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is seems to indicate that the Hedwigia article appeared first and 

 is therefore to be given preference in citation. The type was 

 described as on Hving leaves of Cerastium nutans Raf. May, 

 1885. No. 55p. A collection which is a portion of the type bears 

 a label with this further information "near Joh. Hof's residence, 

 Perry Co., Mo.," collected by C. H. Demetrio. A careful ex- 

 amination of the type which is in the possession of Rev. Demetrio 

 shows that the host is probably Phlox divaricata and the rust cer- 

 tainly Allodus Giliae comparing exactly with similar material on 

 P. divaricata from Iowa. 



Aecidium Phlogis Peck; Arth. Bull. Iowa Agr. Coll. 1884: 167. 



1885 



This name was used by Arthur in a Preliminary List of Iowa 

 Uredineae " to designate a collection on Phlox divaricata var. 

 Laphamii Willd. collected at Decorah, Iowa, June 8, 1882, by E. 

 W. D. Holway. On careful examination of this specimen a few 

 telia were found and the rust is Allodus Giliae without doubt. 

 The collection on Phlox pilosa, Ames, cited under the same name 

 has not been seen and its identity is unknown. No description 

 accompanies the name and it is therefore a hyponym. 



Puccinia patagonica Speg. Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Argent. 11: 29. 



1887 



Spegazzini described this species from collections made at Rio 

 S. Cruz and Rio Gallego, January and August, 1882, on a com- 

 mon Collomia. The host species however was not named. 



The type collection of this rust has not been seen but the de- 

 scription fits Allodus Giliae very closely. Dr. W. G. Farlow sent 

 the writer a specimen from the Farlow collection labelled " Sydow 

 Uredineen 55a. Puccinia plumharia Peck in f oliis calcibusque Col- 

 lomiae sp. Ad Mont, ignion. Colloqui. i. 1896." This was col- 

 lected by Neger in Chili. The specimen bears telia only which 

 are apparently identical with those of Allodus Giliae. This indi- 

 cates that A. Giliae occurs in South America and substantiates 

 the view that Spegazzini's species is probably identical with A. 

 Giliae and should be entered in the synonymy of this species. 



