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Spots yellow ; sori circinating ; spores short, obtuse, consisting 

 of two nearly globose cells, constricted in the middle ; pedicels 

 sometimes incrassated at the base, oblique. 



555. Fuccinia amoxphae. Curt. — Maculis flavis ; sporis brevibus 

 obtusis, medio contractis ; membranaseparabili ecbinulatainvolutis. 



On leaves of Amorpha. Car. Inf. No. 1990. Ravenel. No. 1672. 

 Spots yellow ; spores short, obtuse, contracted in the middle, 

 covered with a distinct separable echinulate membrane. The 

 membrane in P. lohata appears to be of the same nature. 



556. Fuccinia suffulta. B. Sf C— Maculis pallidis orbicularibus ; 

 soris minutis ; sporis articulo infero clavato, supero obovato. 



On leaves of some undetermined plant. Cotoosa Springs. 

 Ravenel. No. 1727. 



Spots pallid, orbicular ; sori minute, spores with the lower cell 

 clavate and continuous with the pedicel, the upper cell obovate, with 

 occasionally a terminal papilla ; episporium made of three concen- 

 tric membranes towards the apex. A very curious and anomalous 

 species, of which further information is desirable. 



557. Fuccinia micxospexma. B. S; C. — Hypophylla ; maculis 

 roseis ; soris minutis ; sporis brevibus subfusiformibus, pedicellis 

 brevibus. 



On Lobelia piiberula. Car. Inf. No. 2265. 

 Spots rose-coloured ; sori minute ; spores short, somewhat 

 spindle-shaped ; pedicels short. 



558. Txiphragmium clavellosum. B. — Soris in maculas orbicu- 

 lares congestis epidermide cinctis nigris ; sporis truncato-obovatis 

 biseptatis : septo superiore verticali, processibus apice incrassatis 

 emarginatis asperis. — " Gard. Chron.," 1857. 



On leaves apparently of vlm?/^tZa/e(F. St. Lawrence. No. 5467. 

 Montreal, Dr. Maclagan. 



Forming orbicular black patches ; sori surrounded by the cuticle. 

 Spores at first oblongo-obovate, even, then truncato-obovate, with 

 one horizontal and one vertical division, rough with clavate pro- 

 cesses, emarginate at the tips. 



559. Txiphragmium deglubens. B. ^ C— Soris sparsis nigris 

 epidermide cinctis ; sporis ellipticis pedicello crassiusculo brevi 

 biseptatis ; membrana exteriore echinulata deglubente. 



On leaves of some leguminous plant. Texas, C. Wright. No. 

 3897. 



Sori scattered ; spores elliptic, with two horizontal septa ; outer 

 membrane minutely echinulate, peeling off. 



* Gymnosporangium junipezi. Lk. - On Juniperus Virginiana. 



Pennsylvania, Michener. No. 4830. 



* Fodisoma junipezi. Lli.— Ovi Juniperus Virginiana. Car. Inf. 

 1875. New England, Sprague. No. 5293. 



