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On leayes oi EtieUia. Car. Inf. Eayenel. No. 1641. 



Spots yellow or quite obsolete; sori scattered; spores short, 

 obtuse at either end, almost horizontal, -with a long lateral ilexuous 

 stem. 



* Puccinia Hyssopi. Schwebi. — On Hyssopus nej^etoides. Penn- 

 sylvania, Michener. No. 4359. 



* Puccinia Compositairum. Schlecht.— On Cirsium lanceolatum. 

 Pennsylvania, Michener. No. 3519. Canada, Poe. No. 6145. 



* Puccinia Asteris. /ScAwew.— Canada, Poe. No. 6154, 6155. 

 6136. 



* Puccinia Vexbesinae. SeJiwein. — On V. Siegesheckia. Car. 

 Sup. No. 586. Santee River, Ravenel. No. 1667. 



* Puccinia Xanthii. Schweln. — Car. Sup. No. 589. On Am- 

 brosia. Car. Inf. No. 1337. Eavenel. No. 1644. 



* Puccinia Centauxese. B.C. — On Conoelininm. Car. Inf. No. 

 3788. 



* Puccinia investita. Schwein. — On Gnaphalium. Pennsylvania, 

 Michener. 



-- * Puccinia Helianthi. Schwein. — On H. decapetalum and H. 

 tuberosum. Car. Sup. No. 611. Car. Inf. No. 1458. 



547. Puccinia stromatica. B. Sf (7.— Soris effusis rubiginosis ; 

 sporis Isevibus brevibus utrinque obtusis pedicello longo flexuoso. 



On stems of Clematis. Peters. No. 3820. 



Sori effused, rust-coloured; spores short, even, obtuse at either 

 end, seated on a long flexuous pedicel, which is attenuated down- 

 wards. 



* Puccinia aculeata. Lh.—On leaves of Podophyllum. Penn- 

 sylvania, Michener. No. 44 11, with JEcidium. Signor Pasterini, has 

 sent a somewhat similar species from Parma, on Tulipa sylvestris, 

 which has oblong, not clavate spores, with sharper prickles. 



548. Puccinia spermacocis. B. ^ C.— Hypophylla, maculis flavis 

 parvis ; soris rubiginosis ; sporis brevibus lajvibus utrinque obtusis 

 pedicello brevioribus. 



On leaves of Spermacoce glabra. Alabama, T. M. Peters. No. 3786. 

 Spots yellow, small, orbicular ; sori rust-coloured ; spores short, 

 obtuse at either end, even, very slightly constricted, shorter than 

 the hyaline stems. 



* Puccinia violae. D.C— Canada, Poe. No. 6120. 



549. Puccinia tiarellse. B.^- <7.— Maculis pallidis ; soris maghis 

 rufis; sporis clavatis apice papillatis, pedicello brevi. 



On leaves of Tiarella. Canada, Poe. No. 6146. 

 Spots diffuse, pale ; sori large ; spores clavate, -0002 long, 

 obtuse, with a terminal papilla. 



