Puccinia variabilis, Grev. Variable Brand; sori amphigenous, minute, roundish, surrounded by the ruptured epidermis, nearly black; spores variable, obtuse, cells often subdivided; peduncle very short.—On leaves of Dandelion. Summer and Autumn. Not uncommon. ([Plate IV.] figs. 82, 83.)
Puccinia Valantiæ, Pers. Crosswort Brand; spots obliterated; sori small, subrotund, scattered or crowded; spores pale-brown, obovate, attenuated below, the upper segment globular, easily separating.—On Galium cruciatum. Autumn. Not common.
Puccinia Galiorum, Lk. Bedstraw Brand; spots obliterated; sori hypogenous, partly covered with and surrounded by the ruptured epidermis, scattered; spores brown.—On the leaves of several species of Galium and Asperula odorata. Not uncommon. ([Plate VIII.] figs. 172, 173.)
Puccinia Umbelliferarum, DC. Pig-nut Brand; spots obliterated; sori small and scattered, subrotund, surrounded by the remains of the ruptured epidermis; spores brown, broadly elliptic, much constricted; peduncle short.—On various Umbelliferæ. Common. ([Plate IV.] figs. 71, 72.)
Puccinia Ægopodii, Lk. Goutweed Brand; spots brown; sori minute, subrotund and elongated, surrounded by the ruptured epidermis, often circinating, and forming roundish patches; spores brown; peduncles very short.—On Ægopodium podagraria.
Puccinia Saniculæ, Grev. Sanicle Brand; orbicular, variable in size, blackish-brown, scattered, rather confluent; spores very obtuse; peduncles somewhat elongated.—On Sanicula Europæa. Not uncommon. Summer and Autumn.
Puccinia bullaria, Lk. Hemlock Brand; spots obliterated; sori subrotund or oblong, covered with the epidermis; spores brown, peduncle short, nearly obsolete.—On dry stems of Conium maculatum and other Umbelliferæ. August and Sept.
Puccinia Smyrnii, Cd. Alexander’s Brand; spots obliterated; sori hypogenous, large, solitary, scattered, brown; spores ovoid, obtuse, verrucose, slightly constricted, minutely pedicellate.—On Smyrnium olusatrum. ([Plate III.] figs. 55, 56.)
Puccinia Anemones, Pers. Anemone Brand; spots obliterated; sori subrotund, surrounded by the ruptured epidermis, scattered, aggregate, and confluent; spores brown, very much constricted, consisting of two nearly globose portions, echinulate; peduncles very short.—On various species of Anemone. Very common on Anemone nemorosa. April and May. ([Plate IV.] figs. 64, 65.)
Puccinia Calthæ, Lk. Marsh-Marigold Brand; spots brownish; sori small, subrotund, convex, surrounded by the ruptured epidermis, scattered; spores obovate, attenuated below, slightly constricted; peduncle very short.—On leaves of Marsh Marigold. Spring. Rare.