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Uromyces spermacosis, (Schw.) Curt. 
1867: Curt. Cat. Plants N. Carol. p. 123. 
On Diodia teres, Cherokee county, July 13, 1887, Kellerman and Swingle. 
A very rare species—collected but once in the state, so far as I am able to 
find a record of it. 
. Uromyces sporoboli, E. & E. IT, III. 
1893: Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci. p. 155. 
On Sporobolus asper, Rooks county, Sept. 1892—type. Not found again 
on this host until Oct. 1898. 
On Sporobolus vagineflorus, Rooks county, Mch. 1892 (not identified at 
that time); Phillips county, Sept. 1896. 
On Sporobolus sp., Manhattan, Dec. 1893, M. A. Carleton. 
A rare species, doing but small damage to its hosts. 
Uromyces terebinthi, (DC.) Wint. II, III. 
Pl,-Brane. Vij pr 71. 
On leaves of Rhus toxicodendron, Rooks county, Sept. 1892 and Sept. 
1896; Cloud county, Aug. 1885, M. A. Carleton. 
Common to many parts of western Kansas, but scarcely affecting its host. 
Uromyees trifolii, (A. & S.) Wint. 
Die Pilze, I, p. 159. 
On Trifolium pratense, Manhattan, Oct. 1892, C. H. Thompson. 
This species, which is very common east of the Missouri river, is seldom 
found in Kansas. 
Uromyces zygadeni, Peck, II, III. 
1881: Bot. Gazette, p. 239.° 
On Zygadenus nuttallii, Manhattan, May 1886 and June 1884, W. A. Kel- 
lerman. 
Rare and seldom noticed. 
MELAMPSORA Cast. 
Melampsora farinosa, ( Pers.) Schroet. 
1801: Syn. Meth. Fung. p. 217. 
On Salix amygdaloides, Rooks county, Sept. 12, 1894, II, Oct. 31, 1892, 
III; Manhattan, Oct. 1885, II and III, M. A. Carleton; Pottawatomie 
county, Aug. 1893, Carleton. 
On Salix nigra (?), Manhattan, Oct. 1887, Kellerman and Swingle; Aug. 
1892, II, C. H. Thompson. 
On Salix cordata, Rooks county, Aug. 1896, IT. 
On Salix longifolia, Manhattan, Oct. 1893, II, Lora Waters. 
This species is common to all parts of the state and quite destructive some 
seasons, causing much of the foliage to be cast prematurely. 
Melampsora populina, (Jacg.) Ley. II, III. 
1847: Ann. Sci. Nat. VIII, p. 375. 
On Populus monilifera, Kingman county, Oct. 1889, W. A. Kellerman; 
Rooks county, Aug. 1891, Aug. 1896, Mch. 1892, and Feb. 1896; Man- 
hattan, Sept. 1893, M. A. Carleton. 
On Populus dilatata, Rooks county, Sept. 1896. 
This rust, which is common in all parts of the state during September 
and October, often proves quite destructive to young trees on low land, 
in many cases completely denuding and killing them outright. 
