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9. Uredo Oleariae Cooke. (Fig. 125.) Compositae. 
Cke., Grev., vol. 19, p. 48, 1890. 
П. Uredosori hypophyllous, seated on discoloured spots visible on 
the upper surface, orbicular, 1 mm. iam., pulverulent, reddish-brown, 
ost: Olearia Lyallii Hook. f. On leaves. Herb. No. 42. Port Ross 
(Auckland Islands), T. Kirk/ 1890. (Type collection.) 
istribution : Auckland Islands. 
The host is endemic, and is confined to the Auckland Islands and the 
Snares. (Cheeseman, 1906, p. 283. 
The published description of Cooke’s is far from accurate, as the spores 
are stated to be 22 x 15 mmm., and the epispore to be smooth. Fortunately 
10. Uredo southlandicus n. form-sp. (Text-fig. 122, and Plate 2, fig. 6.) 
II. Uredosori epiphyllous, scattered evenly over the leaf-surface, orbi- 
; 1-2 mm. diam., bullate, golden-brown, long covered. Spores sub- 
globose or elliptical, 28-35 x 24-98 mmm.; epispore hyaline, coarsely an 
sparsely echinulate, 4-5 mmm. thick, cell-contents granular, orange ; germ- 
pores indistinct. | : 
Host: Olearia angustifolia Hook. f. On leaves. Herb. No. 753. 
Stewart Island, T. Kirk/ Jan., 1882. Sea-level, Bluff (Southland), 
L. Cockayne ! 26 May, 1922. (Type.) 
The host is endemic, and is confined to the southern part of the South 
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ll. Uredo tupare n. form-sp. (Fig. 123.) 
П. Uredosori hypophyllous, scattered, seated on pallid spots visible on 
the upper surface, orbicular, 1 mm. iam., orange, fading with age to pallid 
yellow, pulverulent, deeply seated in the dense tomentum of the leaf. Spores 
obovate or elliptical, 40-55 x 25-31 mmm. ; epispore hyaline, closely and 
ely echinulate, 1-5-2 mmm., cell-contents granular, yellow; germ-pores 
scattered, numerous (6-8), obscure. 
Host: Olearia Colensoi Hook. f. On leaves. Herb. Nos. 758, 773. 
Mount Waiopehu (Wellington), 1,700m., G. H. C. 26 October, 1919. 
(Type.) ‘Table-top, Mount Hector (Wellington), 1,120 m., E. Н. Atkinson / 
6 Feb. 1921. Mount Dennan (Wellington), 1,000 m., E. H. Atkinson! 
7 Jan., 1922. 
The host is endemic, and widely spread throughout the mountain areas. 
(Cheeseman, 1906, p. 282. 
large-sized spores and closely and finely echinulate epispore 
characterize this species. 
