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Phyllachora panici (Schw.) Sacc. 



On leaves ofPanicum clandestinum. South Bay, Madi- 

 son county. H. D. House, September 5. 1919. Other collections in 

 the State herbarium are on Panicum dichotomum, lati- 

 folium, virg-atum and ^^• r i g h t i a n u m . 



Phlyctaena complanata (B. & C.) 



On dead stems of Polygonum virginicum L. Oneida, 

 Madison county. H. D. House, May 20, 191 8. 



Phyllosticta steironematis Dearness & House 

 On living leaves of Steironema ciliata (L.) Raf . Sylvan 

 Beach, Oneida county. H. D. House, August 30, 1918. 



Scolocotrichum graminis Fckl. 



On living and languishing leaves of Orchard grass, D a c t y 1 i s 

 glomerata L. Oneida, Madison county. H. D. House, July 17, 

 1918. 



Pyrenopeziza artemisiae (Lasch) Sacc. 



On dead stems of Lactuca hirsuta. Oneida, Madison 

 county. H. D. House, July 18, 191 8. Determined by Dr F. J. 

 Seaver. 



Puccinia commutata Sydow 



(Allodus commutata (Syd.) Arthur) 



On leaves and stems of Valeriana uliginosa (T. & G.) 



Rydb. Bonaparte swamp, Lewis county. H. D. House, June 14, 



1919. This is the second station in this State for this rare rust, it 



having been found in 19 18, near Jordan ville, Herkimer county. 



Puccinia curtipes Howe 

 On leaves of Saxifraga virginensis. Lake Bonaparte, 

 Lewis county. H. D. House, June 15, 1919. 



Puccinia trientalis (Tranz.) comb. nov. 



Aecidium trientalis Traz. Gobi Rostp. S. Petersb. 116. 1891 ; ZeitscTir. 

 Pflanzenkr. 103. 1892. 



Puccinia karelica Tranz. Centralbl. fr. Bakter. u. Parass. II Abt. 11:106. 

 1903. Type from Russia on Carex limosa. 



The telial stage of this rust has been identified in New York by 

 Doctor Arthur, upon the following hosts : Carex limosa, C. 

 paupercula, C. canescens and C. diandra. The aeciaJ 



