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and those of Dietel and Holway and the two prove to be the same 
fungus. Recently Griffiths has described the species under the 
name of Sorosporium bigeloviae. 
THECAPHORA TRAILII Cke.—Thecaphora trailii Cke., 
Grev. 11:155. 1883. Thecaphora cirsii Boud., Bull. Soc. Myc. 
Fr. 3 1149. 1887. Schizonella subtrifida Ell. & Ev., Journ. Mycol. 
6:119. 1891. Poikilosporium trailii Vesterg., Micr. Rar. Sel. 
452. 1902. 
Host: Cnicus ochrocentrus Colo, (type S. subtrifida). 
THECAPHORA CALIFORNICA (Hark.) Clint, n. nom. 
—Sorosporium californicum Hark., Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1 :i6i- 
2. 1885. 
Host: Grindelia robusta, Calif, (type). 
THECAPHORA CUNEATA (Schof.) Clint, n. nom.— 
Sorosporium cuneatum Schof., Contr., Bot. Dep. Uni. Neb. 3:48. 
1892. Sorosporium solidaginis Ell. & Ev., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 
Phil. 1893:156. 1893. 
Hosts: Grindelia squarrosa, Neb. (type), Kans.; Solidago 
missouriensis, Kans. (type S. solidaginis). 
THECAPHORA DEFORMANS Dur. & Mont.—The¬ 
caphora deformans Dur. & Mont., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. Ill, 7:110. 
1847. Thecaphora lathyri Kuhn, Rab. Fungi Eur. 1797. 1873. 
Thecaphora affinis Schneid., Jahrb. Schles. Ges. Vat. Kult. 
>1874:90. 1874. Sorosporium desmodii Pk., Bot. Gaz. 3:35. 
1878. Sorosporium astragali Pk., Bot. Gaz. 4:218. 1879. The¬ 
caphora astragali Wor., Abh. Senck. Nat. Ges. 12:579. 1882. 
Thecaphora desmodii Wor., Abh. Senck. Nat. Ges. 12:579. 1882. 
Hosts: Astragalus bisulcatus, Colo.; A. drummondii, Colo, 
(type S. astragali) ; A. multiflorus, Utah; A. scopulorum, Colo.; 
Desmodium acuminatum, N. J. (type S. desmodii) ; D. nudi- 
florum, Marv., Penn.; Hosackia parviflora, Wash.; Lupinus sp. 
‘Colo.; Trifolium tridentatum, Calif. 
THECAPHORA MEXICANA Ell. & Ev. n. sp.—Sori on 
stems, prominent, forming clustered subglobose pustules each 
about 4 mm. in diameter, firm, upon rupture scattering dusty 
umber spore mass and leaving behind the remains of the hollowed 
pustules; spore-balls light reddish yellow, ovoid to spherical, 
composed of 15-30 spores separated by prominent hyaline areas 
that apparently widen with maturity, 50-QO fx in length; spores 
angular when young but with age becoming more rounded, irregu¬ 
lar, oblong to polyhedral or subpherical, with distinct inner and 
outer coats, the latter thick and provided with prominent irregular 
papillae, chiefly 16-22 //, most eloneat-ed rarely 25 fi in length. 
Plost: Guardiola platyphylla, Mex. (type). 
This interesting species bears the above name in the U. S. 
Dept. Agr. Herb. (Div. Veg. Path. & Phys.) and is evidently 
