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by the greyish epidermis, bursting, biiUate, compact, rounded 

 to oval, rarely exceeding 1 nun., chestnut-brown to black. 



Teleutospores elliptical, thickened at the apex, con- 

 stricted at the septum, wall smooth, 27-37 x 16-21 /x. Pedicel 

 deciduous, sometimes excentrically displaced, 60-110 /m. 



Mesospores occasional, similarly coloured to the teleuto- 

 spores, fusiform, generally thickened at tl e apex, 26-33 x 

 12-16/1. 



Fig. 3. 



Teleutospores and mesospores of Puccinia operculariae, 



(M^rr.) Syd. Drawn fr.om fresh material (x690). 



On Hihhertia stricta, R,. Br., var. canescens. National 

 Park, Belair, Oct. 28, 1916, T. G. B. O. New host species. 



The fungus here described has been recorded under 

 McAlpine's species P. hihhertiae, though it differs from it in 

 the size of the spores, which are consistently shorter in our 

 specimens. In other respects it conforms to McAlpine's 

 description (McAlp., 1906, p. 185). 



Aecidium oleariae, McAlp . On stems of Olearia 

 axillaris, F. v. M., I., on stems only. Victor Harbour, June 

 16, 1918, T. G. B. O. (McAlp., 1906, p. 197). 



