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plants, and 25 upon plants of indifferent value. All 

 but one are parasitic upon leaves, one upon fruit, 65 

 seem to do great damage to the host ; 27 genera are 

 represented from nine orders. In all, there are about 

 80 hosts ; 40 species of fungi are new to the Ohio list, 

 4 of the genera are new to the state, 64 represent new 

 localities and 49 new hosts for Ohio. 



As man}^ of the species have not been reported 

 from the counties mentioned before the list is given 

 below. 



It is the desire of the writer to make the list of 

 Ohio parasitic fungi as complete as possible regarding 

 species and distribution, and specimens from any part 

 of the state, even of the most common species, will be 

 gladly received, and after classified and recorded, will 

 be turned over to the Ohio State University herbrrium 

 or returned to the sender if so desired. 



UREDINACE.^. 



Uromyces euphorbiae, C. & R., on Euphorbia 



preslii Franklin. 



U. howei, Pk., or Asclepias cornuti " 



U. caladii, (Sch,) Farl., on Arisaema triphyl- 



lum Highland. 



U. polygoni, (P.) Pel., on Polygonum erect- 



u m Erie , Fra n k lin . 



Melampsora salicina. Lev., on Salix sp. ind. " 



Puccinia flosculosorum, (A. & S.) Roel. on 



Taraxcum officinale Ross, " 



on Krigia amplexicaule Erie. 



P. graminis. P., on Triticum vulgare Ross. 



P. menthae. P., on Monarda clinopodia Highland. 



P. pimpinella (Str.) Lk. on Osmorrhiza brevi- 



stylis Erie. 



P. podophylli, Sch. on Podophyllum pelta- 



tum Highland, Franklin. 



P. polygoni. Pers. on Polygonum dumetorum. 



var. scandens " 



