506 Kern : Studies in the genus Gymnosporangium 



Gymnosporangium germinale (Schwein.) comb. nov. 



The full synonomy of this species, which shows that the aecial 

 stage was collected and described many years in advance of the 



telial stage, is here given. 



Caeoma (Peridermutm) germinale Schwein. Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. 



4: 294. 1832. 

 Periderminm {Caeoma) germinale Schwein. Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. 



4: 310. 1832. 

 Podisoma gymnosporangium clavipes C. & P. Jour. Quek. Club 



2: 267. 1871. 

 nnosporangium clavip 

 25: 89. 1873. 



Ann. Reo. N. Y. State Mus. 25 



1873. 



Puccinia clavipes Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 3 : 5°7- 1898. 

 Tremella clavipes Arth. Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci. 1900 : 13 5- I 9 01 - 

 Aecidium aurantiacum Farl. Bibl. Index 1 : 19. Not A. auran- 



tiacum Bon. i860. 

 Aecidium germinale Arth. Result. Sci. Congr. Bot. Vienne 343- 



1906. 



nosporangium Botry 



This is another instance in which the aecial name is much older 



Thp 



than the telial one and becomes the name oi the species, 

 synonymy is as follows. 



rpite 



294. 1832. 



yapite. 



. Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. 4 : 



310. 1832. 



Gymnosporangium biseptatum Ellis, ' Bull. Torrey C 



1874. 

 Roestelia Ellisii Peck, Bull. Torrey Club 6 : 13. 1875 



5 



ipites C. & E. Grevillea 5 : 34- l8 7 6 - 

 Puccinia Botryapites Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 3: 60S. I«9*- 

 Iremella Botryapites Arth. Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci. 19 00 : I3 



1901. 

 Aecidium Botryapites Farl. Bibl. Index 1 : 22. I9°5- 



