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38. Uromyces junci (Desm.) Lev. 
Puccinia junci Desm. 
Teleutospores only. 
On J uncus effusus L. 
Junction City, Perry Co., Ohio. April io, 1901. 
Coll. W. A. Kellerman. 
This fungus was issued by J. B. H. J. Destnazieres, Plantes 
Cryptogames de France, Fasc. II., No. 81, on the label of which 
no technical description is given, but the following statement is 
made : “Elle (i. e., Puccinia junci) a de grands rapports avec le 
Puccinia graminis auquel on pourrait la reunir comme une variate 
bien destincte. Les capsules sont, comme dans cette espece, en 
forme de massue mais les pustules qu’elles formeut par leur reunion 
lie sont pas lineaires.” 
39. Uromyces lespedezae (Schw.) Peck. 
Puccinia lespedezae-procumbentis, Puccinia lespedezae- 
polystachyae Schw. 
On Lespedeza hirta (L.) Ell. 
Bowling Green, Wood Co., Ohio. September 2, 1901. 
Coll. W. A. Kellerman. 
“Puccinia lespedezae procumbentis Sz. P. minor subpuncti- 
formis sparsa fuscescens prorumpens, sporidiis oblongis biloculari- 
bus. 
“Passim ad folia Lespedezae procumbentis. Epidermidem 
paginae inferioris folii in bullas elevat, post rupturam albas, pellu- 
cidas. Sporidii septum exacte in medio sporidio situm et pedicellus 
(albidus, longior) a sporidio distinctus est.” L. D. de Schweinitz, 
Synopsis Fungorum Carolinae Superioris (excerpta), p. 47, No. 497. 
1822. (Schrift. d. Nat. Gesellschaft zu Leipzig.) 
“ Puccinia lespedezae polystachyae Sz. P. minor punctiformis 
epidermide cincta nigra splendens, sporidiis oblongis utrinque 
attenuatis subbilocularibus. 
“ Frequens in pagina infer'ore foliorum Epidermide cincta. 
Sporidia magis elongata et in pedicellum attenuata, septo vix con- 
spicuo, cujus umbra mox pone apicem sporidii, mox inferius 
apparet. Color sporidiorum sub lente luteus.” L. D. de Schweinitz, 
Synopsis Fungorum Carolinae Superioris (excerpta), p. 47. No. 498. 
1822. (Schrift. d. Nat. Gesellschaft zu Leipzig.) 
40. Ustilago hordei ( Pers.) Kell. & Swing. 
Uredo hordei Pers. 
On Hordeum sativum Jesseu. 
Oxford, Butler Co. Ohio. June 3, 1895. 
Coll. W. A. Kellerman. 
“ Uredo segetum : pulvere copioso nigro in graminum spiculis 
s. glumis proveniente. (Disp. meth. fung., p. 56.) 
“ Reticularia segetum, fusco-nigricans graminum parasitica, 
intus filamentosa. (Bull, champ. 1, pag. 90. t. 472. f. 2.) 
"a. Uredo hordei: pseudoperidio subelliptico ruguloso, pul- 
vere latente.” D. C. H. Persoon, Synopsis Methodica Fungorum, 
1 : 224. 1801. 
