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Journal of Mycology 
[Vol. 9 
149. Puccinia caricina DC. 
On Carex squarrosa L. 
Columbus, Ohio. 
Oct. 27, 1902. 
Coll. W. A. Kellerman. 
Supplement to No. 28. 
150. Puccinia caricis=asteris Arth. 
Aecidium. 
On Aster paniculatus Lam. 
Columbus, Ohio. 
May 24, 1903. 
Coll. W. A. Kellerman. 
“Aecidium Asterum Sz. 
“A. effusum confluens tenuissimum pallide purpurascens, peridiis 
aggregatis immersis, pulvere albo. 
“Passim in foliis et caulibus Asterum glabrifoliorum.—Sporidia ma- 
juscula vesiculosa, globosa aut oblonga simplicia.” L. D. de Schweinitz, 
Synopsis Fungorum Carolinae Superioris (excerpta), p. 41. No. 444. 1882. 
(Schrift. d. Nat. Gesselschaft zu Leipzig.) 
Puccinia caricis-asteris sp. nov. 
“O. Spermogonia epiphyllous, yellow, punctiform, sunken in tissue 
of the leaf. 
“I. Aecidia hypophyllous, collected in groups on slightly swollen 
yellow or purplish spots, low, margin much divided and recurved; 
aecidiospores subglobose, 12-17 ti in diameter, wall thin, minutely 
roughened. 
“II. Uredosori hypophyllous, oblong; uredospores oblong or obo- 
vate, 12-16 by 18-22^; wall thin, echinulate; pores few, scattered. 
“III. Teleutosori hypophyllous, oblong to oblong-linear, prominent, 
soon naked, dark brown, ruptured epidermis noticeable; teleutospores 
oblong or clavate-oblong, 16-22 by 48-56 /*.; apex rounded, greatly thick¬ 
ened ; pedicel slender, colored, half the length of the spore.” J. C. Arthur, 
Journal of Mycology, 8:54. June 1902. 
151. Puccinia caricis=asteris Arth. 
Aecidium. 
On Aster tradescanti L. 
Buckeye Lake, Fairfield Co., O. June 13, 1903. 
Coll. W. A. Kellerman. 
Supplement to No. 150. 
