Parasitic Fungi of Illinois. 235 
deeply divided; spores subglobose, epispore thin, smooth or 
nearly so, 18-21 »; spermagonia numerous, scattered over the 
central area of the spot above. 
Spcts small, few, yellow, with a pale greenish border; subiculum 
thickened, whitish, peridia few, generally crowded, short, the margin 
subcrenate; spores bright yellow or orange; spermagonia central, on 
the opposite side.—Peck, 26 Rep. N. Y. Mus. p. 78. 
On Hydrophyllum appendiculatum: McLean, July 20, 5600. 
4&. polemonii, Peck. 
Hypophyllous. Spots usually distinct, yellowish brown, 
border effused; ecidia irregularly clustered. usually about a free 
central area, short, recurved border wide and rather coarsely 
divided; spores subglobose or elliptical, often angular, epispore 
thick, conspicuously tuberculate, 18-21 by 21-25 «: spermago- 
nia few, central, on both surfaces. 
Spots suborbicular, pallid or greenish-yellow, sometimes confluent; 
peridia hypophyllous, crowded, short; spores globose or subellipti- 
cal, bright orange, .0008-.001 of an inch in diameter, minutely rough; 
spermagonia central on both sides of the leaf.—Peck, Bot. Gaz., Vol. IV. 
p. 230. 
On Polemonium reptans: McLean, May 29, 4807. Philor 
pilosa: McLean, May 31, 4851. 
48. solani, Mont. 
Hypogenous. Aicidia uniformly, usually densely, digtrib- 
uted in patches over the leaf-surface, short, friable, soon be- 
coming pulverulent; spores subglobose or elliptical, often 
angular, epispore rather thick, obscurely tuberculate, 13-15 by 
15-21 »; spermagonia very abundant, hypophyllous, scattered 
over extended patches with or without cidia, comparatively 
large, honey-yellow. 
On Physalis viscosa: Urbana, Ill, May 30 (A.D. 1879), 
T. J. Burrill. 
There is a Puccinia physalidis, Peck, from Colorado, of 
which the above may be the ecidial form, but so far as known 
the Puccinia has not been collected east of the Mississippi. 
