194 y- ITO. 



merous blunt, rather long processes, generally more or less divergent, base 

 attenuated, not or slightly constricted at the septum, smooth, ferruginous or 

 light chestnut-brown, 30-So X 14-22//, rarely 104// in length; epispore thin; 

 pedicels very short, brown, subdeciduous. 

 Hab. On Hiei'ochloc borealis Roem. 



Hokkaido.— Prov. I^Ilikari: Sapporo (III. Oct, 1S94; III. Oct. 23, 1S96 ; III. Oct. 10, iSgg. 

 K. MiYABE ; III. Sept. 15, 1S99. G. Vamada) ; Tsukisappu (III. June 1896. K. Miyaee ; III. May 15, 

 1903. S. It5) ; Ishikari (II. & III. Sept. 24, 1899. G. Yamada) ; Kamikawa (III. Oct. i, 1899. T. IvAWA- 

 KAMI) ; ICamuikotan (III. Oct. 8, 1906. K. MuiRA) ; Tsuishiliari (II. & III. Sept. 29, 1907. S. Ilü). — 

 Prov. Shiribeshi : Esashi-Goriiizawa (II. Aug. 10, 1902. G. Va.mada). — Prov. Iburi : Numanohata (HL 

 Nov. I, 1900. K. MiY.ME & G. Vamada). 



Honsh.ü. — Prov. Mutsu : Goshogawara (III. Oct. 1904. T. IvAsinwAt). 

 On Stipa sibirica Lam. .■" 



Honsliü. — Prov. Rikuchü: Morioka (III. Oct. 29, 1905. G. Vamada). 



Distrib. Japan. 



Remarks. Sydow (i) notices the presence of a species of coronate 

 I'uccinia on Hici-ocldoc sp. in Europe without giving any description. Our 

 fungus may be identical with the European species. The present species 

 can easily be distinguished from common Puccinia coroiiata by the epiph)-ll- 

 Oiis position and larger size of its teleutosori. The general appearance of 

 the telcutospore resembles that of Puccinia Epigcjos, but it differs in its 

 longer and more or less divergent processes at the apex. Moreover, the 

 uredospore of the jDresent species is in general smaller in size than that of fhe 

 species just referred to. 



The length of the lower cell of its teleutosporc is very variable, some 

 reaching even 70//, which is in fact longer than the largest teleutospores in 

 Puccinia coroiiata. A similar fungus is found on Slipa sibirica ? collected 

 at Morioka by Prof G. Yamada, and I ha\-e placed it in the present species. 



9. Pviccinia rangiferina S. Ito n. sp. — (PI. X. P'ig. 12.) 

 Teleutosori, h\"poph)'llous or on the .sheath ; small or medium in size, 

 oblong or linear, scattered or gregarious, often confluent, naked, with the 

 ruptured epidermis, pulvinate, compact, conspicuous, black. Teleutospores 

 cj'lindrical or oblong-clavate, apex thickened, with 2-9 long, sometimes 

 branching, divergent processes (maxim, about 31,«), base attenuated, not or 



