous, punctate, with hair-like bristles of hyphfe at the aperture ; 

 spores elliptical or globose, hyaline. 



Aecidia amphigenous, chiefly hypophyllous and also on petiole and stem, 

 in indefinite and irregular clusters, often covering the greater part of the 

 leaf; pseudoperidia aggregate, sub-circinating, small, shallow, border narrow, 

 coarsely lacerate and recurved ; cells rectangular, in one layer, 40-50 x 

 20-25 ft, wall smooth ; spores subglobose, somewhat angular from compression, 

 epispore thin, minutely verrucose, 25-35 x 10-22 u. 



On Sophora platycarpa Maxim. June 7. 1900, Hakone in Prov. 

 Sagami (Prof. J. Matsumura). 



This fungus occurs usually on petioles and midribs, and extends along 

 or around them to a certain extent, causing to the substratum a moderate 



