120 SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF TORREY BOTANICAL CLUB 
On AMYGDALACEAE: 
Amygdalus Persica L. (Prunus Persica Sieb. & Zucc.), 
Santiago de las Vegas, Sept. 27, 1915, II, Johnston 166. 
The collection shows only uredinia, and these not in much 
abundance. 'The species is heteroecious, having its aecia on 
Anemone, Hepatica, and Thalictrum. ва common rust through- 
out tropical and temperate regions of both hemispheres, but only 
three collections have been seen from the West Indies, one each 
from Cuba, Porto Rico, and Bermuda, and all being uredinia and 
on same host. 
27. PROSPODIUM APPENDICULATUM (Wint.) Arth. Jour. Myc. 13: 
3L 4007. 
Puccinia appendiculata Wint. Flora 67: 262. 1884. 
ON BIGNONIACEAE: 
Stenolobium stans (L.) D. Don (Tecoma stans Juss.), 
Holguin (Prov. Oriente), March 17, 1903, Holway, 
Havana, March 22, 1903, Holway (Barth. N. Am. Ured. 
724); Santiago de las Vegas, Feb. 28, 1916, Johnston 469. 
The species is common in tropical regions, and is autoecious, 
possessing pycnia, uredinia, and telia. The only other West 
Indian island represented is Porto Rico. | 
28. PROsPODIUM PLAGIOPUS (Mont.) Arth. №. Am. Flora 7: 162. 
I9I2. 
Puccinia plagiopus Mont. Pl. Cell. Cuba 294. 1842. 
ON BIGNONIACEAE: 
T'ecoma lepidota (H. B. K.) DC., San Marcos (Prov. Santa 
Clara), without date, II, iii (Ramon de la Sagra?) ; same 
locality, Sept. 26, 1910, П, Е. 5. Earle; Palm barrens 
east of Guanabacoa (Prov. Habana), April 2, 1910, II, iii, 
Britton, Earle & Wilson 6264 (host no. 6257). 
Tecoma peniaphylla (L.) Juss., Santo Domingo (Prov. 
Santa Clara), Nov. 7, 1915, II, Johnston 183; Havana, 
Feb. 26, 1916, Johnston 491; San Juan, Isle of Pines, 
March 15, 17, 1916, II, Britton, Britton & Wilson 15471. 
The species is an autoecious one with uredinia and telia, pre- 
ceded undoubtedly by pycnia, which have not yet been seen. It 
was described originally by C. Montagne, who prepared the volume 
of cryptogams which was part of the encyclopedic work on the 
