S. ITO. 
(186) ; Sage., Syll., 9 , 1891,(295); Dietel, in Engl., Bot., Jahrb., 32 , 1903, 
( 47 )- 
var. japonica S. Ito. n. var. — (PI. X. Fig. 3.) 
Uredosori, amphigenous, mostly hypophyllous, or on the sheath, small, 
round or oblong, scattered or gregarious, often confluent, naked, with the torn 
epidermis, powdery, or sometimes loosely covered by the epidermis, especially 
on the sheath, orange-colored. Uredospores, subglobose or broadly ellipsoidal, 
minutely or prominently verrucose, 16—28 x 14 — 27//; epispore thick; 
paraphyses absent. 
Teleutosori , amphigenous, mostly hypophyllous, or on the sheath and 
culm, those on the blade small, round or oblong, scattered, rarely confluent ; 
those on the sheath and culm, small, round, oblong or linear, scattered or 
gregarious, often confluent ; long covered by epidermis, somewhat pulvinate, 
not prominent, greyish black. Teleutospores, globose, obovate or polygonal, 
apex more or less thickened (3 — 4//) and rounded, truncate or obliquely 
pointed, base rounded or slightly attenuated, brownish yellow, darker at 
apex, 18 — 29 X 15 — 21 //; epispore 1 — 1.5// thick; pedicels brown, per- 
sistent, as long as the spore or sometimes little longer. 
Hal». On Alopecurus fulvits L. 
Hokkaido. — Prov. Tshikari : Sapporo (II. June 20, 1891. K. Miyabe) ; Nopporo (II. & III. July 
27, 1905. J. Hanzawa) ; Garugawa (II. Sept. 22, 1907. S. Itö) ; Iwamizawa (IT. July 10, 1908. S. Ito). 
— Frov. Iburi : Mororan (II. & III. June io, 1900. K. MlYABE). 
Honshü.— Prov. Rikuchü : Morioka (II. & III. May 30, 1903. G. Yam a da ; II. July 3,1907. 
M. Miura).— Prov. Musash : Tokyo (II. & III. July 1899 ; II. May 2, 1899. S. Kusano) ; Nishigahara 
(II. & III. June 22, 1896. S. PIori; II. Nov. 29, 1899. T. Nishida) ; Kawaguchi (II. & III. May 
31, 1906. N. Nambu) ; Aoyama (II. & III. June 1902. K. Yoshino). — Prov. Yamashiro: Kyoto (III. 
July 14, 1895 Y. Taicahashi) : Kujo-mura, Kyoto (II. & III. June 8, 1895. N. HiratsuKa). 
Shikoku. — Prov. Iyo: Sugö-mura (II. May 22, 1899. K. Okudaiua). 
Kiushü. — Prov- Chikuzen : Ömucla (II. April 23, 1905. K. Yoshino).— Prov. Higo : Imizu- 
mura (II. & III. May 26, 1904. K. Yoshino) ; Mt. Aso (II. & III. July 13, 1906. J. Hanzawa & K. 
Yoshino) ; Kumamoto (II. & III. June 2, 1907. T. Nishida). 
Formosa. — Daihoku (II. <! III. April 5, 1907. T. Kawakami & R. Suzuki). 
On Alopecurus japonicus Steud. 
Kiushü. — Pi-oV. Higo: Imizu-mura (III. May 25, 1905. S. Maihara). 
Distrib. Japan. 
Remarks. Comparing our specimens with the description of the American 
