466 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [MAY 
The species was distributed by LAGERHEIM with the herbarium 
name Diorchidium Berberidis. It appears, however, to be a 
genuine member of the genus Sphenospora, as judged by the exactly 
vertical septum, the thin and smooth walls of the teliospores, and 
other characters of both urediniospores and teliospores. The 
urediniospores were few in the specimen examined. The pores of 
the teliospores were not demonstrated, but seem to be apical. The 
pores in the genus Diorchidium are lateral, and only the type 
species on a Fabaceous host from south Africa is yet known, 
although Puccinia Piptadeniae P. Henn. from Brazil may prove to 
belong in the genus when well studied. 
The host was given as Berberis glaucophylla on the packet, which 
was doubtless intended for B. glaucescens, although the determina- 
tion has not been established. The leaves are large, thin, and 
markedly glaucous beneath. 
6. UROMYCES LEPTODERMUS Sydow (on Poaceae).—Panicum 
barbinode Trin., Santa Clara, Peru, July 18, II, no. 18723. 
A common and widely distributed species of warmer regions. 
It reaches northward through Central America and the West 
Indian Islands to central Mexico and southern Florida. It also 
occurs in India. The aecia are unknown. 
7. UROMYCES CRASSIPES Diet. and Neg. (on Polygonaceae).— 
Rumex cuneifolius Campd., below Cuzco, Peru, September 2, I, 
no. 19070. 
The species has been collected on the same host in the vicinity 
of Concepcién, Chile, as stated by SprGaAzzin1 in his ‘“ Fungi 
Chilenses” (p. 16). The species was also collected at Ollantay- 
tambo, Peru, at 3000 m., apparently on the same host and showing 
uredinia only, May 17, 1915, Cook and Gilbert 783. 
8. UROMYCES ELATUS Sydow (on Fabaceae).—Lupinus saxatilis 
Ulbrich (?), vicinity of La Paz, Bolivia, August 12, O, III, no. 
18863.—L. tomentosus DC., below Pampa de Arrieros, Peru, August 
23, I, no. 18962. 
The species has rarely been collected. The aecia are con- 
spicuous and have long peridia when fully developed. The telia 
are usually closely associated with the aecia; they are very small, 
