Prospodium plagiopus (Mont.) Arthur 1912

Prospodium plagiopus (Mont.) Arthur
Puccinia plagiopus Mont. PI. Cell. Cuba 294. 1842.
Pycnia unknown
Uredinia hypophyllous, scattered, often crowded, minute, roundish, 0.1 mm. or
less across, early naked, chocolate-brown, ruptured cuticle not noticeable ; paraphyses numerous, peripheral, united at the bases, terete, 5-6 by 55-67 /i, acuminate, slightly incurved, often somewhat wavy, the wall firm, about 2/i thick, chestnut-brown, smooth; urediniospores globoid, 26-34," in diameter; wall laminate, inner layer cin namon -brown , 2-2.5 ju thick, outer layer paler, gelatinous, swelling in water up to 3-4^, rather sparsely and coarsely verrucose with blunt conical papillae, the pores rather distinct, 2, opposite
and equatorial.
III. Telia at first arising from the uredinia ; paraphyses similar to those in the uredinia; teliospores broadly ellipsoid, 30-37 by 40-50^, slightly or not constricted at the septum, rounded both above and below; wall cinnamonto chestnut-brown, 4-6 /^ thick, gelatinous layer inconspicuous, sparsely verrucose with blunt conical papillae ; pedicel nearly colorless, one half to once length of spore, with one or two irregular whorls of small, somewhat branched appendages near the base.
On Bignoniaceae :
Tecoma lepidoia (H.B.K.) DC, Cuba. Type locality: San Marcos, Cuba, on unknown plant Tecoma lepidoia']. Distribution: Central and western Cuba. ^^ ^ -^^^