652 Transactions. 
smooth, 1-5-2 mmm. thick, pale brown, cell-contents granular, nuclei 
conspicuous ; pedicel persistent, tinted, up to 60 x 8 mmm., continuous 
with the spore; germ-pore of the upper cell apical, obscure, basal pore 
immediately below the septum, obscure. 
‚ Mesospores common, elliptical, 35-42 х 18 mmm. ; epispore smooth. 
Host : Uncinia compacta В. Br. On leaves. Herb. No. 352. II, Ш. 
Mount Dick ; Kinloch (Otago), 840 m., W. D. Reid / April, May, 1921. 
Distribution : Chile. | ; 
is indigenous, is widespread throughout the mountainous regions 
of both Islands (Cheeseman 1906, p. 800), and occurs also in Australia. 
Thi shows a general resemblance to P. Caricis, but the narrow 
9. Puccinia juncophila Cooke and Massee. (Fig. 29.) Juncaceae (3). 
Cke. et Mass., Grev., vol. 22, p. 37, 1893. 
Uredo armillata Ludw., Bot. Centrabl., vol. 43, p. 8, 1890. 
0, I. Unknown. ; 
П. Uredosori amphigenous, cinnamon-brown, scattered when elliptical 
and 1 mm. long, or more commonly confluent and forming lines up 
22-32 x 15-22 mmm. ; epis 
brown, 2-3 mmm. thick, with 9-3 equatorial germ-pores on one face. 
III. Teleutosori amphigenous, elliptical, often confluent and up to 5 mm. 
long, pulverulent, chocolate-brown, surrounded by the ruptured epidermis. 
Spores elliptical, 30-40 28 mmm. ; apex rounded, slightly (5-6 mmm.) 
or not thickened, base rounded, seldom subattenuate, both cells same size 
and colour, cell-contents granular ; slightly constricted at the septum; 
ерізроге smooth, yellowish-brown, 3-4 mmm. thick; pedicel deciduous, 
hyaline, up to 50 x 5 mmm., often obliquely attached; germ-pore 0 
x 
upper cell apical, conspicuous, basal pore one-third to two-thirds below 
septum, obscure 
X 
b» 
Host: Juncus vaginatus R. Br. On leaves and culms. Herb. No. 262. 
П. Tokomaru (Wellington). 5 Nov., 1920. II, III. Tasman (Nelson), 
H. C. 17 Nov. 1921. 
‹ ‹ i me sori as th 
uredosori are invariably attacked by Darluca flum Cast., it is probabl 
10. Puccinia obscura Schroeter. (Fig. 30.) 
Schroet.: Pass., Nuovo. Giorn. Bot. Ital., vol. 9, p. 134, 1890. : 
Aecidium Bellidis Thuem., Fungi Austr., No. 635, 1873: hyponym. Puccinia 
ellidis Lagerh., Bol, Soc. Broter., vol. 8, p. 134, 1890. Dicaeoma obscurum 
(Schroet.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen., vol. 3, p. 469, 1898. Puccinia Luzulae- 
maximae Diet., Ann. Myc., vol. 17, p. 57, 1919, 
