24*1 ^- ITo. 



Hab. On Melica nutans L. 



Hokkaido. — Prov. Isliikaii: fr.7.ankL-i (11. .\u|^. 22, 1S9S. K. Mivalie; II. .\ii<j. 24, I.S98, T. 

 XlsiiuiA) ; Vam.aliana (11. Sept. 15, 1007. S. I rr.) -, Maruyama (11. Sept. 22. 1907. S. Itü). 

 Distrib. Japan. 



Rkm.VRKS. Compared with Puccinia McUclC of lüiropc, our .species 

 resembles it very cl(.)se]y in the remarkably small size of their lu'cdospores. 

 ]5ut they differ from each other in the fact that in our species there are 

 yellow-ochre colored clavate paraphyses, aIthouf;h few in number, while 

 Eriksson particularly laitl stress on the absence of p;iraph)-ses in the sori 

 of l^'iiccinia- Mclicß. 



5. Uredo Bromi-paucifloras S. Itö. n. s]). — ; PI. XII. Fit,'. 13). 



Urcdjsori, epiphyllous ; minute, oblontj or sublinear, scattered or 

 tjrc_<;arious, often confluent, naked, with ruptinx'ti epidermis, pulverulent, 

 brownish yellow. Uredospores, globose or broadly ellipsoidal, cchinulate, 

 yellow or brownish yellow, 20-32x20-28«; epispore thin; germ-pores 6-8 

 (rarely 10) ; para])hyses numerous, clavate, hyaline, apex not thickened, 

 44-S6 X 14-22//. 



Hab. On Broiiius pauciflorus \\:\.'cV. 



Hokkaido. — I'rov. Oslnma : Kamiiso (II. July 12, 1S90. K. MlY.UJE). 



Ri;M-\RKS. iMthough there are m.my species of Puccinia known to be 

 parasitic on Bronius, yet Puccinia coronata is the only species that has the 

 para[)hyses in the uredosori. While "ur species has numerous germ-i)ores, 

 Puccinia coronata only 3 or 4. Alorcover, the shajie of their paraph}"ses arc 

 (|uite different. 



The present species seems to agree Puccinia n;ibbcrosci on Fcstuca w hich 

 is closely related in its sj^stematic position to Bronius. 



6. Uredo Polliiiise-imberbis S. Itü. n. sp.^iPl. XII. Fig. ii). 

 Uredosori, liyp;;iph)-llous ; nnnute, roundish nr oblong, on brownish 



spots, scattered or gregarious, sometimes confluent, naked, pulverulent, in- 

 conspicuous, orange-colored. Uredospores. globose, subglobose or piriform, 

 densely echinulate, yellow or )-ellowish-browii, 20-26x16-24//; epispore 

 thin ; germ-pores 5-9, rarely 1 i, scattered irregularly ; peraphyses numerous, 



