/'anisif/'r Finn/i of //liniols. 200 



It sccMis the <;t'i-niiii;iti()ii of tlu- sjiorcs has not heeii ()l)served 

 neitlit'i- have other spore forms been certainly fonnd as genetic 

 productions. In I!, ^ficficn^ B. & Br., however, Berkeley says: 

 "The hirger pseudospores are accompanied by nredinoid bodies 

 which are minutely })a])illate." (Linn. Soc. Jour. Bot.. Vol. 

 XTV. p. 08.) 



The spores attain the largest size among the Urcditipcr. and 

 are otherwise very readily generically recognizetl. 



Speaking of A*. iii<h'cAt, Berkeley says, "The glandular bodies con- 

 sist of a large umbrella-shaped, dark cap, often .^^jyth of an inch across, 

 composed of a number of closely packed cells, supported by a long, hy- 

 aline, delicate, and apparently compound stem, round the end of which 

 are suspended a circle of elongated hyaline bodies, calling to mind, in 

 point of arrangement, the appendages of some species of Medusfc, or in 

 general appearance the fruit of some Marchantia. In the South Caro- 

 lina species [R. glandidosa, B. & C] on the contrary, the peduncle is 

 shorter and the appendages are united by their sides into a solid mass" 



The s])ecios grow on various L('gnini)ios</-. 



R. glandulseformis, B. & C. 



Amphigenous. Sori scattered, rather small, often confluent 

 in areas of variable, sometimes of considerable size, testaceous: 

 spores broadly capitate, the many-celled, dish-like, chestnut- 

 brown u])per layer projecting over the hyaline cells iieneath. 

 about 75 to 100 ,a; pedicel short, hyaline. 



Spores urn-shaped, with a short pedicel, hyaline below and lobed or 

 striate ; even above, cellular, colored, projet;ting beyond the lower divi- 

 sion. In some specimens the lower division is even, and the cells of the 

 upper part larger, but it is ]irohably a mere form. — Berkeley, (irevillea, 

 III., p. 80. 



On Teplirosiu Vin/lni<(iia : "Pine Hills." linion County. 

 Collected several times in same locality by F. S. Earle. 



Gymnosporangium, DC. 



Spores with one hori/A)utal septum, less commonly one to 

 six cells in a vertical row. yellow, with epispore thin, on long, 

 slender, hyaline pedicels, imbedded in gelatine, which, when 

 moist, swells into a soft columnar or irregular body. Paiasitic 

 on the leaves and branches of various Ciiprrssiiira'. 



