188 NATURAL HISTORY BULLETIN. 



A very distinctive species, especially in the form of the 

 telentospores, and it is unfortunate that the descriptive 

 name first given to it had to be abandoned, because already 

 used. The sori are tardily naked: uredosori pale brown, 

 the teleutosori blackish-brown. 



The uredospores have thin walls with four to six 

 scattered pores. The fine, abundant echinulation, al- 

 though indistinct when wet, is very prominent when 

 examined dry. Most of the spores come within 20-24 by 

 24-26/*. 



The teleutospores are amber-colored, with the upper part 

 darker and brownish; lateral walls thin. The pedicels 

 are slender and colored. 



44. Puccinia majaxth^e (Sckum.) nom. nov . 



44a. On Polygonatiim commutatum (R. & S.) Dietr. o, I. Decorah, la., 

 Holway. 



44b. On Phalaris arundinacea L. II, III. Sailor's Encampment, 

 Mich., Harper. 



Orig. Desc. "1518. vE. Majantha-, macula orbicularis pallide-vir- 

 idis centro flava; peridiisdistantibus depressis primoflavis, demum 

 subferrugineis, ore laciniato: laciniis subrotundis obtusis; pulvere 

 primo aurantiaco demum cinereo fermgineo. 

 In foliis Convalaria; bifolia;. ^Estate." 

 Second Desc. "47. Puc. sessilis n. sp. Schneider. Puce, sitzend, 

 keilformig mit abgestiitzten Scheitel. In langlichen von der 

 Oberhaut bedeckten Haufchen. An Phalaris arundinacea L. 

 Neuhaus b. Pirscham. Sch. Schwarzwasserbruch b. Liegnitz." 



1803. Aicidium majanthce Schum. Enum. PI. Saell. 

 2:224. 



1824. Cezoma elegans Schlecht. in part. Fl. Berol. 

 2:115. 



1825. Cezoma convallariatum Lk. in part. Sp. Plant. 

 2:42. 



1827. Uredo convallariarum Spreng. Linnaei Syst. 

 \ r eg. ed. sexta 4:573. 



1869. Puccinia sessilis Schneider (as emended by 

 Magnus). Schroeter\s Brand- und Rostpilze Schlesiens 

 :19. 



