364 FUNGI. [Puccinia. 



6. P. Primul(S, Grev. {Priynrose Puccinia) ; hypogenous 

 deep brown solitary, scattered or concentric and subconfluent, 

 sporidia rather slender, their lower cell attenuated into a short 

 stem. Grev. ! Fl. Ed. p. 432. 



On Primula vulgaris. Kirkcaldy, Dr. Greville Sporidia obovate- 



oblong, slightly constricted. This is not the same with P. Primulce, 

 Duh. Sijn. p. 891, to which he refers U. PrimulcB, Dec. 



7. P. Veronicdrum, Dec. (^Speedwell Puccinia) ; spots yel- 

 lowish, sori hypog-enous subglobose, the greater part aggregate 

 or circinating, the central one large, sporidia brown. Dec. FL 

 Fr. 2. p. 594. Lk. Sp. 2. p. 71. Johnst.! Fl. Beriv. 2. p. 194 



On Veronicce. Pease Bridge, Berw. Dr. Johnston. — Sporidic 

 obovate, oblong, more or less constricted. 



8. P. Glechomatis, Dec. ( Ground-Ivy Puccinia) ; spot* 

 brownish, sori subrotund scattered convex hypogenous nearly 

 plane, sporidia brown. Dec. Fl. Fr. 6. p. 56. Lk. Sp. 2, p. 

 71. Purt. 31 SS. — Dicceoma verrucosum, Nees^f. 12. 



On Ground Ivy. Purton Sporidia rather short, subelliptic, 



scarcely at all constricted. 



9. P. Menthce, Pers. {3Iint Puccinia) ; spots obliterated, sori 

 small subrotund scattered various in size nearly plane hypoge- 

 nous, sporidia at length black, peduncles short. Pers. Syn. p. 

 227. Lk. Sp. 2. p. 71. Grev. Fl. Ed. p. 430. Johnst. Fl. 

 Bene. 2. p. 195. 



On Mints. Very common Sporidia subglobose or 3 — 4-angular. 



10. P. ScorodonicB, Lk. (luood-sage Puccinia) ; spots obliter- 

 ated, sori minute running together into large subrotund patches, 

 sporidia cinnamon, peduncles very long. Lk. Sp. 2. p. 72. 

 Johnst. Fl. Berw. 2. p. 194. 



On Teucriuju Scorodonia. Berw., Dr. Johnston. 



11. P. BetoniccE, Dec. (^Betony Puccinia) ; spots obliterated, 

 sori subrotund aggregate surrounded by the annular epidermis 

 concave after the dispersion of the pale brown sporidia, hypo- 

 genous, peduncles minute. Dec. FL Fr. 6. p. 57. Lk. Sp. 2. 

 p. 72. Grev. FL Ed. p. 431. Purt. MSS. 



On Betonica officinalis. About Edinburgh, Dr. Greville. It has 

 also been found by Purton. — Spo?'idia short, obovate-elliptic, very pale, 

 peduncles very short. The whole mass appears ferruginous. 



12. P. Vincce, Berk. (^Periwinkle Puccinia); hypogenous, 

 spots yellowish, sori thickly scattered subrotund surrounded by 

 the ruptured epidermis, sporidia brown oblong slightly con- 

 sitricted lower cell slightly attenuated, peduncle very short. 



On Vinca major. Isle of Wight. July. Rev. M. J. Berkeley.— 

 The leaves on which it grows are slightly thickened. With the septate 

 sporidia, others are intermixed which are ovate or subelliptic, without 

 any septum or peduncle, like those of Uredo VinccB. 



