ON CARYOPHYLLACEX 221 
91. P. Sagine K. et S. 
Puccinia Saginae K. et S. Exsice. no, 221. Fuckel, Symb. Myce. p. 51. 
P. Arenariae Wint.; Plowr. Ured. p. 210 p.p. Sydow, Monogr. 
1. 553 p.p. 
P. Lychnidearum Link; Cooke, Handb, p. 505; Micr. Fung. p. 210 p.p. 
Teleutospores. Sori chiefly on the stems, compact, confluent, 
forming blackish-brown masses, about 4 cm. long, encrusting at 
intervals the flowering stems which are slightly thickened at 
that spot, rarely on the leaves; spores oblong to oblong-clavate, 
a 
Fig. 169. P. Saginae. Teleutospores, from the Ercal specimen. 
rounded and not thickened above, slightly constricted, usually 
somewhat tapering below, smooth, very dilute brown, almost 
hyaline, 36—41 x 15—19 ; pedicels hyaline, rather stout, 
persistent, about as long as the spore. 
On Sagina procumbens. Rare; specimen in Herb. Phillips 
(Brit. Mus.) from Ercal, near Wellington, under the name 
Puce. Lychnidearum. (Fig. 169.) 
The spores of this species, as well as the character of the sori, render 
it widely distinct from the various forms included under the name 
P. Lychnidearum ; the most obvious difference ig in the total want of 
thickening at the apex, unless this was due merely to the fact that all the 
spores had germinated, which did not seem to be the case. 
