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powdery ; spores subglobose or broadly elliptical, sparingly 
echinulate, pale brown, 20—28 p. 
TeleiUospores. Sori small, for a long time covered by the 
epidermis, brown ; spores globose, subglobose or elliptical, 
smooth, brown, with a minute paler papilla at the tip, 
20—28 X 16—21 p, pedicel short, colourless. 
Syn. Aecidium valerianearum, Duby. 
Lecythea Valerianae, Berk. 
Sydow,— Mon. Ured., p. 19, gives also the following 
synonomy under this species : 
Uredo parnassiae, D.C. 
Trichohasis parnassiae, Cooke. 
Uromyces parnassiae, Plowr. Mon., Ured., p. 128, in 
part. 
On leaves, petioles and stem of Valeriana dioica and V. 
officinalis, etc. Europe generalhg and Cape of Good Hope. 
SCROPHULARIACEAE 
Uromyces scrophulariae, Fuckek, Plowr., Ured. p. 139. 
Aecidia. Generally on the under surface of the leaves, 
or on the stem, on yellowish spots, edge recurved, usually 
not torn ; spores angularly-globose, minutely waited, 
yellow, 17—30 p. 
Teleii to spores. Sori on the under surface of leaves or 
on the stem, sometimes mixed with the aecidia, in rounded 
groups on the leaf, elongated on the petiole and stem, some¬ 
times circinate, covered for a long time with the grey epi¬ 
dermis, then dusky brown and powdery ; spores variable 
in form, elliptical, ovate, or rarely subglobose, tip thickened, 
rounded, or sometimes rather pointed, base often narrowed, 
smooth, brown, 18—35 X n—20 p, pedicel about as long 
as the spore. 
Syn. Uromyces concomiians, Berk, and Broome. 
Pnccinia scrophulariae. Lib. 
Aecidium scroplmlariae, D.C. 
On leaves, petioles and stem of Scrophularia aquatica, 
S. nodosa, and other species. Europe generally. 
The parasite forms yellowish or purplish spots, and causes 
much distortion of the host-plant. 
PLUMBAGINACEAE 
Uromyces limomii, Lev., Plow., Ured. p. 122. 
Aecidia. Grouped on roundish, purplish spots on the 
leaves, or in elongated patches on the veins, shortly cy- 
