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I. (jEcidium Thalictri-flavi D.C., Scot. Nat., N.S., III. 171). 



On *Thalictrum minus, var. maritimum ! May — June t 

 Dee ! (coast north of Aberdeen !) 



II. — III. I have found what appears to be this species on 

 *Festuca rubra, growing close to the JEcidium ; but 



Plowright names as its food plants Agropyrum repens, 

 and ? Avena elatior, neither of which grew near the 

 spot. 



Subgenus 2. Brachypuccinia Schroter. 

 (Having O, II., and III. all on the same host). 

 54. P. suaveolens (Pers.). 



O, II. (Trichobasis suaveolens Lev. in M.S., 1321) and III. 

 On Cirsium arvense ; from May onwards. This has a 

 strong, sickly, sweet smell. 



Tweed, Forth ! Clyde ! Tay ! Argyle ! Dee ! Moray ! 

 var. Centaureae Magnus. On *Centaurea Cyanus. 

 Dee (" Public park at Aberdeen," C. B. Plowright). 

 55- P. bullata (Pers.). 



II. (Uredo cecidiiformis Greville, in " Flor. Edin," on 

 Heracleum, fide C.B. Plowright ; Trichobasis Petroselini 

 Berk., M.S.,' 1316). 



On Parsley, etc. Summer. 

 Forth, Moray. 



III. (P. Umbelliferarum D.C., M.S., 1248, p.p. ; P. Conii 

 Fckl. M,S., 1253). On Conium maculatum ! and Petrose- 

 linum sativum. Summer — autumn ! 



Tweed, Forth, Clyde, Tay, Dee ! Moray. 



56. P. Hieracii (Schum). 



II. {Uredo G ichor acearum Greville, in u Flor. Edin." p. 435). 



III. (Puce. Compositarum Schl., M.S., 1235, and var. P. 

 Hieracii Schum., Scot. Nat., N.S., II, p. 191). 



On leaves, etc., of Cirsium lanceolatum ! C. ^a/ws^r*? t 

 Carduus crispus ! Leontodon autumnalis ! Crepis virens, 

 Hieracium vulgatum ! H. corymbosum ! H. murorum \ 

 H. Pilosella ! etc. 



Tweed, Forth ! Clyde ! Tay ! Argyle ! Dee ! Moray ! 

 Orkney ! 



57. P. clandestina Carm. (M.S., 1233). 



On Scabiosa Succisa. Autumn. 

 Tay, Argyle. 



