420 THE RUSTS UK NOVA SCOTIA. — FRASEK. 



Puccinia perplexans 1 iowr. 



0. Pjcuia not described. 



1. Accia .hypophyllous or petiolieolous, on rounded yellow 

 spots, in elongate or rounded groups, cup-shaped or cylindrical, 

 margin whit^, incised. Aeciospores angular-globose, finely 

 verrucose, orange, 18-27)". in diameter. 



II, Uredinia obiefly epiphyllous, scattered, chiefly oblong 

 or linear, yellowish brown. Urediniospores sub-globose or 

 ovate, lG-20 by 19-27/^; wall rather thiclc, pale yellowish, 

 echinulate. 



III. Telia chiefly hypophyllous, scattered, small, oblong 

 or linear, about 1-1^ mm. long, covered by the epidermis', 

 blackish. Teliospores mositly oblong-clavate or clavate, apex 

 rounded, truncate, rounded or obliquely conical, somewhat 

 thickened at the apex, slightly constricted at the septum, 16-24 

 by 36-60At; wall bro\^^l, darker above, smooth, thickened some- 

 what at the apex; pedicel very short. 



Pycnia and aecia on Ranunculus acris L., Pictou, Jun;^, 

 1911. 



Uredinia and telia on Alopecurus jjratensis L., Pictou. 



This species does not seem to have been previously collected 

 in jSTorth America. Cultures by the writer confirmed what had 

 already been established by European investigators, that the 

 aecia are produced on Ranunculus acris L. (See Mycologia 

 4:179. 1912). 



Puccinia anthoxanthi Fuck. 

 & I. Pycnia and aecia unknown. 



II. Uredinia amphigenous, mostly epiphyllous, on 

 indefinite yellow spots, scattered or aggregated, elliptical or 

 linear, soon naked, small, yellowish-ferruginous, capitate 

 paraphyses present. Urediniospores mostly ovate or obovate, 

 18-22 by 23-33/i, finely echinulate, yellowish. 



