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88. Puccinia atkinsoniana Dietel. 
On Carex lurida Wahl. 
Columbus, Ohio. April 5, 1902. 
Coll. W. A. Kellerman. 
“Puccinia atkinsoniana Dietel n. sp. Sori on the under side of the 
leaves, a few also upon the upper side. Uredo-sori elliptical to linear, 
cinnamon-brown, surrounded by the ruptured epidermis. Uredospores 
elliptical, obovate or rarely spherical, 22-30x17-22, epispore spinulose, 
yellowish-brown, with 2 germpores lying very near the apex. Teleutosori 
blackish-brown, arched in the form of a cushion, circular, 'elliptical or 
linear, firm. Teleutospores mostly clavate, at the septum generally some¬ 
what deeply constricted, 40-60x 18-28, upper cell spherical or oval, 
rounded at the ap'ex, provided with a thick wall, at the apex 5-10 in 
diameter, lower cell generally cuneiform and narrowing into the pedicel 
or rounded at the base, epispore smooth, brown; pedicel 20-60 long, 
durable.” Geo. F. Atkinson, Some Fungi from Alabama, Bulletin of 
the Cornell University (Science) 3:19. June 1897. 
89. Puccinia caricis=erigerontis Arth. 
On Carex scoparia Schk. 
{': Buckeye Lake, Licking Co., O. Sept. 10, 1902. 
Coll. W. A. Kellerman. 
Puccinia caricis erigerontis sp. nov. 
O. Spermogonia epiphyllous, prominent, golden yellow. 
I. Aecidia hypophyllous, in circular clusters; substratum slightly 
thickened; peridia short, much divided and recurved; aecidiospores yel¬ 
low when fresh, isodiametric, 12-15 fj. in diameter, wall thin, minutely 
tuberculate. 
II. Uredosori hypophyllous, small, oblong, tardily naked; uredos¬ 
pores brownish-yellow when fresh, oval or obovate, small, 12-18 by 
16-22 n wall thin, thickly echinulate, pores 3 or 4 scattered. 
III. Teleutosori hypophyllous, small, oblong, pulvinate, blackish 
brown, ruptured epidermis evident; teleutospores clavate or oblong- 
clavate, 14-20 by 35A12 /*; septum above the middle; apex obtuse or 
truncate, much thickened; side walls thin; pedicel firm; colored, one 
fourth or one half the length of the spore. J. C. Arthur, Journal of 
Mycology, 8: 53-4. June, 1902. 
90. Puccinia menthae Pers. 
On Monarda fistulosa L. 
Toledo, Lucas Co., O. Sept. 15, 1902. 
Coll. W. A. Kellerman. 
“Puccinia menthae: sparsa punctiformis obscure spadicea, sporulis 
subquadrangularibus: cauda brevissima. “Sporulae septulo unico distinc- 
tae.” D. C. H. Persoon, Synopsis Methodica Fungorum, 227. 1801. 
