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I'ardsif/c Fiouji of Illinois. 11)5 



l()ii<>^ or elli))ticcil. iil)ruptly and ratlier deeply constricted, upex 

 thickened and mostly narrowed to a rounded i)oint, lower seg- 

 ment usofiilly lonp^er and narrowed to the pedicel, surface 

 smooth, 12-21 1)y 80-e")() ^t^; pedicel hyaline, usually less than 

 the len<4'th of the spore, hut sometimes longer. 



On Aletris farinos<( : Millers, Indiana, near the Illinois 

 line, July 4, 5502, II., E. J. Hill. It prohahly occurs in Illi- 

 nois. 



P. smilacis, 8chw. 



II., Til. Hypogenous. S])ots small, numerous. l)rick-red; 

 sori scattered or irregularly circinate, punctiform or elonga- 

 ted, surrounded by the ruptured epidermis, and by a row of short 

 club-shaped ])araph3^ses. II. Spores oval, slightly echinulate, 

 pale, 21-27 ^, on fragile pedicels. Til. Spores broadly elli])ti- 

 cal, conspicuously constricted, upper segment considerably 

 rounded or ol)tusely pointed, often narrowing l)elow to the 

 })edicel, dark colored, smooth, 21 by 30-42 m; })edicel thick, 

 tinted, as long as the lower segment. 



On leaves of Smilax liispida: Union, Oct. 24, 10f)8, II., 

 IJL, Oct. 20, 2120, II., Nov. 4, 2275, IT., TIL: Pulaski, Nov. 4, 

 2238, IT., III. 



P. caricis, (Schum.) Rebent. 



II., III. Hypogenous. Sori more or less elongated, vari- 

 able, scattered, often very numerous and conspicuous, the rup- 

 tured epidermis ragged and long adherent, uredosori cijinanujn- 

 brown, teleutosori black; uredospores gloliose, sul)globose, or 

 sometimes ehmgated, conspicuously but not sharply echinulate. 

 18-24 by 21-27 a*; teleutospores cuneafre, little constricted, 

 much thickened and obtusely rounded or almost truncate above, 

 and narrowed to the pedicel, smooth, 15-20 by 33-45; pedicel 

 hyaline or nearly so, one half to once the length of the s])ore. 



On Carex sps.: Union, April 17, 4141, II.; Pulaski, May 

 1, 4405, IT., 4406, IT., May 2, 4447, IT., May 5, 4511, IT.; 

 Champaign, June 10, 40()0, 11.: Adams, June 27, 5311, II., 

 duly 11, 5504, IT.; McLean, July 15, 2327, IL, July 20, 5()03, 

 II., TIL, Aug. 1, 2325, Aug. 4, 232(3, Aug. (3, 2413, Sept. 0, 5(367, 



