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cells same colour, lower slightly narrower, cell-contents granular, nuclei 
evident; slightly or not constricted at the septum; epispore minutel 
and densely verruculose, chestnut-brown, 1-5-2 mmm. thick ; pedicel per- 
sistent, hyaline, delicate, up to 42 x 6 mmm.; germ-pore of the upper 
cell apical or frequently one-third way down the side, conspicuous, basal 
pore one-half to two-thirds way below septum, conspicuous, both usually 
papillate. 
Host: Hypochoeris glabra L. On leaves and stems. Herb. No. 440. 
II, ПІ. Dunstan Mountains (Otago), 600 m., W. D. Reid! 5 Dec., 1921. 
Distribution: Australia; North America; Europe; Chile; Siberia. 
The host is an introduced plant, and is a common weed in pastures. 
52. Puccinia Lagenophorae Cooke. (Fig. 70.) 
Cke., Grev., vol. 13, p. 6, 1884. 
Puccinia Hypochoeridis McAlp., Proc. Roy. Soc. Vic, vol T, p. 217, 1804 
P. Macalpini Syd., Mon. Ured., vol. 1, p. 100, 1902. 
. Spermogones amphigenous, associated with the aecidia, on pale- 
yellow spots, immersed, minute, honey-coloured. 3 
I. Aecidia amphigenous, scattered or more commonly in groups on ^ 
pale-yellow spots. Peridia up to 200-240 mmm. diam., cupulate, margins 
white, slightly revolute, laciniate. Spores subglobose to shortly elliptical, i 
17-19 х 14mmm.; epispore hyaline, finely and densely verruculose, | 
1 mmm. thick, cell-contents pallid yellow | 
ПІ. Teleutosori amphigenous and caulicolous, chestnut-brown, circular _ 
or elliptical, on stems scattered or aggregated into irregularly circular — 
groups, pulvinate, compact, up to 2 mm. diam., surrounded by the ruptured E 
epidermis. Spores subclavate, seldom elliptical, 34-46 x 15-22 mmm. ; Я 
= rounded, truncate, or often bluntly acuminate, thickened up wr 
5-3 mmm. thick in upper cell, 2-2-5 mmm. in lower, chestnut-brown > E 
pedicel persistent, tinted, stout, up to 35 x 8 mmm., i ‚ЖЕШ 
spore; germ-pore of the upper cell apical, obscure, basal pore immediately ong 
beneath the septum, obscure. p 
Mesospores common, clavate to obovate, 32-38 x 17-22 mmm.» — 
apex thickened. Ses 
Hosts :— | 
Lagenophora Barkeri Т. Kirk. On leaves and ste 
Nos. 177, 300. І, Ш. Porter River (Canterbury) 
21 Feb., 1881. 
Lagenophora petiolata Hook. f. On leaves. I, Ш. Mount 
(Otago), 1,000 m., W. D. Reid! 14 Dec., 1921. 
| Heb. | 
T. Kirk! | 
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