CuxxiNGHAM.—The Uredinales, or Rust-fungi, of New Zealand. 681 
than Centaurea. The mycelium of the primary uredosori permeates the 
whole plant, but does not appear to check flowering (Grove, 1913, p. 141). 
Characterized by the thick verruculose epispore, and rounded non- 
thickened apex of the teleutospore. 
46. Puccinia distincta McAlpine. (Fig. 64.) 
McAlp., Agr. Gaz. N.S.W., vol. 6, p. 853, 1895. 
0. 
I. Aecidia amphigenous, on discoloured spots, scattered, or more fre- 
qu aggregated into closely-packed irregular groups, orange.  Peridia 
.cupulate, margins white, reflexed, lacerate. Spores subglobose to ellip- 
tical, 14-20 x 13-16 mmm. ; epispore minutely and densely verruculose, 
hyaline, 1-5 mmm. thick, ilic vacuolate, orange-yellow. 
III. Teleutosori amphigenous EY on petioles, associated with aecidia, 
scattered or confluent, elliptical, 1-5 mm. long, black, bullate, compact, 
becoming exposed by the epidermis fissuring longitudinally. Spores clavate 
or fusoid, 38-55 x 17-22 mmm. ; apex rounded, truncate, or acuminate, 
frequently oblique, thickened up to 10 mmm ‚ and darker in colour, base 
attenuate, basal cell narrower and lighter in colour than upper, cell-contents 
granular; slightly or not constricted at the septum; epispore smooth, 
chestnut-brown, 1-5-2-5 mmm. thick, thinner in lower cell ; icel per- 
sistent, tinted, stout, up to 55 x 8 mmm., continuous with spore; germ 
pore of upper cell apical, conspicuous, basal pore immediately below the 
septum, obscure, usua 
X. Mesospores common, clavate or obovate, 30-35 x 14-18 mmm. 
apex acuminate and thickened ; pedicel persistent. 
Host: Bellis perennis L. On leaves, scapes, and petals. Herb. 
Nos. 184, 375. I. Levin; Masterton bm ig^ G. = C. Sept., 1919. 
I, ПІ. Tiritea, Palmerston North (Wellington), G. H. C. 3 Mar., 1921. 
Nelson, Miss K. M. Curtis! 30 Мау, 1921. 
istribution : Australia ; Tasm 
The host is an introdu ced коган aed is a common weed in pastures. 
Characterized by the thickened apex, thin, smooth epispore, and clavate 
or fusoid shape of the teleutospore. 
47. Puccinia egmontensis n. sp. (Fig. 65.) 
: Bperniogone amphigenous, ‘in irregular groups on inflated spots, 
erumpent s cattered or crowded, honey-coloured. 
Teleutosori amphigenous, in irregular groups on somewhat inflated 
К я spots, surrounded by the spermogones, circular, or irregularly 
elliptical, sometimes circinnate, up to 2mm. diam., pulvinate, oe 
kened u 
10mmm., darker in colour, base attenuate, basal cell longer, narrower, 
and li awe in colour than the upper, cell-contents granular, nuclei con- 
tus ; slightly constricted at the septum ; epispore smooth, 1-5-2 mmm. 
thick in the upper beg a 5 mmm. in lower, chestnut-brown ; pedicel 
persistent, hyaline, 50 x 5 mmm., continuous with spore; germ-pore of 
upper cell apical, efiam basal pore immediately below the septum, 
obscure. 
AX pis tom common, elliptical or fusoid, 30-40 x 12-16 mmm. 
apex acuminate 
