254 ARTHUR-BISBY— TRANSLATION OF SCHWEINITZ'S 



It is particularly unfortunate that no specimen is available to 

 substantiate the record, as there is no other record of a Galium rust 

 having been collected in North Carolina. The most southern col- 

 lection in the Arthur herbarium is that of Puccinia punctata Link 

 on G. trifloriiin made by Mrs. Emily Arthur at Salt Sulphur Springs, 

 W. Va., in 1914, a locality on the opposite slope of the Allegheny 

 Mountains to the northwest from Salem, N. Car. There is no other 

 record than Schweinitz's of a rust on G. purpureum Walt., now re- 

 ferred to G. pilosurn Ait., although it would not be an unlikely host 

 for P. punctata. The tubercle-like emergence of the sori and their 

 distinctly blackish color are sufficiently characteristic of the telia of 

 P. punctata Link to make it probable that Schweinitz had this species 

 in hand, although it must be a rare fungus in the Carolina flora. 



*2934. 30. P. Mj'rrhis, L.v.S., on leaves and steins of Myrrhis procumbens, 

 Bethlehem. 

 P. without spots. Sori dense, minute, surrounded by the ruptured 

 epidermis, pulvinately applanate. Spores very loose, golden 

 brown. 



Represented by a scanty specimen, consisting of numerous very 

 small fragments showing a few pale telia, in the original packet, 

 which is labelled " Puccinia Myrrhis procunib LvS Beth." 



Both urediniospores and teliospores are present in the specimen, 

 and are characteristic for the species now called Puccinia Pimpinel- 

 Icc (Str.) ]\Iart. The host is clearly as named by Schweinitz Chccro- 

 phyilum procumbens (L.) Crantz {Myrrhis procumbens Spreng.). 



*2935. 31. P. Bullaria, Lk. n. 2>^, on stems of Hyssopus nepetoides, rare, 

 Bethlehem. 



Represented only by an empty packet labelled " Puccinia caulin- 

 cola in Hyssop, nepet. Bet," with second word crossed out and " bul- 

 laria " written in. 



There is a specimen in the Michener Collection at Washington 

 exactly answering the requirements of this number. It is a piece of 

 smooth stem 4 cm. long, split lengthwise and originally 3 mm. in 

 diameter. Protruding from a longitudinal fissure 2 cm. in length is 

 a fungus-like growth, brown and bullate, that may be the early 



