strongly contrasting witli the pale color of the spore, 5-9 by 5-14//, 
and rather firmly attached to the dense parenchymatous stroma, which, 
like the pedicel, is reddish brown. This peculiar species is rather a 
doubtful Puccinia. 
Puccinia sepulta, B. & 0. Herbarium North Pacific Expedition, 
No. 131, on leaves of Ficus f Nicaragua* Central America. C. Wright, 
collector. 
Hypophyllous, spots orbicular, brown on both sides, but more defi¬ 
nitely outlined on the upper; bullate above, concave beneath; sori con¬ 
gested in a uniform mass and more or less perfectly covered by the 
host hairs adherent to the epidermal fragments protruding from be¬ 
tween the crowded sori. Uredospores u ? Teleutospores 23-75 by 13-27, 
brown and smooth, extremely variable in size and shape, narrowly ob¬ 
long and much elongated, or broadly clavate, obtusely elliptical, ob- 
ovate, cuneate to broadly subturbinate; constricted at the septum, or 
not; apex subtruncate, or variously rounded, sometimes narrowed, usu¬ 
ally thickened, lower segment quite often narrow and distinguishable 
only from the broad and often somewhat swollen pedicel by the septum 
at base, where it is often constricted; pedicel narrow or broad, fre¬ 
quently swollen above, but constricted at junction with the spore, less 
than twice the length of the spore, brown, or dilute brown, often com¬ 
ing from one corner of spore base instead of the center. Occasionally 
three-celled spores are seen, and even two perfectly formed spores nor¬ 
mal in size are found, the base of the upper joined closely to the apex 
of the lower by about the width usually occupied by the pedicel; or, 
two spores may be joined laterally by a small surface of the upper seg¬ 
ments, the lateral spore having no pedicel of its own, and again, the 
upper segment also of an individual spore is sometimes vertically sep¬ 
tate, showing an inclination towards Triphragmmm. 
Ukedo bauhini^e, B. & C. Fungi North Pacific Expedition, No 
138. 0. Wright, coll., on Bauhinia sp. 
Amphigenous, but more sparing above. Spots small, yellowish, or 
quite obsolete. Sori small, roundish, or orbicular, scattered, rarely 
confluent, dark reddish brown, the ruptured epidermis more or less 
evident; spores globose, broadly obovate or broadly and obtusely el¬ 
liptical, echinulate, reddish fuscous, 26-30 by 26-33//, epispore 3-5// 
thick; pedicel 20-30// long, hyaline and fragile. 
