212 
FETCH : 
Æcidium micranthum Syd. 
On Psychotria elongata Hk. f., Hakgala, May, 1910. Re- 
corded in Ann. Perad., V., p. 243, as Æcidium iquitosense 
P. Henn. 
Æcidium Emilias comb. nov. 
Æcidium Oynuræ Petch, Ann. Perad., V., p. 244. This 
species is on Emilia sonchifolia DC., not on Oynura lycopersi- 
cifolia DC., the host plant having been previously wrongly 
identified. 
Æcidium Vernoniæ-einereæ n. sp. 
On Vernonia cinerea Less., Anuradhapura, July, 1915. 
Æcidia hypophyllous, scattered, 0 * 15 mm. diameter, pseudo- 
peridium tubular, well developed. Æcidiospores ^ oval or 
globose, minutely warted, 14-16 x 8-12 Pseudoperidial 
cells polygonal, closely verrucose, thick-walled, 20-32 x 
16-24 
Æcidium Vernoniæ-Hookerianæ n. sp. 
On leaves of Vernonia Hookeriana Arn., Peradeniya, May, 
1910. Recorded in Ann. Perad., V., p. 243, as Æcidium 
Vernoniæ P. Henn. 
Spots pale yellow-green, often extending over the whole 
leaf. Æcidia usually hypophyllous, rarely one or tAvo on the 
upper surface, scattered over the whole leaf, often densely 
crowded, 0*25-0*5 mm. diameter, pseudoperidium strongly 
developed, stout, recurved, white ; mass of spores yellow. 
Æcidiospores ovoid, 18-21 X 13-15 or globose, 16-21 pi. 
diameter, wall hyaline, closely and minutely verrucose ; 
contents yellow. Pseudoperidial cells pentagonal or quad- 
rangular, 18 -31 X 15-25 pL, verrucose, with large close-set 
warts and ridges ; wall up to 4 ^ thick. 
Uredo. 
Uredo Ophiorrhizæ n. sp. 
On Ophiorrhiza Mungos L., Gangaruwa, December 25, 1913 ; 
January 18, 1914. 
Sori pale orange, scattered, hypophyllous, about 0*2 mm. 
diameter, circular. Uredospores oval to subglobose, contents 
orange, wall hyaline, echinulate, 16-22 x 16 pi. 
