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Leaves of Anemo7ie Pennsylvanica and A. Vii^giniaiia. Fort 

 Edward. Howe. Greenbush. May. Not commoD. 



This is P. Anemones- Vi7'ginianoB Schw. in Fungi of Nortli 

 Carolina. The lower cell of the spore gradually tapers toward 

 the base till it is scarcely broader than the peduncle. 



27. P. Lychnideakum Lh. Lychnis Brand. 



Hypogenous ; spots pallid or cream-colored ; sori unequal, scat- 

 tered or clustered, subrotund or oblong, sometimes circinating and 

 confluent, brown ; spores oblong, narrow, constricted, obtusely 

 pointed, .0016-002' long, .0005' broad ; peduncle subhyaline, 

 equal to or exceeding tlie length of the spore. 



Leaves of some cultivated Dianthus. New Baltimore. Howe. 



The spores in this and the three preceding species are pale in 

 color when seen through the microscope. 



28. P. Pyeol^ Coohe. Polygala Brand. 



Hypogenous; spots pallid or cream-colored, sometimes margined 

 with brown or purplish hues ; sori numerous, clustered, surrounded 

 by the ruptured epidermis, subcirciiiating, sometimes crowded, 

 black ; spores elliptical or obovate, obtuse, slightly constricted, 

 .0013-.0016' long, .OOOB-.OOOT broad; peduncle subhyaline, 

 generally equal to or exceeding the length of the spore. 



Leaves, petioles and stems of the flowering wintergreen, Polygala 

 jpaucifolia. Bergen swamp. Clinton. Sandlake and Portville. 

 May to September. 



The name of this species is not appropriate. P. PolygalcB would 

 be better, as the plant has yet been found on Polygala jpaiicifolia 

 only. It is not at all likely that it will ever occur on any species 

 of Pyrola. 



29. P. ACUMINATA Pit. Dwarf-CoTuel Brand. 



Hypogenous; spots brown or reddish-brown, sometimes tinged 

 with purple; sori large, clustered or scattered, compact, promi- 

 nent', often confluent, surrounded by the ruptured epidermis, 

 black ; spores oblong, constricted, obtusely pointed or acuminate, 

 .0018-.0025' long, .0006'-.000r broad; peduncle colored, one- 

 half to wholly as long as the spore. 



Leaves of the dwarf cornel, Cornus Canadensis. Sandlake and 

 Adirondack Mts. August. 



This is a very pretty and distinct species. The clusters of sori 

 are small and often arranged in a circle around a free central space 

 or around a single sorus. The acumination of the spore is varia- 

 ble, being abrupt and short, gradual and long, straight or oblique, 

 central or removed to one side. The spots are sometimes concave 



