REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST FOR 1 92 1 83 



collections of this rust in the state herbarium are from Cattaraugus, 

 Fulton, Albany, Tompkins and Herkimer counties. 



Dicaeoma hieraciata (Schw.) Arthur & Kern 

 (Puccinia patruclis Arth. ; P. hieraciata Jackson) 



Pycnia and aecia on leaves ofNabalus alb us (L.) Hook. 

 Bonaparte swamp, Lewis county. H. D. House, June 23. Aecia 

 have also been collected in this State on Lactuca virosa L., 

 L. canadensis L. and L. h i r s u t a Muhl., and previ- 

 ously reported as Puccinia Opisii. 



The telial stage occurs on Car ex brunnescens, C. 

 Sartwellii, C. siccata, C. Sprengelii, and C . 

 sparganioides, and has been collected in New York only on 

 C. sparganioides. 



Dicaeoma iridis (DC.) Kuntze 

 Uredo stage common on Iris versicolor L., Bonaparte 

 swamp, Lewis county, H. D. House, June 22. Also collected on same 

 host at Tupper Lake, Franklin county ; Panther lake, Oswego county ; 

 Kirkland, Oneida county; and Lakeport, Madison county. 



Dicaeoma Lysimachiae (Schw.) Kuntze 

 (P. Limosae Magn.; P. lysimachiata (Link) Kern) 



Aecial stage on the leaves of Lysimachia thrysi flora 

 L. Bonaparte swamp, Lewis county, H. D. House, June 22. Also 

 collected at Harrisville, by Doctor Peck, on the same host. Other 

 closely related species upon which the aecial stage of this rust have 

 been found in this State are : Lysimachia quadrifolia, 

 and L. terrestris (L.) B. S. P. 



The telial stage occurs upon Car ex arcta, C. brun- 

 nescens and C . 1 i m o s a , of which only the last occurred at 

 Bonaparte swamp in company with the aecial host species. 



Dicaeoma minutissimum (Arthur) Kuntze 



{Puccinia mimttissima Arth.) 



Aecia on leaves of Decodon verticillata (L.) Ell, 



Bonaparte swamp, Lewis county, June 22. The telial stage of the 



rust was found close by on old leaves and culms of C a r e x 



lasiocarpa Ehrh. (C. filiformis Am. Auth.) 



Dicaeoma violae (Schum.) Kuntze 

 (Puccinia violae DC). 

 On leaves of Viola scabriuscula Schw., (aecia) , 

 Oneida, Madison county, H. D. House, May 24. 



