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MILDEWS, RUSTS AND SMUTS 
Syn. Uredo veronicae, Schum.; Plowr., Ured., p. 211. 
On Veronica montana and V. alpina. Britain, Germany, 
Austria, Belgium, and Denmark. 
Puccinia veronicariim, D.C.; Plowr., Ured., p. 214. 
Teleutospores. Sori minute, rounded, often crowded, 
compact then powdery, brown, on brown spots on the under 
surface of the leaf ; spores oblong or somewhat spindle- 
shaped, tip narrowed, rarely rounded, very much thickened, 
constricted at the septum, base narrowed, smooth, chestnut- 
brown, 28—50 X 15—20 p, pedicel usually tinged yellow, 
about as long as the spore. 
Syn. Caeoma veronicae, Link. Britain and Europe 
generally. 
LABIATAE 
BETONICA 
Puccinia betonicae, D.C.; Plowr., Ured., p. 199. 
Teleuto spores. Sori minute, rounded, surrounded by the 
torn epidermis, on pale spots, usually occupying the greater 
portion of the under surface of the leaf, often crowded on 
the veins, powdery, dusky brown ; spores elliptical or ovate, 
tip rounded, and with a small pale wart, slightly con¬ 
stricted at the septum, base rounded, smooth, yellowish- 
brown, 30—^45 x 15—25 p, pedicel slender, about equal in 
length to the spore. 
Syn, Uredo betonicae, Str. 
On Betonica officinalis. Britain and Europe generally. 
The mycelium is perennial in the host-plant. Grove has 
figured abnormal, variously septate and distorted teleuto- 
spores, in Gard. Chom., Aug. 8, 1885. 
GLECHOMA 
Puccinia glechomatis, D.C.; Plowr., Ured., p. 214. 
Teleuto spores. Sori solitary, in circles, or in scattered 
groups, on brown patches on the under surface of the leaf, 
or in long patches on the leafstalk and stem, often causing 
distortion, yellow then chestnut, finally blackish ; spores 
elliptical or oblong, with a prominent wart at the tip, or 
often oblique, not at all, or very slightly constricted at the 
septum, base rounded, smooth, brown, 30—50 X 15— 30 [^> 
pedicel long, persistent. 
iSyn. P. verrucosa, Link. 
On Gleckoma hederacea.- Britain, Europe generally, 
Siberia and Japan. : 
