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not or scarcely thickened, base rounded, both cells same - ee 
slightly constricted at the septum ; epispore smooth or wit а о е : 
warts, 2 mmm. thick, chestnut-brown, cell-contents vacuolate Bee a 
isteni in - = m-pore o 
tent, hyaline, fragile, up to 40 x 6 mmm germ-| 
aged, ion one-third way down side, conspicuous, eges pore from 
one-half to two-thirds below septum, conspicuous, both papillate.. 
с ) ioles. Herb. No. 380, 
Hydrocotyle moschata Worst. f£. On leaves and petio ; 
"TL, аба Palmerston North (Wellington), R. Waters С 27 Jan., 
1921. II, III. Walter Peak (Otago), 670 m.; Table ay = 
(Otago), 840m.; W. D. Reid! April, 1921. II, III. Eee 
Otira River (Westland), W. D. Reid / .20 Nov., d Bend 
Sandhills, Levin (Wellington), E. H. Atkinson! G. H. C. А 
Hydrocotyle novae-zelandiae DC. Herb. Nos. 360, 361. - E : 
Pass (Canterbury), W. D. Reid! 18 Nov., 1919. Е R 
Pisa (Otago), 1,170 m.; Rere Lake; Walter Peak (c Mes 
W. D. Reid! Mar., April, 1921. П, ПІ. Waimakariri ma 
bed, Cass (Canterbury), 500m., W. D. Reid! 14 AX 
IL III Loburn (Otago), 300 m.; Dunstan Mountains ( 0); 
400 m.; W. D. Reid ! Dec., 1921. : 
Hydrocotyle tripartita R. Br. Herb. No. 380. II, III. Rere Lake, 
Wakatipu (Otago), 370 m., W. D. Reid / ‚5 Mar., 1921. 
Distribution : Europe; North and South America; N atal. we 
All three hosts are indigenous, two being endemic; the 1906, 
H. tripartita, also occurs in Australia and Tasmania (Cheeseman, , 
. 195-97). | 
= The Aca n of this rust have hitherto been recorded only hes ems 
America. In New Zealand this Stage is rare, and but the two collec 
as I have specimens from H. mose 
Although teleutospore material ap 
in New Zealand. 
Characterized by the smooth 
(or sparsely and coarsely warted) epispore, 
and by the fact that the apex of i à 
the teleutospore is not thickened. 
29. Puccinia kopoti n. sp, (Fig. 48.) 
0. Spermogones amphi enous, sparse, scattered, honey-coloured. | TI 
I. decidia Вур ре Mid. scattered, minute. Peridia sin 
i e, margins erect, white, lacerate. Spores Ms 
gonal, 18-2. diam. ; epispore minutely and closely verruc 
thi ntents pallid orange. ' long, 
osori hypophyllous, pallid yellow, elliptical, 1-5 eg : 
te, epidermis fissuring longitudinally. Poet 
obovate to elliptical, 25-35 x 16-20 mmm. ; epispore coarsely and spa wi. 
echinulate, 1-5-2 mmm. thick, hyaline, cell-contents sulphur-yellow, ce 
three scattered germ-pores on one face, i 
