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  OF 
  THE 
  BOTANIST. 
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  L. 
  hirta 
  was 
  first 
  described 
  by 
  Schweinitz 
  as 
  Puccinia 
  Lespedezce- 
  

   polystachice, 
  but 
  afterwards, 
  finding 
  this 
  fungus 
  more 
  abundant 
  on 
  L. 
  

   violacea, 
  he 
  changed 
  the 
  name 
  to 
  Puccinia 
  Lespedezce-violacece. 
  The 
  

   fungus 
  has 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  been 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  genus 
  Uromyces 
  to 
  

   to 
  which 
  it 
  properly 
  belongs. 
  

  

  The 
  same 
  author 
  also 
  published 
  a 
  fungus 
  which 
  he 
  found 
  on 
  L. 
  

   procumbens, 
  giving 
  it 
  the 
  name 
  Puccinia 
  Lespedezce-procumbentis, 
  

   and 
  describing 
  the 
  spores 
  as 
  having 
  a 
  distinct 
  septum 
  after 
  the 
  manner 
  

   of 
  true 
  Puccinia 
  spores. 
  This 
  Puccinia 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   found 
  by 
  subsequent 
  collectors, 
  but 
  the 
  same 
  Uromyces 
  that 
  occurs 
  

   on 
  other 
  Lespedezse 
  is 
  often 
  found 
  on 
  L. 
  procumbens 
  also, 
  and 
  is 
  

   sometimes 
  designated 
  as 
  Uromyces 
  Lespedezce-procumbentis 
  Schw., 
  

   though 
  this 
  designation 
  is 
  wholly 
  unwarranted 
  by 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  

   Schweinitz's 
  fungus. 
  Inasmuch 
  as 
  the 
  Uromyces 
  is 
  common 
  to 
  all 
  

   our 
  Lespedezse 
  it 
  seems 
  best 
  to 
  drop 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  its 
  trivial 
  name 
  that 
  

   implies 
  a 
  specific 
  limitation 
  to 
  its 
  habitat 
  and 
  write 
  Uromyces 
  Les- 
  

   pedezce 
  instead 
  of 
  U. 
  Lespedezce-violacece. 
  

  

  Uromyces 
  pyriformis 
  Ok. 
  

  

  As 
  this 
  fungus 
  was 
  reported 
  without 
  description, 
  the 
  following 
  

   characters, 
  kindly 
  furnished 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Cooke, 
  are 
  now 
  given 
  : 
  

  

  Amphigenous, 
  erumpent; 
  sori 
  linear, 
  sometimes 
  confluent, 
  rather 
  

   pulverulent, 
  purple-brown, 
  margined 
  by 
  the 
  fissured 
  cuticle; 
  pseudo- 
  

   spores 
  pyriform, 
  deep-brown, 
  epispore 
  thickened 
  above 
  ; 
  pedicels 
  

   rather 
  short, 
  thick, 
  persistent, 
  colored 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  portion. 
  

  

  On 
  Acorus 
  Calamus. 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  is 
  very 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  U. 
  Sparganii, 
  but 
  appears 
  to 
  

   differ 
  in 
  habit. 
  

  

  PlLEOLARIA 
  BREVIPES 
  B. 
  <& 
  R. 
  

  

  This 
  occurs 
  with 
  us 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  Rhus 
  Toxico- 
  

   dendron, 
  and 
  is 
  sometimes 
  found 
  associated 
  with 
  Uredo 
  Toxicodendri 
  

   B. 
  & 
  E,., 
  which 
  is 
  probably 
  its 
  Uredo-form. 
  I 
  suppose 
  the 
  latter 
  

   fungus 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  one 
  described 
  in 
  Grevillea 
  1874, 
  p. 
  56, 
  as 
  Uromyces 
  

   Toxicodendri 
  B. 
  & 
  B., 
  although 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  well 
  agree 
  with 
  the 
  

   generic 
  character 
  of 
  Uromyces 
  for 
  the 
  pedicels 
  are 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  per- 
  

   manent, 
  since 
  it 
  is 
  difficult 
  to 
  find 
  one 
  attached 
  even 
  to 
  an 
  immature 
  

   spore. 
  In 
  this 
  respect 
  it 
  is 
  nearer 
  Trichobasis, 
  as 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  which 
  

   it 
  was 
  formerly 
  reported. 
  

  

  Peziza 
  anomala 
  Pers. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  now 
  generally 
  admitted 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  Solenia. 
  Some 
  

   European 
  mycologists 
  consider 
  it 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  S. 
  ochracea, 
  others 
  

   regard 
  it 
  as 
  distinct. 
  The 
  two 
  are 
  kept 
  separate 
  by 
  Fries 
  in 
  his 
  

   new 
  edition 
  of 
  Epicrisis, 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  disposed 
  to 
  follow 
  this 
  arrange- 
  

   ment, 
  for 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  my 
  observation 
  goes 
  they 
  differ 
  constantly 
  in 
  the 
  

   color 
  and 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  tubes. 
  S. 
  anomala 
  has 
  also 
  a 
  tendency 
  with 
  

   us 
  to 
  grow 
  in 
  tufts, 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  in 
  S. 
  ochracea. 
  

  

  