TJie South African Rust Fungi. 
641 
Barberton, 14 : 3 : 1905. (Pole Evans, 500.) 
Johannesburg, 25:5: 1905. ( „ „ 177.) 
Pretoria, March, 1909. ( „ „ 660.) 
Natal, 12 : 4: 1912. ( „ „ 2326.) 
Port Elizabeth, 12 : 4 : 1912. ( „ „ 2235.) 
I have not as yet seen teleutospores in any South African material. 
Europe, Japan, North America, Australia. 
DIMORPHOTHECA Vaill. 
3. Puccinia dimorphothecae Pole Evans, n.sp. 
Soris teleutosporiferis amphigenis, sparsis vel irregulariter aggregatis, 
minute, rotundatis, epidermide lacerata cinctis compactiusculis, castaneo- 
atris ; teleutosporis late ellipsoideis vel oblonga-ellipsoideis, utrinque rotun- 
datis, apice leniter incrassatis, medio non vel vix constrictis, subbilitissime 
verruculosis, castaneo-b^runneis, 33-40 x 24-26 /x ; pedicello hyalino, crasso, 
deciduo, saepe lateraliter inserto, brevi. 
On leaves of Bimorphotheca echlonis, Garstfontein, Pretoria District 
(P. J. Pienaar), 2:5: 1911. (Pole Evans, 1499.) Plate XLYI, fig. 5. 
GERBERA Gron. 
4. Puccinia gerberae Pole Evans, n.sp. 
Soris teleutosporiferis amphigenis, maculis brunneolis vel purpureis 
insidentibus, sparsis vel in greges pulvinatis epidermide lacerata cincta, 
pulverulento - compactiusculis, obscure castaneo - brunneis ; teleutosporis 
ellipsoideis, utrinque rotundatis, medio leniter constrictis, levibus, castaneis, 
30-36 X 18-20 fi ; pedicello hyalino, brevi, deciduo. 
On leaves of Gerhera pla7itaginea, Grarstfontein, Pretoria District (Miss 
J. Erasmus), 3:5:1913. (Pole Evans, 6599.) At same locality (P. J. 
Pienaar), 3 : 3 : 1915. (Pole Evans, 8887.) Plate XLYI, fig. 6. 
HELICHRYSUM Oaertn. 
5. Puccinia Kalchbrenneri De Toni. 
Uredo lejjisclinis Thuem. in Mycoth. Univ. n. 1644. • 
Puccinia Jielichrysi Kalchbr. and Cke. G-revillea ix, p. 21, 
Puccinia KalcJibrenneri De Toni. Sacc. Syll. vii, p. 645 ; Sydow, Monogr. 
i, p. 93, f. 83. 
TJredospores. — Sori mostly hypophyllous, spots indistinct, often confluent, 
of variable size and diverse colour, scattered or subgregarious, minute, at 
first covered, convex, firm, finally free, ochraceous ; spores globose, sub- 
globose or ellipsoid, verruculose, yellow, 20-30 x 19-26 /x. 
Teleutospores.- — Sori hypophyllous, on the same spots, scattered or 
