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44. PucciNiA Eleocharidis Arth. Bull. Iowa State College 156, 
1884. 
Aecidium compositarum Eupatorii DeT. ; Saccardo, Syll. Fung. 
T.ygS,. 1888. • 
Dicaeoma Eleocharidis Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 3^ : 468. 1898. 
On Cyperaceae: 
Eleocliaris celhilosa Torr., Santurce, May 21, 
Eleocharis genicidata (L.) R. Br., Mayagiiez, March 9, 
484, 489. 
Eleocharis interstincta (Vahl) R. & S., Mayagiiez, March 
21, 416. 
Eleocharis sp., Cataho, Nov. 3, 4530. 
Porto Rican specimens of this rust have also been collected at 
Mayagiiez, Feb., 1900, by A. A. Heller 4539, and April, 1904, by 
G. P. Clinton, and also at Rio Piedras, Feb., 1912, by J. R. 
Johnston 20/. No other West Indian collections have been 
seen. All the collections cited show urediniospores only. 
45. PucciNiA Fimbristylidis Arth. Bull. Torrey Club 33 : 28. 
1906. 
On Cyperaceae: 
Eimbristylis diphylla Vahl, Ponce, Nov. 8, 4381. 
Eimbristylis ferruginea (L.) Vahl, Joyuda, March 31, 
963; Santurce, May 21, 1834. 
It has been collected on Eimbristylis sp.,’at Mayagiiez, P. R., 
April, 1904, by G. P. Clinton, and on E. diphylla, at Asolen, 
Martinicpie, August 4, 1913, by Dr. F. L. Stevens 2970. No 
other West Indian collections have been seen. All the collec- 
tions here mentioned show only uredinia. 
46. Puccinia scleriicola sp. nov. 
Uredinia amphigenous, scattered, oval or oblong, small, 0.3- 
0.6 mm. long, rather tardily naked, cinnamon-brown, somewhat 
pulverulent, ruptured epidermis conspicuous ; urediniospores 
broadly ellipsoid or obovoid, 15-22 by 19-26/4; wall dark yellow, 
about 1.5/4 thick, finely and moderately echinulate, the pores 4, 
or sometimes 3, equatorial. 
