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14, 1899 no. 3415; on Tephrosia Talpa, Oaxaca, October Ig, 1899, no. 
3679. 
RAVENELIA INDICA Berk.—On Cassia Aédsus, Tequila, September 29, 
1893, C. G. Pringle. 
RAVENELIA BRONGNIARTIAE Diet. & Holw.—On B. sericea, Oaxaca, 
October 18, 1899, no. 3663; on Brongniartia, Cuernavaca, September 28, 
1898, nos. 3170 and 3022; September 29, 1899, no. 3519; on B. intermedia, 
Tizapan, Valley of Mexico, September 27, 1899, no. 35044. 
RAVENELIA INDIGOFERAE Tranzschel.— On /ndigofera Palmer, Oaxaca, 
October 19, 1899, no. 3682, forming swellings on the stems, and apparently 
quite destructive; on /udigofera Cuernavacana, Cuernavaca, September 22, 
1898, no. 3120. 
Ravenelia spinulosa Diet. & Holw., n. sp.—Sori on both sides 
of the leat, breaking forth from beneath the epidermis, of 
irregular shape and size; uredosori ochre-colored; uredospores 
elliptical or almost globose, 18-23 X 16-Igm, light brown, with 
short spines, germ pores numerous, paraphyses sparingly inter- 
mixed ; teleutosori black, heads hemispherical, 75-110 in diam- 
eter, with 7-9 spores in cross-section, chestnut-brown, with 
numerous globose hyaline cysts on the under side; spores II— 
17m broad,-one-celled, each with a long (up to 84) pale brown 
point at the apex. 
On Cassia multiflora, Oaxaca, October 18, 1899, no. 3675. This species 
is much like the African 2. Stuhmanni P. Henn., but has smaller uredospores. 
PUCCINIOSIRA PALLIDULA (Speg.) Lagerh. (P. triumfetta Lagerh.).— On 
malvaceous plant, Jalapa, April 22, 1899, C. G. Pringle. Is probably on 
Triumfetta sp. 
PUCCINIOSIRA BRICKELLIAE Diet. & Holw.—On Brickellia tomentella, 
Amecameca, October 31, 1899, no. 3767. These specimens show that the 
fungus also occurs on the under side of the leaves in various sized groups, 
sometimes annular, or elongated along the veins, and that the spores are not 
smooth, as originally described, but finely verrucose. 
Endophyllum singulare Diet. & Holw., n. sp.—Sori covering 
large areas of the stems and leaves, with pseudosporidia strongly 
developed, conical, up to 2™™ long, irregularly splitting; spores 
ochre-colored in mass, elliptical or oblong, not rarely pointed at 
