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circular, rupturing at the apex to form a characteristic ostiole; 

 tcHospores elHpsoid, 20-26 by 39-59 m; wall 1.5-2 ;u thick, dark 

 cinnamon-brown, the apex 7-9 fx thick, with a semi-hyaline 

 umbo; pedicel slightly tinted next to the spore, short. 



On Valerianaceae: 



Valeriana acutiloba Rydb., V. edulis Nutt., V. occidentalis 



Heller, and V. sitchensis Bong, 

 Type locality: Europe, on Valeriana officinalis. 

 Distribution: British Columbia to New^ Mexico; also in Europe. 

 ExsicCATi: Ell. & Ev. N. Am. Fungi 221 1; Barth. N. Am. Ured. 



231. 



42. Allodus intermixta (Peck) Arth. Result. Sci. Congr. Bot. 



Vienne 345. 1906 

 Puccinia ijitermixta Peck, Bot. Gaz. 4: 218. 1879. 

 Aecidium intermixtum Peck, Bot. Gaz. 4: 231. 1879. 

 Dicaeoma intermixtum Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 3^: 469. 1898. 



Aecia amphigenous, over entire leaf, apparently from a peren- 

 nial mycelium; aeciospores, 17-22 by 22-28^1; wall about 1.5 m 

 thick, finely verrucose. 



Telia amphigenous, scattered among the aecia, epidermis 

 rupturing at apex to form a conspicuous ostiole; teliospores 

 broadly ellipsoid, 20-25 by 31-37 m; wall 1.5-2 ^l thick, cinnamon- 

 brown, very finely verrucose, the apex very slightly thickened to 

 3 /x; pedicel colorless, short. 



On Ambrosiaceae: 



Iva axillaris Pursh. 



Type locality: Green River, Wyoming, on Iva axillaris. 



Distribution: South Dakota to Washington and New ^Mexico. 



ExsicCATi: Ell. & Ev. N. Am. Fungi 2239, 2252a, 2405; Barth. 

 Fungi Columb. 3761, 3845; Griff. W. Am. Fungi 290; Garrett, 

 Fungi Utah. 163; Barth. N. Am. Ured. 7^7, 748, 1454; Ell. & 

 Ev. Fungi Columb. 63. 



43. Allodus Batesiana Arth. Result. Sci, Congr. Bot. Vienne 



345- 1906 

 Puccinia Batesiana Arth. Bull. Torrey Club 28: 661, 1901. 



Aecia hypophyllous, gregarious or scattered, often on dis- 

 colored spots; aeciospores, 16-20 by 22-26 ju; wall about i m thick, 



Telia chiefly hypophyllous, gregarious, or scattered, often 

 arising about the aecia, long covered by the epidermis, blackish, 



