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J. C. ARTHUR 
Salvia pulchella DC, San Rafael, Dept. Guatemala, Jan. 9, 1915 
(with P . farinacea) , 41. 
Heretofore, this short-cycle, leptoform rust has been known only 
by a single collection, made by Professor Holway in the Federal Dis- 
trict of Mexico. It was published under the name Polioma delicatula 
(Journ. Mycol. 13: 29. 1907), a genus founded to embrace the short- 
cycle species of Puccinia having colorless teliospores that germinate in 
the sorus at maturity. The spores range somewhat shorter in many 
cases than indicated in the original description and in the North 
American Flora (7: 219). 
165. Puccinia fidelis Arth. (on Lamiaceae). 
Hyptis lilacina Schiede & Deppe, San Rafael, 7000 feet alt.. Dept. 
Guatemala, Jan. 7, 1915, II, iii, 2ya. 
Hyptis pectinata (L.) Poir. (Mesosphaerum pectinatum Kuntze), 
Solola, Jan. 27, 1915, II, III, 136. 
This long-cycle species with all spore forms has been previously 
known from Mexico and Guatemala on other species of hosts. It is 
given in the North American Flora (7: 212) under the name Erio- 
sporangium fidelis Arth. The Guatemalan collections previously 
known were made by Kellerman, on H. urticoides H.B.K., Laguna, 
Lake Amatitlan, Jan. 17, 1906, II, iii, 5401, as well as on H. lilacina, 
Guatemala City, Feb. i, 1905, II, 5334, and mentioned by Kern in 
Journ. Mycol. (13: 23. 1907), but not given a name. The uredin- 
iospores of this species have basal pores. 
166. Puccinia medellinensis Mayor (on Lamiaceae). 
Hyptis pectinata (L.) Poir. {Mesosphaerum pectinatum Kuntze), 
Antigua, 5300 feet alt., Dept. Sacatepequez, Jan. 11, 1915, II, 
68] Guatemala City, Feb. 8, 1916, II, 4^5; Aguas Amargas, 
Dept. Quezaltenango, Jan. 30, 1917, II, 795. 
A long-cycle rust, very common throughout tropical America, 
especially in the uredinial stage. The species was given in the North 
American Flora (7: 212) under the name Erio sporangium tucumanense 
(Aecidium tucumanense Speg.), a name which properly belongs to a 
South American rust, not yet reported for North America. The 
description there given applies to Puccinia medellinensis Mayor, a 
species based on a collection from Colombia, S. A., but very common 
in Central America and the West Indies. The species has uredinio- 
spores with two equatorial pores and very similar to those of P. Hypti- 
