ON CRASSULACE 211 
Teleutospores. Sori amphigenous or on the stems, but 
generally hypophyllous, scattered 
orcrowded and confluent, minute, e 
roundish, surrounded by the torn 
epidermis, pulverulent, dark- UC) 
brown; spores broadly ellipsoid, 
depressed, rounded at both ends, 
: ; Fig. 157. P. Rhodiolae. Teleuto- 
scarcely thickened above, not spores, from Glen Callater (ex 
constricted, smooth, dark chest- _—_—herb. Berkeley). 
nut-brown, 20—35 x 17—24 uw; 
pedicels hyaline, about as long as the spore; spores occasionally 
three-celled, like Triphragmium. 
On Sedum Rhodiola (roseum). Very rare. Glen Callater, 
July, 1844 (W. Gardiner). (Fig. 157.) 
DISTRIBUTION: Norway. 
81. Puccinia Umbilici Guep. 
Puceinia Umbilici Guep. in Duby, Bot. Gall. ii. 890. Cooke, Handb. 
p. 505 ; Mier. Fung. p. 211, pl. 4, f 80—1. Plowr. Ured. p. 204. 
Sacc. Syll. vii. 700. Sydow, Monogr. i. 492, f. 403. 
Teleutospores. Sori amphigenous or on the petioles, on 
yellowish spots, minute, roundish, 
usually circinate, at length confluent 
and forming large orbicular clusters up 
to lem. diam., at first compact, then 
pulverulent, dark reddish-brown; spores 
broadly ellipsoid or subglobose, rounded 
at both ends, not thickened above but 
surmounted by a minute subhyaline 
apiculus or pore-cap, not constricted, smooth, bright chestnut- 
brown, 28—-32 x 18—26 y, the cells often.depressed (2.e. broader 
than long) and frequently oblique; pedicels short, hyaline. 
Fig. 158. P. Umbilici. 
Teleutospores. 
On Cotyledon Umbilicus. Locally common. May and June ; 
in mild localities 1t can be found even as early as January. 
(Fig. 158.) 
DisTRIBUTION: France, Belgium, Portugal. 
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