CUNNINGHAM.—The Uredinales, or Rust-fungi, of New Zealand. 675 
39. Puccinia Allanii n. sp. (Fig. 58.) Compositae (21). 
0-25-0°5 mm. circular, pulvinate, compact, dark chestnut-brown, 
surrounded by the ruptured epidermis. Spores elliptical, commonly sub- 
clavate, 35-55 x 18-26 mmm. ; apex rounded, often blu uminate, 
darker in colour and somewhat broader than lower; constricted at the 
septum; epispore smooth, chestnut-brown, 3 mmm. thick in upper cell, 
2 mmm. in lower; pedicel persistent, tinted, up to 50 x 10 mmm. ; germ- 
pore of upper cell apical, conspicuous, basal pore immediately below septum, 
obscure. 
Host: Senecio lagopus Raoul. On leaves. Herb. No. 425. І, ПІ. Mount 
Herbert, Banks Peninsula (Canterbury), Н. Н. Allan! 5 Feb., 1921. (Type.) 
The host is endemic and fairly widely distributed (Cheeseman, 1906, 
Lir H.B 
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resemblance to this species. 
40. Puccinia Atkinsonii n. sp. (Fig. 59.) 
0. Spermogones hypophyllous, associated with the aecidia, minute, 
immersed, honey-brown. 
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Aecidia hypophyllous, aggregated in large — groups on 
subglobose, elliptical, frequently lacrimiform, with an elongated hyaline 
apiculus, 25-35 x 15-22 mmm. ; epispore densely and minutely verrucose, 
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