Prospodium lippiae (Speg.) Arthur 1918

Prospodium lippiae (Speg.) Arthur
Puccinia Lippiae Speg. Anal. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 6 : 224. 1898. Uredo Lippiae Speg. Anal. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 6 : 238. 1898. Uredo Lippiae Dietel & Holway ; Holway, Bot. Gaz. 31 : 335. 1901.
Pycnia unknown
* The following key to species of Prospodium should be substituted for the one on the
preceding page :
P3,r"3.t5livscs free
Urediniospor'e-wall inflated ; teliosporic appendages large. 1. P. appendiculaium .
Urediniospore-wall not noticeably inflated. a, ■, ^z. ■■
Teliosporic appendages small. 2. P. Amphilophtt.
Teliosporic appendages large. , r> , a / v
Appendages in 1 or 2 whorls. 3. P. tuberculatum.
Appendages in 4 or more whorls. 4. P. Lipptae.
Paraphyses united at the base into a cup. _ c n .7 ■ ^
Urediniospore-wall inflated; teliosporic appendages small. 5. P plapopus.
Urediniospore-wall not noticeably inflated; teliosporic appendages large. 6. P. bahamense. Uredinia hypophyllous, scattered, sometimes crowded, orbicular, small, 0.1-0,2 mm across, early naked, pulverulent, cinnamon-brown, ruptured cuticle inconspicuous; parapbyses peripheral, cylindrical or slightly clavate, straight, not exceeding the spore-mass, 8-13 by 30-45 /i, the wall colorless, uniformly thin, 1 fi, smooth; urediniospores globoid, or slightly depressed-globoid, 23-27// in diameter ; wall golden-brown, 2-2. 5fi, often noticeably thinner in vicinity of the pores, rather densely and evenly verrucose-echinulate with points 2-3 fi apart, the pores 2, opposite and equatorial.