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lucid or opaque, ovate, obtuse, not cylindrical, obscurely septate, not ar- 
ticulate, constricted.—_Schw. N. Am. Fung., No. 2947, p. 297. 
On leaves of Desmodium paniculatum: LaSalle, Sept. 17, 
1561, II., III.; Union, Oct. 22, 1941, Oct. 24, 1992; Pulaski, 
Nov. 4, 2254, IL, III. D. cuspidatum: Henry, Sept. 28, 1729; 
Union, Oct. 22, 1944, 1948 and 1954, Oct. 24, 1980 and 1990, 
IL, II. D. Canadense: JoDaviess, Sept. 15, 5918, Sept. 20, 
6015; Jersey, Oct. 13, 6290. D. rotundifolium: Jersey, Oct. 14, 
6321. Desmodium sps.: Union, Oct. 24, 1979 and 1991. 
In Schweinitz’s Syn. Fung. Car. (No. 503) this species is 
named Puccinia Hedysari paniculati, but in his N. Am. Fungi 
(p. 297, No. 2947), subsequently published, the name is Phrag- 
midium Hedysari. The plant called Hedysarum paniculatum 
by Schweinitz is now transferred to the genus Nesmodium, with 
other species upon which the fungus also occurs. In March, 
1878 (Hedw. XVII., p. 39), Cooke described the same plant 
under the name Uroimyces Desmodii; and Thiimen, at the same 
time (Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, VI, p. 215), also bestowed the lat- 
ter name upon the species, with a still fuller and better des- 
cription. Farlow (Ellis N. Am. Fungi, No. 246 [1879]) 
restored the original specific name, and wrote Uromyces Hedy- 
sari-paniculati (Schw. ). 
U. lespedezee, (Schw.) Peck. 
IL, II. Hypogenous and often also sparingly epigenous; 
spots yellowish, very small; sori small, scattered, at first cov- 
ered by the epidermis, lead-colored, soon exposed, black, sur- 
rounded by the ruptured remains of the epidermis. Uredo sori 
light brown. Both kinds of sori often surrounded by curved 
paraphyses. IT. Spores pale, subglobose, 16-18 by 18-21 p; 
epispore rather obscurely echinulate. III. Spores rounded 
to oblong, with the rounded, obtuse, or pointed apex strongly 
thickened, frequently forming one third of the length of the 
spore, blackish brown, smooth, 12-15 by 21-27 u; pedicel 
hyaline, rather broad, about 36% long. Paraphyses hyaline, 
of nearly uniform diameter, rounded apex, 6-9 » broad. 
On leaves of Lespedezu procumbens: Jackson, Oct. 22, 
1952; Union, Oct. 24, 1982. L. repens: McLean, July 29, 
2349, I, LL; Stephenson, Sept. 14, 5884, Oct. 13, 1860; La 
