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considered. Scorzonera, of course, belongs to the Compositae 

 Chicorieae-Leontodontinae. The native Australian flora con- 

 tains but one genus (Microseris) belonging to the sub-order 

 Chicorieae. 



By the kindness of Mr. C. C. Brittlebank, of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Victoria, we have been allowed to 

 examine McAlpine's type specimens collected at Dimboola, 

 Victoria, Nov., 1892. There is no doubt that the fungus 



Fig. 2. 

 Teleutospores of Puccinia semiharhatae, n. sp. (xlOOO). 



and host plant from Wirrega (S. Austr.) are the same^ 

 McAlpine's note that P. angustifoliae differs from P. podo- 

 spermi, DC, P. scorzonerae, (Schum.) Jacky, and P. 

 tragapogi, (Pers.) Corda, in certain particulars is not sur- 

 prising, considering how widely removed the hosts are in 

 affinity (McAlp., 1906, p. 150). 



Puccinia calendulae, McAlp. On living leaves of 

 Calendula o^cinalis, L., I. Mount Crawford Estate, Jan.,. 

 1916 (McAlp., 1906, p. 151). 



