Ravenelia brongniartiae Dietel & Holw. 1897

Ravenelia brongniartiae Dietel & Holway, Bot. Gaz. 24 : 35. 1897
Pleoravenelia Brongniartiae Long, Bot. Gaz. 35 : 130. 1903.
Pycnia epiphyllous, crowded in small groups, punctiform, brownish-yellow, subcuticular, flattened-conical, 75-130 ^ broad, 30-50// high.
Uredinia at first hypophyllous, becoming amphigenous and scattered, roundish or oblong, subepidermal, soon naked, pulverulent, cinnamon-brown, ruptured epidermis conspicuous ; paraphyses none ; urediniospores ellipsoid or obovate-ovoid, 18-24 by 22-30 {i ; wall thick, 2-3//, light chestnut-brown, closely and strongly echinulate, pores 8-12, scattered.
III. Telia amphigenous, from punctate to 0.5 mm. across, scattered, subepidermal, blackishbrown, shining, ruptured epidermis conspicuous ; teliospore-heads chestnut-brown, 4-8 cells across, 75-150// in diameter, densely covered with papillae, 3-4// high, pale-brown; marginal tubercles one to each cell, cylindrical or somewhat capitate, 3-7// wide by 10-14/* long, chestnut-brown ; cysts pendent, decurrent into the pedicel ; pedicel colorless, short, deciduous.
On Fabaceae :
Brongniartia folio sa Benth., San Luis Potosi.
Brongniarlia intermedia Moric, Mexico (state), Morelos.
Brongniartia podalyrioides H. B. K., Guerrero, Morelos.
Brongniartia sericea Schlecht., Oaxaca. Type locality : Cuernavaca, Mexico, on Brongniartia sp. Distribution : Central and southern Mexico.