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plant also in Syradale, Orkney, in August,, on Cnicus 

 palustris, &c. 



Solenia anomala (Pers.) Fr. ; on dead twigs of Salix aurita, 

 in Den of Maidencraig near Aberdeen, in January. 



UREDINEiE. 



Puccinia Pimpinellae (Strauss). On leaves of Pimpinella Saxi- 

 fraga, near Ellon, September. 



P. Caricis (Schum.). Of this species, already recorded as growing 

 on Carex paludosa near Muchalls in Kincardineshire, I, 

 this year, have found the sEcidium (sE. Urticoz D.C.), for 

 the first time in "Dee," growing, in June, on Urtica 

 dioica in the immediate vicinity of the infected Carex 

 paludosa. 



P. Sonchi Rob. On leaves of several plants of Sonchus oleraceus 

 between Aberdeen and Cults, in June. Only the Uredo 

 was found ; but the characteristic paraphyses were very 

 evident. It also occurred at Muchalls, in October. 



P. Buxi D.C. On leaves of Buxus sempervirens, at Tillery in 

 New Machar, in April. 



USTILAGINE^E. 



Urocystis Agropyri (Preuss.). (U. parallela B. and Br. p.p.), 



in leaves of Festuca arenaria, Murcar Links near Aber- 

 deen, in June and July. (U. pa?'allela B. and Br. is re- 

 recorded in Myc. Scot. (No 1341) as found on Carex in 

 Forfarshire by W. Gardiner. Probably the record is un- 

 reliable, the food plants suggesting U. Fischeri Korn., 

 rather than U. parallela). 

 Entyloma Matricaria Trail (Plowright's British Uredinece 

 and Ustilaginece, p. 291). On leaves and stems of 

 Matricaria inodora ; common near Aberdeen, in autumn. 

 This is possibly the same as E. Matricarice Rostrup. 



Exoasce^e. 



Exoascus Alni (B. & Br.) ; on female catkins of Alnus gluti- 

 nosa ; Midmar, and near Stonehaven (very fine), in Sep- 

 tember and October. I found young catkins attacked by 

 E. Alni dX Binscarth, in Orkney, in August, 1888. 



