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The hosts for the telial stage as represented in collections from 

 New York State are : Carex crawfordii; C. backii, 

 C. houghtonii, C. pennsylvanica, C. prairea, 

 C. trisperma, C. tenella, C. vulpinoidea and 

 Dulichium arundinaceum (including P u c c i n i a 

 d u 1 i c h i i Syd.). 



Puccinia majanthae (Schum.) Arth. 

 The aecial stage on V a g n e r a s t e 1 1 a t a (L.) Morong. 

 Buffalo. G. W. Clinton. On Uvularia sessilifolia 

 L. Babylon. J. vS. Merriam. The telial stages on Ph alar is 

 arundinacea L., Copake, and Watkins. Dr C. H. Peck. 

 (Determined by Arthur.) The basis for Puccinia linearis 

 Peck (= P. striatula Peck) . 



Puccinia mesome jails B. & C. 



Elk Park, Catskill mountains, on Clintonia borealis L- 

 Dr L. H. Pennington, June 24, 1914. 



Puccinia orbicula Pk. & Clinton 



On leaves of Nabalus albus L. Jamesville. H. D. House, 

 June 28, igi6. (Determined by Arthur.) The State Museum 

 herbarium also contains collections of this rust upon the same host 

 from Buffalo (Clinton), Cedarville and Watkins (Peck). 



Ramularia urtica Ces. 



On living and languishing leaves of Urtica gracilis Ait. 

 Fisher's, Ontario county. H. D. House, June 3, 1916. 



Rhytisma andromedae Fr. 



Hempstead, N. Y., on leaves of Lyonia ligustrina (L.) 

 DC. (Andromeda, Muhl., Xolisma, Britton). Common on leaves 

 of Andromeda polifolia L. (including A. g 1 a u c o - 

 phylla Link., the Bog Rosemary), but not previously reported 

 upon the Male Berry (Lyonia ligustrina). 



Scoleconectria scolecospora (Bref.) Seaver 

 On dead twigs of Nyssa s^^lvatica Marsh. Babylon. 

 N. Y. H. D. House, April 20, 19 16. A species of frequent occur- 

 rence upon pine, but rarely recorded -on hardwood species. 



