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Telia hypophyllous, scattered, rather tardily naked; teliospores 

 clavate to pyriform, 17-25 by 36-53 fi; wall dark chestnut-brown, 

 I-1.5 M thick, smooth, the apex 7-12 /j, thick; pedicel light golden, 

 rarely as long as the spore. 



On Compositae: 



Gnaphaliiim calijornicum DC, G. decurrens Ives, G. lepto- 

 phylhim DC, G. leucocephahtm A. Gray, G. margaritaceum L., 

 G. obtiisijolium L. {G. polycephalum Michx.),G. oxyphyllum DC, 

 and G. semiamplexicaule DC 



Type locality: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on Gnaphalium poly- 

 cephalum. 



Distribution: United States and Mexico. 



ExsicCATi: Ell. & Ev. Fungi Columb. 1285, IJ64; Sydow, Ured. 

 777j; Barth. N. Am. Ured. 549; Ell. & Ev. N. Am, Fungi 3569. 



46. Allodus Desmanthodii (D. & H.) Arth. Result. Sci. Congr. 



Bot. Vienne 345. 1906 

 Puccinia Desmanthodii Diet. & Holw. Bot. Gaz. 31: 334. 1901. 



Aecia amphigenous, gregarious; aeciospores 14-19 by 17-20 ;u; 

 wall 1-1.5 M thick, with fine deciduous, verrucose markings. 



Telia chiefly hypophyllous, gregarious over large areas, usually 

 surrounding the aecia, long covered by the epidermis, surrounded 

 in the sori by a dark brown stroma; teliospores terete to cylindrical, 

 12-16 by 45-61 /z; wall cinnamon-brown, i-i.5iu thick, smooth, 

 the apex 5-8 ^i thick; pedicel concolorous, up to the length of 

 spore. 



On Compositae: 



Desmanthodiiim fniticosum Greenm. and D. ovatiim Benth. 

 Type locality: Oaxaca, Mexico, on Desmanthodiiim ovatum. 



{Holway, 3665, Oct. 18, 1899.) 

 Distribution: Mexico. 

 ExsicCATi: Barth. N. Am. Ured. 234, 1540. 



47. Allodus subcircinata (E. & E.) Arth. Result. Sci. Congr. 



Bot. Vienne 345. 1906 

 Puccinia subcircinata Ell. & Ev. Jour. Myc. 3: 56. 1887. 

 Dicaeoma subcircinatum Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 3': 470. 1898. 



Aecia hypophyllous, annular, or in small groups on conspicu- 

 ous yellow areas of the leaf; aeciospores 16-19 ^^y 17-20 /x; wall 

 I-1.5 n thick, finely \errucose. 



