J^dnisific Fidnji of JJIinois. I(i7 



latter work shows that his specimens were the teleutoform, 

 and priority requires the name Uronn/rrs raladii ( Schw. ) as 

 used by Farlow (Ellis N. Am. Fungi No. 232 [1879]. 



U. pyriformis, Cke. 



III. Spots none: sori amphigenoiis, fre(juently arranged 

 in an ellipse, elongated, very dark; spores })yriforin. ohtuse^ 

 epis[)ore smooth, thickened at the apex, 15-20 l)y 25-23 ;«; ped- 

 icel half as long to as long as the spore, colored. 



Amphigenous, erumpent, sori linear, sometimes confliu'iit, rather 

 pulverulent, purple-brown, epispore thickened aDovo; pedicels rather 

 short, thick, persistent, colored in the upper i)ortiou. — Cooke, XXIX. 

 Kep. N. Y. Mus. p. 6<J. 



On leaves of uicoriis cahinuis: Lake, Aug. 27, 1330; Cook, 

 Sept. 5. 1434, Sept. 6, 1449, Sept. 7, 1459. 



Mr. Peck remarks after the above description. ''The species 

 is very closely allied to V. spargdvii, but appears to differ in 

 habit." It is very doubtful whether it is distinct. 



U. spharganii, C. & P. 



III. Spots inconspicuous or none: sori amphigenous, 

 scattered or in elongated clusters, round or elongated, often 

 confluent, dark, pulverulent; spores pyriform or oblong, apex 

 rounded or truncate, epispore smooth, strongly thickened at the 

 apex, 15-20 by 24-32 f^; pedicels colored, half as long to as long 

 as the spore. 



Sori minute, oblong, crowded, black, spores pyriform or oblong-py- 

 riforra, about .001 in. long; pedicel colored, shorter than or e(iual to the 

 length of the spore.— Peck, XXVI. Rep. X. Y. Mus. p. 77. 



On both sides of leaves of Sp(/ri/(fHiiiiii ciiri/ci/rp/iiii : Cook, 

 Sept. 6. 1450. Sept. 8, 1450. 



U. erytheronii, (DC.) 



T. Spots puridish. inconspicuous; aicidia few, single or in 

 small clusters or lines, short, with a narrow, delicate, many- 

 lobed border: spores subglobose or oval, somewhat angular, 

 smooth or obscurely roughened, 15-21 by 21-27 /^. III. Spots 



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