Report of the Botanist. 57 



PucoiNiA Peckiaxa Howe n. sp. 



Spots small, concealed by the tomeiitiim 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, yutt' 

 to Tot' long? i-dVo"' broad, pedicel short, separable. 



On leaves of cultivated Hubus occidenialis. New Balti- 

 more. August. Hoioe. 



Many of the spores, when scraped from the leaf and placed 

 under the microscope, will be seen to have no j)edicel_, or only 

 a slight remnant of one ; others not yet mature have it entire. 



PUCCINIA ACUMIXATA 11. Sp. 



Spots orbicular, purplish ; spore clusters confluent, 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 -^' or more in length, 

 and aboutygVg-' broad. 



On the lower surface of leaves of Cornus Canadensis. 

 Sandlake and North Elba. August. 



The acumination at the a^Dex of the spore is often oblique, 

 sometimes very abrupt and short, sometimes quite long and 

 almost beak-like. Related to P. WaldsteinicB, 



Podiso:ma macropus Schio. 



Branches of Juniperus Virginiana. Helderberg Mts. and 

 Bethlehem. May. 



TJeedo Azalea Scliio. 



Leaves of Azalea nudijlora. Sandlake. August. 



Ukedo Yaccit^iorum Jolinst. 



Leaves of Vaccinium coryiiibosum. New Baltimore. 

 Hoioe. West Albany. September. 



Uredo Ari-Yirginici ScTiw. 



Leaves of Ariscema triphyllum and Peltandra Yirglnica. 

 Common. July. 



Uredo Ch^rophylli ScTiw. 



Leaves of sweet cicel}', OsmorrMza hrevistylis. N. Green- 

 bush and Guilderland. June and July. 



Uredo Cichoracearum Lev. 



Leaves of dandelion, Taraxacum Dens-leonis. New Balti- 

 more. Hoice. Greenbush. May-August. 

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