ORTON: north AMERICAN SPECIES OF ALLODUS 201 



35. Allodus vertisepta (Tracy & Gall.) Arth. Result. Sci. Congr. 



Bot. Vienna 345. 1906 

 Puccinia vertisepta Tracy & Gall. Jour. Myc. 4: 21. 1888. 

 Diorchidium Tracyi De-Toni, in Sacc. Syll. Fung. 7: 736. 1888. 



Aecia chiefly hypophyllous, gregarious on circular, discolored 

 spots; aeciospores broadly ellipsoid to pyriform; 17-20 by 28-40 /x; 

 wall 2-2.5 M thick, rather prominently and moderately verrucose, 

 thickened at apex and base about equally, 5-9 ix, golden. 



Telia chiefly epiphyllous, scattered, early naked, ruptured 

 epidermis not conspicuous; teliospores subgloboid when seen with 

 both cells in view, broadly ellipsoid with only one cell in view; 

 wall dark chestnut to chocolate-brown, 2.5-3 M thick, finely 

 verrucose, the apex 6-7 /x thick, hyaline at the tip; pedicel colorless, 

 attached at septum, up to 50 ^u long. 



On Lahiatae: 



Salvia hallotaeflora Benth. and S. Sessei Benth. 

 Type locality: New Mexico on Salvia ballotaeflora. 

 Distribution: New Mexico to Mexico. 

 ExsiccATi: Barth. N. Am. Ured. 2^5, 8^5. 



Note. — The so-called uredo are really aecia, according to a note 

 in the Arthur Herbarium by Holway, who has examined the 

 original specimen at the Mo. Bot. Garden. 



36. Allodus Chamaesarachae (Syd.) Arth. Result. Sci. Congr. 



Bot. Vienne 345. 1906 

 Puccinia Chamaesarachae Sydow, Monog. Ured. 1: 263. 1902. 



Aecia hypophyllous, gregarious, covering nearly the entire 

 surface of leaves and dwarfing the plants; aeciospores 16-19 by 

 20-25 ix; wall 1.5-2 11 thick, finely verrucose. 



Telia chiefly hypophyllous, within or among the secondary 

 aecia, sometimes confluent; teliospores broadly ellipsoid, 17-20 

 by 25-31 ix; wall about 2 jx thick, light chestnut-brown, very finely 

 verrucose, the apex very slightly thickened, about 3)u; pedicel 

 colorless, short. 



On Solanaceae: 



Chamaesaracha nana A. Gray. 

 Type locality: California, on Chamaesaracha nana. 

 Distribution: California and Nevada. 

 ExsicCATi: Ellis, N. Am. Fungi 1476; Barth. Fungi Columb. 



3840; Barth. N. Am. Ured. 22g. 



Note. — All collections from Truckee are from California; not 

 from Nevada as the data on packets appear to show. 



