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Leaves of Anemone Pennsylvanica and A. Virginiana. Fort 
Edward. Howe. Greenbush. May. Not common. 
This is P. Anemones-Virginiane Schw. in Fungi of North 
Carolina. The lower cell of the spore gradually tapers toward 
the base till it is searcely broader than the peduncle. 
27. P. Lycaonmearum Lk. Lychnis Brand. 
Hypogenous; spots pallid or cream-colored ; sori unequal, scat- 
tered or clustered, subrotund or oblong, sometimes circinating and 
confluent, brown; spores oblong, narrow, constricted, obtusely 
pointed, .0016—-.002' long, .0005’ broad; peduncle subhyaline, 
equal to or exceeding the length of the spore. 
Leaves of some cultivated Dianthus. New Baltimore. owe. 
The spores in this and the three preceding species are pale in 
color when seen through the microscope. 
28. P. Pyrotm Cooke. Polygala Brand. 
Hypogenous; spots pallid or cream-colored, sometimes margined 
with brown or purplish hues; sori numerons, clustered, surrounded 
by the ruptured epidermis, subcircinating, sometimes crowded, 
black; spores elliptical or obovate, obtuse, slightly constricted, 
.0013—.0016' long, .0006—-.0007 broad; peduncle subhyaline, 
generally equal to or exceeding the length of the spore. 
Leaves, petioles and stems of the flowering wintergreen, Polygala 
paucifolia. Bergen swamp. Clinton. Sandlake and Portville. 
May to September. 
The name of this species is not appropriate. P. Polygale would 
be better, as the plant has yet been found on Polygala paucifolia 
only. It is not at all likely that it will ever occur on any species 
of Pyrola. 
29. P. acuminata Pk. Dwarf-Cornel Brand. 
Hypogenous; spots brown or reddish-brown, sometimes tinged 
with purple; sori large, clustered or scattered, compact, promi- 
nent, often confluent, surrounded by the ruptured epidermis, 
black ; spores oblong, constricted, obtusely pointed or acuminate, 
.0018—.0025' long, .0006—.0007 broad; peduncle colored, one- 
half to wholly as long as the spore. 
Leaves of the dwarf cornel, Cornus Canadensis. Sandlake and 
Adirondack Mts. August. ; 
This is a very pretty and distinct species. The clusters of sori 
are small and often arranged in a circle around a free central space 
or around a single sorus. The acumination of the spore is varia- 
ble, being abrupt and short, gradual and long, straight or oblique, 
central or removed to one side. The spots are sometimes concave 
