Blasdale: Uredinales of California 139 



175. Puccinia Xanthii Schw. Ill 



Syn. Fung. Carol, p. 73, 1822. 



On Xanthium canadense Mill., San Francisco, Suisun, Fresno 

 County (Holway), Pasadena (McClatchie), San Bernardino (Parish), 

 Los Angeles, and Long Beach (Bethel). 



PUCCINIASTRUM OTTH. 

 Mitth. nat Ges. Bern, p. 71, 1861. 



Aecial stage similar to that of the genus Coleosporium, on the 

 leaves of species of Pinus and Abies. Urediniospores borne singly 

 on pedicels, walls colorless. Telia indehiscent in layers in or beneath 

 the epidermis. Teliospores usually prismatic, two- to four-celled. 



176. Pucciniastrum Goodyerae (Tranz.) Arthur. II 



Arthur, N. A. Flora, vol. 7, p. 105, 1907. 



On Goody era Menziesii Lindl., Mount Eddy (Copeland). 



177. Pucciniastrum pustulatum (Pers.) Dietel. 0, I, II, III 



Dietel, in Engler and Prant., Natiirl. Pflanzenfam., vol. 1, p. 47, 1897. 



The aecial stage not definitely known from California, but shown 

 by Frazier (Mycologia, vol. 4, p. 175, 1912) to develop on Abies bal- 

 samea (L) Mill. 



Uredinia and telia on Epilobium franciscanum Barbey ; on E. aden- 

 ocaulon Treal., E. coloratum Muhl., E. holosericeum Treal., and E. 

 californicum Haussek. Common in the Coast Ranges. Uredinia found 

 throughout the year. 



178. Pucciniastrum Pyrolae (Pers.) Dietel. II, III 



Gmel. Syst. Nat., vol. 2, p. 1474; Dietel, in Engler and Prant., Natiirl. 

 Pflanzenfam., vol. 1, p. 47, 1897. 



On Pyrola picta Smith and P. secunda L., Sisson and Mount Tal- 

 lac, Plumas County (Home) ; on Chimaphila umbellata (L) Nutt., 

 Siskiyou County (Meinicke). 



179. Pucciniastrum sparsum (Wint.) Ed. Fischer. II, III 

 Eabh. Krypt. Flora, voL 1, p. 245, 1881 ; Beitrag. Krypt Sehweiz., vol. 2, 



p. 469, 1904. 



On Arbutus Menziesii Pursh., Mount Tamalpais, type of Uredo 

 Arbuti Diet, and Holw. ; on Arctostaphylos patula Greene, Sisson, type 

 of Uredo Copelandi Sydow; on A. Hookeri Don., Antonio Station, 

 Santa Barbara County (Brandegee). 



