elliptical-lanceolate in outline ; margins coarsely and regularly 

 crenate or bluntly dentate ; nervation strictly craspedodrome, 

 the secondary nerves almost parallel, each one terminating in 

 the apex of a marginal dentition ; fruit apparently single, on a 



Fig. 2. Fagopsis longifolia (Lesq. ) Hollick. Nat. size showing mature fruit. 



stout, short peduncle, somewhat ovoid in shape and covered with 

 spinous bracts when immature ; globose, rough, and apparently 

 destitute of bracts when mature. 



Tertiary shales, station 14, Florissant, Colo., June, 1907. 



Figure i, specimen collected by Mrs. T. D. A. Cockerell. 

 Figure 2, specimen collected by T. D. A. Cockerell. 



Specimens in Museum N. Y. Bot. Gard. 

 New York Botanical Garden 



THE RUST OF TIMOTHY* 



By Frank D. Kern 



Timothy rust was reported from this country as early as 1881 

 or 1882 by Trelease in the Transactions of the Wisconsin Acad- 

 emy of Science f but it is only in very recent years that it has 

 been found in sufficient abundance to attract much attention or 

 to be the cause of any alarm. Except for this single report, 

 rust on timothy has been so rare in this country that its pre- 

 vious existence might almost be questioned. In 1906 a fairly 

 abundant amount was observed at one or two localities in New 

 York, and in 1907 it was reported from Delaware, West Vir- 



*Read before the Indiana Academy of Science at the Thanksgiving meeting, 

 Purdue University, November 27, 1908. 



•f Preliminary List of Wisconsin Fungi, Trans. Wis. Acad. Sci. 7: 131. 1885. 



