338 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [MAY 
dry ; uredospores elliptical, oblong, or almost globose, 17-25 Xx 
15-204, with long cylindrical tubercles; teleutosori hypophyl- 
lous, on yellow or brown dead spots, single, or often in annular 
or irregular groups, honey-colored, waxy; teleutospores cylin- 
drical or clavate, 90H long, 18-25" wide, 4-celled; pedicel 
hollow, 60-70 long; sporidia mostly cylindrical, 24-30 x 12- 
15. 
n Verbesina sphaerocephala, Chapala, September 24, 1899, no. 3492, 
mostly Uredo, and September 25, 1899, no. 3501, only teleutospores. 
DeEcorAH, Iowa. 

