Parasitic Fungi of Illinois. 195 
long or elliptical, abruptly and rather deeply constricted, apex 
thickened and mostly narrowed to a rounded point, lower seg- 
ment usually longer and narrowed to the pedicel, surface 
smooth, 12-21 by 30-50 «; pedicel hyaline, usually less than 
the length of the spore, but sometimes longer. 
On Aletris farinosa: Millers, Indiana, near the Illinois 
line, July 4, 5592, IL, E. J. Hill. It probably occurs in Illi- 
nois. 
P. smilacis, Schw. 
IL, III. Hypogenous. Spots small, numerous, brick-red; 
sori scattered or irregularly cireinate, punctiform or elonga- 
ted, surrounded by the ruptured epidermis, and by a row of short 
club-shaped paraphyses. IJ. Spores oval, slightly echinulate, 
pale, 21-27 «, on fragile pedicels. IIL. Spores broadly ellipti- 
cal, conspicuously constricted, upper segment considerably 
rounded or obtusely pointed, often narrowing below to the 
pedicel, dark colored, smooth, 21 by 36-42 u«; pedicel thick, 
tinted, as long as the lower segment. 
On leaves of Smilax hispida: Union, Oct. 24, 1968, IT., 
TIT., Oct. 29, 2120, IL, Nov. 4, 2275, IL, IL.; Pulaski, Nov. 4, 
2238, IL., IL. . 
P. caricis, (Schum.) Rebent. 
IL, III. Hypogenons. Sori more or less elongated, vari- 
able, scattered, often very numerous and conspicuous, the rup- 
tured epidermis ragged and long adherent, uredosori cinnamon- 
brown, teleutosori black; uredospores globose, subglobose, or 
sometimes elongated, conspicuously but not sharply echinulate, 
18-24 by 21-27 wu; teleutospores cuneate, little constricted, 
much thickened and obtusely rounded or almost truncate above, 
and narrowed to the pedicel, smooth, 15-20 by 33-45; pedicel 
hyaline or nearly so, one half to once the length of the spore. 
On Carer sps.: Union, April 17, 4141, I.; Pulaski, May 
1, 4405, ID, 4406, II., May 2, 4447, Il, May 5, 4511, IL; 
Champaign, June 10, 4960, II: Adams, June 27, 5311, IL, 
July 11, 5504, II.; McLean, July 15, 2827, UL, July 20, 5608, 
IL. III., Aug. 1, 2325, Aug. 4, 2326, Aug. 6, 2413, Sept. 6, 5667, 
