387 



EXSICCATI : Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Fungi 2^12. 



This Acrid i mil is very siniiljir to Aecklium DcJpJilnii Barth. with which 

 it may ultimately iirovo to be identified. 



20. Aecklium circinaiis Erikss. Bot. Centralbl. n. 36:297. 1891. 

 On RANUNCULACEAE : 



Aconitum DeJphinifoliinn DC, Ahiskri. 

 Type locality: Sweden, on Aconitum Lijcoctonum L. 

 DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Alaska. Also hi Eul'ope. 



Little is known regarding this Aecidluni. It may prove to be the 

 aecial stage of an autoecious Vmmyces similar to Uromijces Aconiti-Lycoc- 

 t>ml (DC.) Wint., the aecial stage of wliieli it ^'reatly 1-esembles. 



21. Aeeidium Anemones Am. Authors. 

 On RANI'NCULACEAE : 



Anemone nareissicjlora L., Alaska. 



Anemone Vii;/!niana L., Indiana. Iowa. Wisconsin; Ontario. 

 DISTRIBUTION: Northern Mississippi and northward. 



22. Aeeidium occidentale Arth. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 31 :7. 1004. 

 On RANUNCULACEAE : 



Viorna DougUisii (Hook.) (Clematis Dourjlasii Hook.), Idaho, Wash- 

 ington. 



Viorna Wi/etliii (Nutl.) Rydb.. Montana, Washington. 

 TYPE LOCALITY: I'ullman. Washington, on Clematis Dougla.sii. 

 DISTRIBUTION: Montana to Washington. 



23. Aeeidium Ranunculaccamm DC. (in part). 

 On RANUNCULARACEAE : 



Ranuncultis elUpticus Greene, North Dakota. 



Ranunculus glahenimus Hook.. Idaho, Montana, Washington. 



Ranunculus sclcratus L., North Dakota. 

 DISTRIBUTION: Northern Mississippi valley west to Washington. 



The aecia on the above named hosts resemble very closely the Aeeid- 

 ium on Oxygraphis Cymhalaria (Pnrsh) Prantl. which belongs with Puc- 

 cinia einerea Arth. on Poa, and may be shown by cultures to belong with 

 it This is especially likely since its range practically coincides with that 

 of this Puceinia. 



