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On March 8, 1908, while collecting in a swamp between Mo- 

 bile, Ala., and Spring Hill, a suburb of that place, I secured 

 some very fine specimens of Gymnosporangium Ellisii Berk., on 

 Chamaecyparis tliyoides (L.) B.S.P. The same day I secured at 

 Spring Hill a very good specimen of Gymnospovangi2iin biseptatum 

 Ellis, on the same host. As I was in a hurry at the time, in 

 order to get out of a storm, I did not fully appreciate the find 

 until I had returned to my laboratory at Auburn, Ala. I have 

 not had another opportunity to secure more of this material. 



Now neither of these species has been collected farther south 

 than New Jersey. It would seem improbable that such a wide 

 gap as this, from New Jersey to Alabama, would occur in the 

 distribution of either of these species, especially when the white 

 cedar occurs all along the coast between these points and the 

 alternate host plants are usually found in the same localities, at 

 least the range given in the various manuals would seem to show 

 this. It is probable that both of these species, G. biseptatum and 

 G. Ellisii occur all along the whole coast from Maine to Texas. 

 Careful search, I am sure, would fill in the gap in the known 

 distribution if not extending it. 



Summing up the situation for Alabama we can report the 

 following species of Gymnosporangium. 



Gymnosporangium macropus Link on Sabina Virginian a (L.) 

 Antoine. Sabina barbadense (L.) Small (new host). 



Gymnosporangium globosmn Farl. on Sabina virginiana (L.) 

 Antoine. Sabina barbadense (L.) Small (new host). 



Gymnosporangium flaviforme Atk, on Sabina virginiana (L.) 

 Antoine. 



Gymnosporangium Clavipes C. & P. on Sabina virginiana. 

 (L.) Antoine. 



Gyinnosporangium Nidus-avisThdiX. on Sabina virginiana (L. ) 

 Antoine. 



Gymnosporangium bermudianum Earle on Sabina barbadense 

 (L.) Small. 



Gymnosporangium biseptatum Ellis on Chamaecyparis thyoides 

 (L.) B.S.P. 



Gymnosporangium Ellisii Berk, on Chamaecyparis thyoides (L.) 

 B.S.P. 



