PHRAGMIDIUM 
295 
Uredospores. Sori small, punctiform, yellow; parapbyses 
like those of the last species; spores roundish, 
echinulate, yellow, 18—21 p. 
Teleutospores. Sori similar, with similar 
paraphyses, in little clusters, black ; spores 
cylindrical or fusiform, of 8—13 cells, atten- 
uated upwards into a pale horny conical 
process, not constricted, rounded below, 
verrucose, dark-brown, 80—105 x 21—24 p ; 
each cell with two or three germ-pores ; 
pedicels colourless, persistent, sometimes 
longer than the spore. 
On Rosa alpina. Rare ; Scotland (intro- 
duced). June—October. (Fig. 223.) 
This species is very abundant on &. alpina in 
Switzerland. It is distinguished by its numerous, 
very short, and crowded cells, which. are separated 
by thin partitions. 
DISTRIBUTION: Europe. 
6. Phragmidium violaceum Wint. 
Puccinia violacea Schultz, Flor. Starg. p. 459. 
Leeythea ruborum Lév.; Cooke, Micr. Fung. 
p. 221 p.p. 
Phragmidium violaceum Wint. Pilze, p. 231. 
Plowr. Ured. p. 223. Fischer, Ured. 
Fig. 223. 
TUL 
Ph. fusi- 
Teleutospore. 
Schweiz, p. 416, f. 289. Sacc. Syll. vii. 744. Sydow, Monogr. 
iii. 139. 
P. bulbosum Schlecht. ; Cooke, Handb. p. 491; Micr. Fung. p. 201, 
f. 41, 45, 46. 
Spermogones. Epiphyllous, in crowded clusters. 
4Agcidiospores. Czomata hypophyllous, roundish or elon- 
gated, often in circular clusters, on conspicuous spots which are 
reddish above and surrounded by a violet-red margin, frequently 
also on the stems; paraphyses few, clavate, straight; spores 
roundish or ellipsoid, echinulate, orange-yellow, 19—30 x 17— 
24: pe. 
