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UREDINEAE. 



The aecidia are developed about the beginning of June, and 

 on Crataegus their peridia in dehiscing split up into very 

 narrow lobes so as to form a bristly tuft over the mouth of 



each aeeidiuni. On cultivating infected plants of Crataegus 

 indoors, I found the peridia to develop quite abnormally ; they 



