Report of the Botanist. 59 



^ciDiUM Aroidatum Scliw. 



Leaves of Indian turnip, Ariscema triphyllum. Common. 

 June. 



JEciDiuM Claytoniatum 8chw. 



Leaves of the Spring beauty, Claytonia Caroliniana. Know- 

 ersville. May. 



^CIDIUM QUADEIFIDUM DC. 



Radical leaves of the wind flower, AnemoneneTnorosa. Center. 

 May. New to this country. 



^ciDiuM Geranii DC. 



Leaves of Geranium maculatum. North Greenbush. June. 



JEciDiUM Impatientis Schw. 



Leaves of Impatiens pallida. Helderberg Mts. July. 

 Poughkeepsie. Gerard. 



^CIDIUM YlOL^ DC. 



Leaves of violets. West Albany. June. 



^CIDIUM FeAXINI ScllW. 



Leaves of ash trees, Fraxinus Americana. Bethlehem. 

 June. 



^ciDiuM Orobi DC. 



Leaves and petioles of white clover, Trifoliv/m, repens. 

 Sandlake. September. 



.^ciDiuM Ranunculi ScJiio. 



"A Ranunculi (abortivi). Frequens in foliis rotundis radi 

 calibus, expers fere macula." — 8yn. Fung. Car. Sup. p. 41. 



Spots none, the upper surface of the leaf rugose ; peridia 

 sub-crowded or loosely scattered over the lower surface, 

 short ; spores orange subglobose, ttot' i^ diameter ; spermo- 

 gonia abundant, scattered over the lower surface of the same 

 or of different leaves. 



On the radical leaves, rarely on the stem leaves of Ranun- 

 culus abortivus. Greenbush. May, 



-SICIDIUM PODOPHYLLI ScllW. 



Spots large, subconfluent, yellow, not always thickened ; 

 peridia very short, hypogenous, crowded ; spores bright 

 orange, subglobose, rsW'— toW iii diameter ; spermogonia 

 few, scattered on the upper suface. 



