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X. Mesospores numerous, similarly coloured to teleutospores, elongated, 

 elliptical to oblong, thickened at apex and acute, rounded or trun- 

 cate, 40-49 x 17-21 fi. 



On leaves of Wurmbea dioica F. v. M. 



South Australia Beltana, 1887 (Richards). 



No uredospores were found on the specimen in National Herbarium. 

 (Plate V., Fig. 37.) 



HAEMODORACEAE. 



Haemodorum. 



62. Puccinia haemodori P. Henn. 



Hennings, Hedw. XL., p. (96) (1901). 

 Sydow, Mon. Ured. I., p. 609 (1903). 

 Sacc. Syll. XVII., p. 366 (1905). 



III. Teleutosori amphigenous, round or often oblong, scattered or 

 aggregated and then confluent, pulvinate, compact, erumpent, black, 

 surrounded by the ruptured epidermis, 1-2 mm. long. 



Teleutospores oblong to oblong clavate, obtusely rounded or 

 apiculate at apex and strongly thickened (8-13 ju), slightly con- 

 stricted at septum, attenuated or rounded at base, smooth, 

 chestnut-brown, 40-57 x 14-20 p, average 46 x 19^i; pedicel 

 persistent, slightly brownish towards apex, 40-55 x 5-7 //. 



X. Mesospores very common, subfusoid or ovoid to subclavate, apex 

 gibbous to apiculate, somewhat obtuse or two-horned, thickened at 

 apex (up to 9 ju), brown, 25-40 x 12-18 p, pedicel hyaline to 

 brownish. Occasionally a more deeply coloured spore occurs, 

 with somewhat truncated apex, 30-46 x 5-7 p.. 



On leaves of Haemodorum sp. 



West Australia Near Perth (1900). 



Hennings described uredospores in his original diagnosis, but Sydow did 

 not find them afterwards in the original material. He remarks that the 

 teleutospores readily separate into their two constituent cells, and since the 

 supposed uredospores agree with the upper cell of the teleutospore, they are 

 probably the same. 



No uredospores were found by me in the specimen kindly sent by 

 Hennings. 



The teleutospores are somewhat variable in shape, and occasionally the 

 upper cell may be ellipsoid and deep chestnut, while the lower is cylindrical, 

 much paler in colour, and two-thirds the entire length. 



(Plate V., Fig. 40.) 



AMARYLLIDACEAE. 



Hypooxs. 



63. Puccinia hypoxidis McAlp. 



McAlpine, Agr. Gaz. N.S.W. VL, p. 853 (1895). 



Sydow, Mon. Ured. I., p. 607 (1903). 



Sacc. Syll. XIV., p. 341 (1899). 



II. Uredosori on both surfaces and margins of leaves, minute, rust- 

 coloured, rounded or oval, bullate, gregarious or scattered, bursting 

 through and surrounded by epidermis. 



