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by Dr. Fairman in Proc. Rochester Acad. Sci. 6: 120. April 

 1922. 



Vermicularia dematium (Pers.) Fr. — The Vermicularia common on herbaceous 

 stems goes by the name V. dematium. "What appears to be 

 the same thing was collected on hickory nuts at Orient, Long 

 Island, N. Y., by Roy Latham in 1919. Mr. Latham's speci- 

 mens have setae 120-250 ju in height, and fuscoid, curved 

 spores measuring 20-27 X 2.5-3 M-" Other specimens of this 

 species on hickory nuts in central New York, have setae 70- 

 165 X 6-7 tx; and spores 17-24 X 3-5~4 m- Determined and 

 reported by Dr. Fairman in Proc. Rochester Acad. Sci. 6: 83. 

 Sept. 1 92 1. 



Vermicularia liliacearum Schw. — Greenport on stems of Lilium canadense; 

 determined by Dr. Fairman. 



USTILAGINACEAE 



Melanopsichium auslro-americanum (Speg.) G. Beck — Common in cultivated 

 fields on Polygonum Persicaria at Mattituck; determined by 

 Dr. H. S. Jackson. 



PUCCINIACEAE* 



Polythelis fusca (Pers.) Arth. Greenport on Anemone quinquefolia, May. 



Puccinia Antirrhini D. & H. — Greenport on garden snapdragon, Antirrhinum 

 majus. 



Puccinia Cyperi Arth. — On Cyperus Crayii at Bay View. 



Puccinia Majanthae (Schw.) A. & H. — On Polygonatum biflorum at Orient. 



Puccinia obtecta Pk. — Common on Scirpus americanus. 



Puccinia Pammelii (Trel.) Arth. — Greenport on Panicum virgatum; deter- 

 mined by Prof. Dearness. 



Puccinia Polygoni-amphibii Pers. — On Geranium maculatum, Gardiner's 

 Island, May 8, 1922. Dr. Arthur says: "The Geranium rust 

 which has its alternate forms on different species of Polygonums 

 is a common, wide-spread rust; but this aecial form which you 

 send has not before been reported from your vicinity. It is 

 known from the coast of Delaware and from further inland all 

 along the Atlantic states; but has not been reported from Long 

 Island." 



Puccinia Seymouriana Arth. — Orient on Spartina glabra, var. alterniflora, 

 October: "a new host for this species." 



TREMELLACEAE 



Hormomyces aurantiaca Bon. — Greenport on wood of Ilex verticillata; deter- 

 mined by Dr. Lloyd. "It has curious spores and is to be cfr. 

 with Mycol. Notes, p. 712, fig. 1066." 



* Unless otherwise stated, the Rusts were determined by Dr. J. C. Arthur 

 and are preserved in the Herbarium of Dr. Arthur at Purdue University, 

 Lafayette, Indiana. 



