Puccinia triannulata (Berk. & M. A. Curtis) H. S. Jacks. 1922

Bullaria triannulata (Berk. & Curt.) Arthur & Mains
Uromyces triannulatus Berk. & Curt.; Berk. Grevillea 3: 56. 1874. Puccinia mirifica Dietel & Holway; Dietel, Erythea 3: 79. 1895. Caeomurus triannulatus Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 3 3 : 451. 1898. Dicaeoma triannulatum Arth. R6sult. Sci. Congr. Bot. Vienne 344. 1906. Puccinia triannulata H. S. Jackson, Mycologia 14 : 111. 1922.
Pycnia chiefiy hypophyllous, scattered over large areas, numerous, preceding or accompanying the uredinia, prominent, honey-yellow becoming blackish-brown, flattenedgloboid, 128-144 fx in diameter by 65-90 fx high; ostiolar filaments 50-85 /x long. Uredinia hypophyllous, eveniy and densely scattered over large areas from a diffused mycelium, early naked, roundish or oblong, prominent, 0.5 mm. across, pulverulent, dark cmn am on-brown, ruptured epidermis overarching and conspicuous; urediniospores obovoid or globoid, 19-24 by 24-32 ju; wall cinnamon-brown, moderately thick, 2-3 i, evenly echinulate, the pores 2, superequatorial, irregularly disposed.
Telia hypophyllous, eveniy and densely scattered over large areas from a diffused mycelium, early naked, roundish or oblong, prominent, . 5 mm. across, somewhat pulverulent, dark cinnamon-brown, ruptured epidermis overarching and conspicuous; teliospores irregularly ellipsoid or obovate-ellipsoid, 23-30 by 40-52 p, rounded or rarely obtuse at both ends, often slightly narrowed below, slightly or not constricted at septum; wall dark cinnamonbrown, moderately and uniformly thick, 3 ju, closely and finely verrucose; pedicel colorless, short, largely deciduous.
On Carduaceae :
Borrichia arborescens (L.) DC, Florida; Bahamas; Bermuda.
Borrichia frutescens (£.) DC, Florida, South Carolina, Texas. Type IvOCacity: South Carolina, on Borrichia frutescens.
Distribution: South Carolina to Florida and southern Texas and in the Bahama and Bermuda islands.