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Puccinia ornata Arth. & Holw. 

 On living leaves of Rumex britannica L. Sylvan Beach, 

 Oneida county. H. D. House, September 18, 1916. (Determined 



by Arthur.) New to New York State. This is a short cycle rust 

 in which the teliospores germinate immediately upon maturing, 

 and it therefore possesses no alternate host. Its range is from Maine 

 and New Hampshire to Wisconsin and Minnesota. 



Puccinia patruelis Arth. 



The aecial stage on Lactuca sp. Near Albany, collected by 

 C. H. Peck, June. (Determined by Arthur.) 



Puccinia poarum Niels. 



On Poa annua L. Jamesville, Onondaga county. H. D- 

 House, August 9, 191 5. (Determined by iVrthur.) 



Puccinia rubellum (Pers.) Arth. 

 (P. arundinacea Hedw.) 

 On Phragmitis phragmitis (L.) Karst. Montezuma 

 marshes. Collected by Dr C. H. Peck. (Determined by Arthur.) 



Puccinia uniporula Orton 

 The two following collections have been referred to this species by 

 Doctor Arthur : On Carex conoidea Schk., Pecksport, 

 Madison county. H. D. House, July 2, 1915. On Carex 

 virescens Muhl., Sand Lake. C. H. Peck. 



Ramularia brunellae E. & E. 



On living leaves of Prunella vulgaris L. Jamesville- 

 Onondaga county. H. D. House, June 28, 19 16. Also with S e p - 

 toria brunellae E. & E. upon the same leaves. 



Ramularia lanceolata Dearness & House, sp. nov. 



Spots brick-red, indefinite, alike on both sides of the leaf, where 

 numerous the leaf becomes yellowish, without an arid center as in 

 Ramularia plantaginis E. & M., nor ■ with a definite 

 border line as in Ramularia peckii Sacc. & Syd. 



Hyphae fasciculate, amphigenous, geniculate, yellowish, 25-45 x 4 /x; 

 conidia hyaline, cylindrical, ends rounded, 0-3-septate, 15-33 x 5 -6 m- 



On living and languishing leaves of Plantago lanceolata 

 L. Oneida, Madison county. H. D. House, August 19 16. Type 

 in the herbarium of the New York State Museum. 



