66 
Puecinia pulchella, Peck. 
Spots yellow or greenish-yellow, orbicular, rarely confluent; sori small, 
circinating, sometimes confluent, blackish-brown ; spores .001'-0013' long, .0006' 
broad. 
Upper surface of leaves of Ribes prostratum. North Elba. July. 
Puccinia Cryptotaeniae, Peck. 
Spots small, pallid or yellowish, sometimes tinged with purple, dotted by the 
sori, occasionally confluent; sori minute, clustered, at first covered by the 
epidermis, then surrounded by its pale ruptured remains which continue in 
the form of a small pustule with a contracted subcircular opening at the apex, 
reddish-brown; spores subelliptical, scarcely constricted, crowned with a 
hyaline pustule, .0011'-.0016' long, .0006' broad. 
Under surface of leaves of Cryptotaenia Canadensis. North 
Greenbush. June. 
Pueeinia Mariae-Wilsoni, Clinton. 
Amphigenous; spots none; sori scattered or clustered, unequal, reddish- 
brown; spores subelliptical, scarcely constricted, crowned with a pustule, 
.0013'—.0018' long, .0007'—-0008' broad. 
Leaves and stems of Claytonia Caroliniana. Buffalo, Clinton. 
Knowersville. May. 
Puceinia Lobeliae, Gerard. 
Sori minute, scattered or confluent, tawny-brown ; spores oblong-elliptical, 
slightly constricted at the septum and easily separating into two parts, pale, 
.0013'-0016' long ; pedicel short or obsolete. 
Under surface of leaves of Lobelia’ syphilitica. Poughkeepsie, 
Gerard. The fragile spores are peculiar. 
Puecinia obtecta, Peck. 
Cauline ; sori unequal, often very large, angular or orbicular, scattered or 
confluent, slightly elevated, long covered by the epidermis, black ; spores 
oblong or oblong-clavate, sometimes curved, constricted, obtuse or obtusely 
pointed, .0018'-.0024' long, .0008' broad ; pedicel colored, seldom half as long as 
the spore. 
Stems of Scirpus validus and S. pungens. Watkins, Montezuma 
Marshes and Albany. September and October, 
