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appearance at all in 1897 and 1898. In the seasons favorable to its pro- 
duction it was quite destructive in places, covering large patches of the 
wool-like host brown with the loosely discharged uredospores. 
51. Puccinia kuhnize, Schw. IIL. 
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1834: Syn. N. Am. Fungi, p. 296. 
On Kuhnia eupatorioides gracilis, Rooks county, Oct. 1896. Excellent 
specimens on one good plant. 
This fine species has not been reported elsewhere in the state. 
2. Puecinia lateripes, Berk. & Rav. I, II, III. 
Grevillea, III, p. 52. 
On Ruellia ciliosa, Manhattan, July 1884, Kellerman; July 1892, Thomp- 
son; June, Aug. and Sept. 1893, Carleton. 
On Ruellia strepens, Pottawatomie county, Oct. 1892, Hitchcock. 
Pucecinia lithospermi, Ell. & Kell. IIT. 
Jour. Mycol. I, p. 2, 1885. 
On Evolvulus argenteus, (Manhattan, type locality. Original specimens 
not in college herbarium); Hamilton county, July 1893, C. H. Thomp- 
son. 
A very rare species, observed but few times. 
. Puecinia lobeliz, Gerard. 
1773: Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. I, p. 68. 
On Lobelia syphilitica, Manhattan, Aug. 1887, Kellerman and Swingle; 
Doniphan county, Aug. 15, 1888, O. E. Olin. 
Syn.: Puccinia microsperma, B. & C. 
Rare and inconspicuous, doing small damage to its host plant. 
Puccinia ludibunda, E. & E. II, III. 
1893: Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci. p. 153. 
On Carex sparganioides, Rooks county, Oct. 1892—type, III; Aug. 1894, II. 
This species, while not very common, is yet usually separated with little 
difficulty, in its gross form, from P. caricis, (Schum.), on the same host 
by the general character and prominence of the teleutosori. 
Pueeinia lygodesmia, E. & E. IIT. 
1893: Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci. p. 154. 
On Lygodesmia juncea, Rooks county, Oct. 1892 and Oct. 1894; Greeley 
county, July 1892, Minnie Reed; Grant and Hamilton counties, June 
1893, C. H. Thompson; Saline county, July 1892. M. A. Carleton. 
Not very common, though quite noticeable when it occurs on account of 
the black tumid sori which surround the stems and smaller branches. 
Widely distributed throughout the great plains region. 
. Puccinia menthee, Pers. [I, III. 
1801: Syn. Meth. Fung. p. 227. 
On Mentha canadensis, Manhattan, Sept. 1892, C. H. Thompson. 
On Monarda fistulosa, Manhattan, May 1881, II, Nov. 1883, Kellerman; 
Emporia, Oct. 1893, Pottawatomie county, Sept. 1892, Mitchell county, 
Oct. 1887, Carleton. 
Common where these two hosts are found, though not very destructive. 
Puccinia montanensis, Ell. 1, IIL. 
1891: Jour. Mycol. VII, p. 274. 
On Elymus canadensis, Rooks county, Aug. 10, 1892, II, Aug. 27, 1894, 
Ill; Manhattan, June 1891, C. H. Thompson. 
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