REPORT OF THE BOTANIST. 57 
PuccIn1A PECKIANA Howe n. sp. 
Spots small, concealed by the tomentum of the leaf, yellow- 
ish and confluent on the opposite side ; spore clusters small, 
scattered plentifully over the lower surface of the leaf, partly 
concealed by its tomentum; spores broadly elliptical, rarely 
subpyriform, scarcely constricted in the middle, brown, 54,’ 
to 34,’ long, ,s5y’ broad, pedicel short, separable. 
On leaves of cultivated Rubus occidentalis. New Balti- 
more. August. ove. 
Many of the spores, when scraped from the leaf and placed 
under the microscope, will be seen to have no pedicel, or only 
a slight remnant of one ; others not yet mature have it entire. 
PUCCINIA ACUMINATA 7%. Sp. 
Spots orbicular, purplish; spore clusters confiuent, the 
larger ones forming a circle about a free central space, sur- 
rounded by the ruptured epidermis of the leaf; spores oblong, 
constricted in the middle, pointed at the apex ; pedicel shorter 
than, or equaling the spore, which is 54,’ or more in length, 
and about;;4,’ broad. 
On the lower surface of leaves of Cornus Canadensis. 
Sandlake and North Elba. August. 
The acumination at the apex of the spore is often oblique, 
sometimes very abrupt and short, sometimes quite long and 
almost beak-like. Related to P. Waldsteinie, 
PopDISOMA MACROPUS Schw. 
Branches of Juniperus Virginiana. Helderberg Mts. and 
Bethlehem. May. 
UREDO AZALEZE Schw. 
Leaves of Azalea nudifiora. Sandlake. Aucust. 
UreEepo VaccrniorumM Johnst. 
Leaves of Vacciniwm corymbosum. New Baltimore. 
Howe. West Albany. September. 
Urepo ArI-Vireinici Schw. 
Leaves of Arisema triphyllum and Peltandra Virginica. 
Common. July. 
UrREDO CH#ROPHYLLII Schw. 
Leaves of sweet cicely, Osmorrhiza brevistylis. N. Green- 
bush and Guilderland. June and July. 
UREDO CICHORACEARUM Lev. 
Leaves of dandelion, Zaraxacuwm Dens-leonis. New Balti- 
more. owe. Greenbush. May-—August. 
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