BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 187 
depauperata, n. sp.,* Trisetum interruptum, Buckl., (= (?) 7. 
elongatum, HBK.) Boutelowa prostrata, Lag. (B. pusilla, va 
Seleropogon Karwinskyanus, Benth., Melica dei Seribn. 
mutica, var. parviflora, Porter r). 
New Species of Uredinee. 
BY T. J. BURRILL. 
The plants described below are from large collections in Ili- 
hois of leaf-fangi, m mostly made by A. B. Seymour for the IIli- 
nois State Laboratory of Natural History, Normal, Illinois. A 
paper upon the Uredinee of Illinois, consiaes fresh deseri 
tion of all the species so far observedin the State, is now ready 
publication, and will be issued in a bulletin of the te 
aboratory. Much care has been taken with the identification. : 
While the writer holds himself responsible for the conclusions - 
Teached, he is c tance of 
t Seymour j in the difficult sifting of names and types. Since 
the collections were made several species found to be new 8 
: ; em have been described by others, : 
bs ES G@NOTHER @. a 
I. Infected leaves somewhat involute or revolute; jeldtu inedulary scat- 
“tered oy ver both surfaces of the leaf, minute, short, roundish or slightly. elon- 
IAs 
*Mu Beeches: DEPAUPERATA, n. sp —Annual, Cespitose. Culms erec 
below, 1- . inches high. Sheaths infl: be. prominently striate, with 
s. Ligule clongated, variously y cleft. Leaves 4-1 inch long, 
y hairy y or senbrous s on both s sigrely striate, eyeio s a white, carti- 
In re cen le 
e, point . ai 
appressed to aR angular rha ee Gaile raised on n short, stout pedi- 
ants glumes minutely scabrous, especially agar - igs 1}-2 lin. 
ames little ioumea than the lower—the lower more or less cle za a 
Dn 
inating in two unequal points, the upper long-pointed, e phi Flowering | 
: hardly as long Re e empty ones, smooth or sparingly hairy ‘deo gow: 
Mr. 1 os trond pets i 
lin . 
SO collected this species in the Huachuca Mts. 
n the al all lied 7 Schoffneri, Fourn., the culms are usually taller, the em] 
erie one-half the length of the flowering one, which is 21 lines lo 
ating in a very slandes awn 6 to7 7 lin. long. 
EXPLANATION OF FIGURES. + 
Spikelet of Muehlenbergia depauperats, A 
Floret of Muehlenbergia de auperata. 2. 
Spikelet of Muehlendergia ’ Schajfaert 
Empty glumes of same. Al eine to the same ¢ sale. 4. 
