148 BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. [Vol. xvm. 



Puccinia Diplachnis Arthur. 

 (Torrey Bot, Club. 1904. p. 4) 



Uredosori amphigenous, isolate, rarely confluent, small, oblong or linear, 

 naked, pulverulent, orange coloured ; spores obovate or elliptical, epispore 

 hyaline, finely verrucose, contents orange coloured, 16-23x12-17 ft. 



Teleutosori mostly hypophyllous, isolate, scattered, rarely confluent, 

 compact, prominent, round, oblong or linear, black ; spores fusiform or 

 elliptical, mostly rounded or obtusely pointed at the upper end, somewhat 

 tapering towards the lower end, slightly or not constricted at the 

 septum, wall rather thin, slightly thickened at the apex, smooth, brown 

 30-48x16-18 «; pedicel persistent, hyaline, slender, 100 ft. 



On the leaves of Diplachne serotina Link. var. chinensis Mak. Nov. 8. 

 1904, Komaba, (S. Kusano). 



Phacopsora Meliosmae Kusano. n. sp. 



Uredosori hypophyllous, small, punctate, scattered, with no pseudoperidia, 

 paraphyses numerous, clavate or swollen at the end to 25-38 fi in diameter, 

 thick-walled at the apex ; spores elliptical or obovate, coarsely echinulate, 

 20-25x15-18 ft. 



Teleutosori hypophyllous, small, dense, sometimes confluent, covered 

 by the epidermis, waxy, light brown ; spores united together compactly, 

 compressed, in 3-4 layers, mostly cubical or somewhat elongated, with 

 polygonal outline in surface view, wall thin, light blown 13-25 x 9-18 /x. 



On the leaves of Meliosma myriantha S. et Z. Oct. 8. 1899, Mt. 

 Takao in Prov. Musashi (S. Kusano). 



Phragmidium Rubi Thunbergii Kusano. n. sp. 



Sori forming mostly reddish to yellowish spots. 



Uredosori hypophyllous, isolate, scattered or in groups, small, pulveru- 

 lent, orange-yellow, with clavate, thin-walled, crooked paraphyses; spores 

 obovate or elliptical, with thin, hyaline, finely echinulated epispore and 

 orange coloured contents, 22-30 x 15-20 ft. 



Teleutosori hypophyllous, scattered or in irregular groups, often in 

 uredosori, small, roundish, yellowish brown to brownish black ; spores 3-5 

 (mostly 4) celled, rounded at both ends, slightly pointed at the upper end, 



