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Several experiments were made with other specimens of the 
same species and the same results were obtained. It seems that 
this plant has some property that acts as an intoxicant or soporific 
to flies. It is reported by some writers as edible and by others as 
poisonous.. 
Wilkinsburg, Pa. 
NOTES ON UREDINEAE. IV. 
E. D. W. HOLWAY. 
Puccinia uniformis Pammel & Hume. 
An examination of the type specimen of this species showed 
that the host was not Rumex pauciflorus, but Polygonum, and 
the fungus does not differ in any way from Puccinia Bistortae 
(Sta.) DC. 
Puccinia oblicus B. & C. 
This species was said to be upon some plant resembling 
“chick-weedspecimens examined were too small to determine 
the host plant, but the Puccinia seems to differ in no way from 
Puccinia lateritia B. & C. and the host is no doubt one of the 
Rubiaceae. 
Uromyces oblonga Vize. 
This was published as found on “Burr Clover.” An exam¬ 
ination of a specimen in the Herbarium of Dr. Farlow, probably 
sent by Harkness, disclosed that it was on Trifolium and identical 
with Uromyces minor Schroeter. As the name used by Vize is 
older, it must be adopted for this plant. 
Puccinia fragilis Tracy & Gall. 
The specimens of this species in Baker, Tracy & Earle, 
Plants of So. Col. 423a, prove to be Puccinia plumbaria Peck, 
and the host is a Phlox, perhaps Phlox longifolia. I have exam¬ 
ined the type, which is also on Phlox. 
Puccinia Purpusii P. Henn. 
This was reported as being on Arabis, but is Puccinia plum¬ 
baria Peck, on some Phlox, or closely allied genus. 
Puccinia arabicola E. & E. 
The type specimen of this is a fragment of a leaf, but the 
fungus differs in no way from the Eastern U. S. form of Puc¬ 
cinia plumbaria which is found on Phlox divaricata. 
