Micropuccinia. 203 
Exsiccatt, 
Cooke, i. 10. 
On Asarum europeum. 
June to October. 
The sori are generally confluent in large circular patches. 
Puccinia paliformis, Fckl. 
Teleutospores—Sori small, thick, pulvinate, round or oblong, 
black. Spores clavate or fusiform, central constriction slight, 
base wedge-shaped, apex much thickened, generally truncate, 
rarely rounded, occasionally conical, brown, 23-524 X 10-16p. 
Pedicels long, firm. 
Synonym, 
Puccinia paliformis, Fckl., “Symb. Myc.,” p. 59. Winter in 
Rabh., “‘Krypt. Flor.,” vol. i. p. 224. 
On Keleria cristata, 
September and October. 
Prof. J. W. H. Trail, near Aberdeen. 
Puccinia virgauree. (D. C.). 
Teleutospores—Sori black, shining, punctiform, generally in large 
numbers on orbicular, pallid, yellowish spots, crowded in the 
centre, scattered towards the periphery. Spores fusiform, 
pyriform, or clavate, constriction slight or absent, base attenu- 
ated, apex thickened, rounded or truncate, often with a central 
oblique point, hooded or conically attenuated, smooth, pale 
brown, 30-56 X 12-20. Sori surrounded by a thick bed of 
dark-brown paraphyses. Pedicels hyaline. 
Synonyms. 
Puccinia virgauree (D. C.). Winter in Rabh., “ Krypt. Flor.,” 
vol. 1. p. £73. = 
Xyloma virgauree. D. C., “Syn.,” No, 821 
Puccinia virgauree, Lib. Cooke, ‘ Hdbk.,” p. 500; “ Micro. 
Fungi,” 4th edit., p. 206. 
