222 Illinois State Lkihoratorij of Natiirdl Histori/. 



length more or less recurved and many times divided, Ijecoming 

 pulverulent, pale yellowish; spores subglobose or ellii)tical, epi- 

 spore rather thick, finely but conspicuously tuberculate, 1<S by 

 21-24 ^; spermagonia minute, honey-yellow, mostly scattered 

 on the upper surface of the affected area. 



On Anemone Pennsylvanica: Champaign, June 1), ■1-UB4, 

 June 10, 495rx 



M. ranunculi, Schw. 



Mostly hypogenous. Equally usually densely associated 

 over the whole surface of the leaf, or over definite j)atches; 

 aicidia recurved, border narrow and many times split; spores 

 subglobose or elliptical, finely echinulate, 15-21 by 18-24 fi; 

 spermagonia numerous, scattered among the i^cidia on same 

 side of leaf, minute. 



On Hrnumculiis dhortivus: Union, April 12,4030, April 18, 

 406(), April 14, 4097, April 15, 410(3-i, April 17, 4181; Jackson, 

 April 18, 4165, April 28, 4868; Pulaski, May 5, 4507; McLean, 

 May 28, 4751, May 29, 4805, May 80, 4840." 



-(E. punctatum, Pers. 



Hypophyllous. Spots effused, yellowish; tecidia uniformly 

 scattered over large portions or the whole of the leaf-surface, 

 not usually crowded, rather large, deeply divided into few 

 (about four) widely spreading recurved lobes, thin but firm; 

 spores subglobose to oblong, almost smooth, brown, about 18- 

 21 ^, or 15-18 by 21-27 ^; spermagonia uniformly and re- 

 motely scattered on both surfaces, conspicuous, reddish brown. 



Simple, scattered, peridia subimmersed, mouth subcontinuous, pow- 

 der compact, fuscescent. — Persoon, >Syn. Fung., p. 212. 



On Hepdtica ti-iloba : Champaign, May 1. Anemone nemo- 

 ros<( : Riverside, near Chicago, June 2. J. C. Arthur. 



This is jEcidiwii qnadrifidiim, DC. There is on Anemone 

 nentorosa a species supposed to l)e different (not so far found in 

 Illinois) known as A^]. cnieiiiones^ Pers., or ^K. leucospei-vuinu 

 DC. In this last the pseudoperidium is more often, but less 

 deeply, divided, and the border more distinctly rolled, and the 

 spermagonia are very much less conspicuous, produced, how- 



