l84 S. ITO. 



(i86) ; Sacc, Syll., 9, 1891,(295); Dictel, in Engl., Bot., Jahrb., 32, 1903, 



(47)- 



var. japonica S. Ito. n. var. — (PI. X. Fig. 3.) 



Uri'dosori, amphigenous, mostly hypophyllous, or on the sheath, small, 

 round or oblong, scattered or gregarious, often confluent, naked, with the torn 

 epidermis, powdery, or sometimes loosely covered by the epidermis, especially 

 on the sheath, orange-colored. Uredospores, subglobose or broadly ellipsoidal, 

 minutely or prominently verrucosc, 16—28 X 14—27,«; epispore thick; 

 paraphyses absent. 



Tclcutosori, amphigenous, mostly hypophyllous, or on the sheath and 

 culm, those cm the blade small, round or oblong, scattered, rarely confluent ; 

 those on the sheath and culm, small, round, oblong or linear, scattered or 

 gregarious, often confluent ; long covered by epidermis, somewhat pulvinate, 

 not prominent, greyish black. Teleutospores, globose, obovate or polygonal, 

 apex more or less thickened (3 — 4,«) and rounded, truncate or obliquely 

 pointed, base rounded or slightly attenuated, brownish yellow, darker at 

 apex, 18 — 29 X 15 — 2i/x; epispore 1 — 1.5,« thick; pedicels brown, per- 

 sistent, as long as the spore or sometimes little longer. 



Hab. On Alopccunis fulvus L. 



Hokkaido. — Piov. Ishikari : Sapporo (II. June 20, 1891. K. Miyabe) ; Nopporo (II. & III. July 

 27, 1905. J. IIanzawa) ; Cirugawa (II. Sept. 22, 1907. S. Ito) ; Iwamizawa (II. July 10, 1908. S. Itü), 

 — Trov. Iburi: Mororaii (II. & III. June lo, lOoo. K. MlVABE). 



Honshu.— I'rov. Rikuchü: Jlorioka (II. & III. May 30, 1903. G. V.oiada ; II. July 3, 1907. 

 M. MiURA).— Prov, !\Iusash : Tokyo (II. & III. July 1899 ; II. May 2, 189g. S. KuSANO) ; Nishigahara 

 (11. & III. June 22, 1896. S. HoRi; II. Nov. 29, 1S99. T. NlSHlDA) ; Kawaguchi (II. & III. May 

 31, 1906. N. Nambu) ; Aoyama (II. & III. June 1902. K. YosniNO). — Prov. Yaniashiro: Kyoto (III. 

 July 14, 1895 V. Takaiiashi) : Kujö.niura, Kyoto (II. & III. June S, 1895. N. IIiratsl'IC.a). 



Shikoku.— Prov. lyo: Sugo-mura (II. May 22, 1899. K. Okudaika). 



Kiushü. — Prov- Chikuzen: Ömutla (II. April 23, 1905. K. Yoshino).— Prov. Iligo : Imizu- 

 mura (II. S; III. May 26, 1904. K. YosHiNo) ; Mt. Aso (II. & III. July 13, 1906. J. Hanzawa & K. 

 Y'OSHIXO) ; Kumamolo (II. & III. June 2, 1907. T. NrsniDA). 



Formosa.— Daihoku (II. & III. April 5, 1907. T. Kawakami & R. Sl-zuki). 



On Alopeciirus japonicus Steud. 



Kiusliü.— Prov. Higo: Imizu-mura (III. May 25, 1905. S. Maihara). 

 Distrib. Japan. 



Remarks. Comparing our specimens with the description of the American 



