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G'oniopsis gloniopsis (Gerard) comb. nov. 



Hysterium g 1 o n i o p s i s Gsrard, 6: 78. 1876. 

 Gloniopsis gerardiana Sacc. Syll., 2: 774. 1883. 



On oak, New Jersey (Ellis, no. 2083). The specimen in the 

 N. Y. State herbarium is on the bark of Quercus (oak). 



Mycosyrinx osmundae Peck 



(Ustilago osmundae Peck) 

 Pecksport, Madison county. H. D. House, July 10, 1918, on 

 Osmunda regalis L. Woods, three miles north of New 

 London, Oneida county. H. D. House, July 18, 19 18, on 

 Osmunda cinnamoneaL. 



Puccinia lobeliae Gerard 

 Oneida, Madison county, on leaves of Lobelia syphilitica 

 L. August 27, 1918. 



Puccinia pyrolae Cooke 



(P. polygalae Paz.) 

 Bergen swamp. Genesee county, on leaves of Polygala 

 pauciflora, August 23, 19 18. 



Uromyces silphii (Burr.) Arthur 

 West of Oneida (in Oneida county) on June us tenuis L. 

 House, 1918. Determined by Dr J. C. Arthur. The aecial stage is 

 supposed to occur upon species of Silphium, which do not occur in 

 this region. Doctor Arthur intimates that in this case Aster 

 macrophyllus might be the alternate host. 



Puccinia rhamni (Pers.) Wettst. 

 Albany, on Festuca elatibr (the host determined by 

 Professor Hitchcock) . The aecial stage onRhamnus cathar- 

 tic a , at the same locality. Both hosts are introduced species. 



Ustilago bipustulata Peck 

 Mendon, Monroe county, in the inflorescence of Rhynco- 

 spora glomerata. M. S. Baxter 172, September 1910 

 (Herbarium N. Y. State Mus.) 



