Uromyces Goodeniaceae, Rubiaceae. 91 



Teleutospores obovate, oblong or clavate, rarely round, with 

 yellowish-brown, thick, smooth wall, strongly thickened at apex, 

 and for the most part paler, 32-40 X 18-22 p pedicel as long as 

 or shorter than teleutospore. 



On leaves of Limosella aquatica L. 



S. Australia Kangaroo Island (Tepper). 



It differs from U. scrophulariae (DC.), to which it is otherwise allied, 

 in the size and colour of the spores. 



Dietel observed two bicellular teleutospores among the ordinary ones in 

 a spore layer. 



Specimen not seen. 



GOODENIACEAE. 



Selliera, Scaevola. 

 it). Uromyces puccinioides Berk, and F.v.M. 



Berkeley and Mueller, Linn. Journ. XIII., p. 173 (1872). 

 Cooke, Handb. Austr. Fung., p. 332 (1892). 

 Sacc. Syll. VII., p. 585 (1888). 



I. Aecidia aggregate, on brown orbicular spots, arranged in a circinate 



manner, opposite ; pseudoperidia with abbreviated margin. 



Aecidiospores orange, subglobose, 16-19 x' 13-16^u. 

 III. Teleutosori bullate, intermixed with aecidia or surrounding them 

 as a ring, at first covered with greyish glistening epidermis, finally 

 naked. 



Teleutospores brown, apiculate, sometimes with the apex oblique 

 or dentate, also thickened and rounded or flattened, 40-44 x 

 18-23 p, average 41 x 22 ^ ; pedicels hyaline, persistent, up to 

 48 p long. 



On leaves and flower stalks of Selliera radicans Cav. 



Victoria Near Melbourne, Nov. June. Wimmera Flats, May, 

 1897 (Reader). Phillip Island, Jan., 1900. Portland, Jan., 

 1901. Point Cook, May, 1902 (C. French, jun.). Sandring- 

 ham, Nov., 1905 (R/obinson). 



South Australia Glenelg (Holdfast Bay), 1854 (Berkeley 2 ). 



Tasmania Bellerive Swamp, Dec., 1890, and May, 1897 (Rod- 

 way a ). 

 On Scaevola sp. 



Queensland St. George (Wedd) (Bailey 13 ). 



It is recorded in Cooke's Handbook as being found on Goodenia, but there 

 are no certain indications of this. It occurred on Goodenia herpystica 

 Schlecht., which, however, is a synonym of Selliera radicans. 



(Plate XVII., Fig. 140.) 



RUBIACEAE. 



Asperula. 



11. Uromyces asperulae Me Alp. 



McAlpine, Agr. Gaz., N.S.W., VI., p. 851 (1895). 

 Sacc. Syll. XIV., p. 276 (1899). 



II. Uredosori hypophyllous, minute, bullate, bursting through epidermis. 



Uredospores globose, subglobose or ovate, finely echinulate, 

 orange-yellow, single germ-pore visible on one face, 21-25 X 

 20-21 u. 



