Uredinaceai, Dictyosijorje, Ravenelia. 363 



Hab. in foliis Bletias hyaointliinse (Or chidacese) in 

 horto botanico Tokyo Japonise (M. Miyoshi). — Primum Coleo- 

 spormm in pl anta monocotyledonea observatum. 



PUCCINIASTRUM — Syll. YIl, p. 762, IX, 318. 



1. Puccinlastrum Tiliae Miyabe, Bot. Mag. Tokyo XI, 1897, p. 47, 1279 

 tab. IV, fig. 12-20. — Soris uredosporiferis hypophyllis, minutis, 

 sparsis, dihite aurantiacis; pseudoperidiis persistentibus, subsphge- 

 ricis, apice apertis; uredosporis subglobosis v. ovatis, saepe oblon- 

 gis, 19-26 ^ 12-15, plerumque 22 « 15, echinulatis, davis ; soris teleu- 

 tosporiferis hypophyllis, minutis, rubro-brunneis ; teleutosporis in- 

 tercellularibus, 20-38 fx. longis, vario modo in sporas minores divi- 

 sis, contentu aurantiaco, sporis minoribus sphaericis, 4-6 p. diam. 

 Hah. in foUis Tili« cordatae var. japonica3 et Mique- 

 lianse in Japonia (Miyabe, Hiratsuka). 



Sect. 4. DictyosporjB 



RAVENELIA Berk. — SylL VII, p. 770, IX, p. 318, XI, p. 210. — 



1. Ravenelia Cohniana P. Henn. Hedw. 1896, p. 246. — Soris ure- isso 

 dosporiferis hypophyllis vel ramicoHs sparsis, oblongis vel rotun- 

 datis, primo epidermide tectis, dein ochraceis; uredosporis oblongis 



vel ellipsoideis, levibus, flavis vel brunneis, 12-17 ^ 10-14; soris 

 teleutosporiferis hypophyUis,sparsis, minutis, punctiformibus, atris, 

 epidermide fissa cinctis ; capitulis subglobosis vei subhemisphasricis, 

 brunneis, 40-50 >^ 35-40, 5-6-sporis, asperatis, aculeis brunneohs, 

 subsubulatis 4-5 u. longis, 3 u. crassis ; sporis subtriangularibus 

 vel oblongis 16-22 ^ 13-15; cystidiis 5-6 subglobosis vel elli- 

 psoideis 15-17 a. diametro, hyalinis. 



HaJ). in foUis Csesalpinia? spec. Eio de Janeiro Brasihae 

 (Ule). 



2. Raveneiia opaca (Seym. et Earle) J)\Qi. Ravenelia indica Berk. f. 1281 

 opaca Seym. et Earle in Economic. Fungi n. 203, Hedw. 1895, 



p. 291. — Soris majuscuHs, 2 mm. v. pluribus, piceis, in pagina 

 foliorum superiore subepidermicis; capituhs hemispha^rico-convexis, 

 levibus, atro-brunneis, opacis, 85-120 u. diam., transverse 5-6 

 sporis; sporis unicellularibus, cuneatis, apice 8-10 u. incrassatis et 

 obscure tinctis, circiter 22 u. latis; cystidiis hemispha^ricis ; pedi- 

 cello composito, capituh latitudinem non superante, haud firmo. 



