190 The Scottish Naturalist. 



16. Floating sweet grass, Glyceria fluitans R. Br. 



17. Cock's-foot grass, Dactylis glo?nerata Linn. 



1 8. Tall fescue grass, Festuca elatior Linn. 



19. Meadow fescue grass, Festuca pratensis Hudson. 



20. Rye grass, Loliuvi perenne Linn. 



21. Darnel, Loliwn temulentum Linn. 



No. II. 



Grasses referred to on the Ergot of which the Claviceps has 



been grown. 



2. Wheat grass, Triticum repe7is. 



3. Rye, Secale ceirale (23 fungi on one spur). 



5. Vernal grass, Anthoxanthum odoratui?i. 



6. Mat grass, Nardus stricta. 



10. Turfy hair grass, Aira caespitosa. 

 . 12. Creeping soft grass, Holcus mollis (found growing 

 naturally, 1874). 

 14. Oat grass, Arrhenatheru?n ave?iacewn. 



1 6. Floating sweet grass, Glyceria fluitans (found growing 



naturally in many hundreds, 1874). 



1 7. Cock's-foot grass, Dactylis glo?nerata. 



18. Tall fescue grass, Festuca elatior. 

 20. Rye grass, Lolium pereiine 



NOTES ON KAEE OE PKOBABLE SCOTTISH FUNGI/ 

 ByM. C. COOKE, LL.D., Cor. Mem. C.S.S. 



IT is never a difficult task for a practical worker in any de- 

 partment of Natural History to find a subject on which 

 to communicate with his fellow-workers, either in propounding 

 and seeking the solution of problems which have presented 

 themselves in his experience, or in communicating from his 

 own knowledge facts and hints which may assist and lighten 

 the labour of others. Hence it will be concluded that two or 

 three days' notice was ample to enable me to present to the 

 Cryptogamic Society of Scotland such a communication. It 

 was, nevertheless, the cause of some anxiety, since such an 

 opportunity so seldom occurs, of producing just such a short 



* Read at the Conference of the Cryptogamic Society of Scotland, 



Sept. 30, 1875. 



