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obliterated^ subiculum tliick, pseudoperidia densely crowded 

 into irre^J-ular heaps sporidia orange. Dec. FL Fr. 6. p. 97, 

 Grev.! FL Ed. p. 446.—^. Ranunculi, Sow. t. 397./. 2—^. 



C07ifertinn, Grev. ! I. c. Johnst. FL Berw. 2. p. 203. ^. Fi- 



caricE, Part. v. 3. p. 333. 



On leaves of various HanunculacecE. Common. — The colour varies 

 slightly, beina: paler in Ranunculus Ficaria, and is said sometimes to 

 be brown. The latter circumstance, as Link observes, should seem to 

 indicate that there are at least two species. 



13. jF. Cdlthce, Grev. {31arsh-marigold JEcidiu?n) ; hypo- 

 genousandonthe petioles agg-regate somewhat campanulate with 

 numerous very minute marginal teeth, sporidia bright orange 

 subglobose or oval. Grev. FL Ed. p. 446. 



On Caltha palustris. About Edinburgh, Dr. Grevdle. — Of this 1 

 have seen no specimens ; but Dr. Greville assures us that it differs in 

 its brighter and darker colour, but especially in the margin of the pseu- 

 doperidia being pale and brittle. 



14. yE'. leucospermum, Dec. (ivhite- seeded jFcidiuni) ; spots 

 yellowish, pseudoperidia scattered amphigenous often occupy- 

 ing the whole under surface, sporidia ovate white. Dec. FL 

 Fr. V. 2. p. 239. 3Ioiiff. &; Nest. ! n. 185. Baxt. ! n. 89.— 

 CcBoma leucospermum, Lk. Sp. 2. p. 54. — ^. Aiiemones, Pers.l 

 Syn.p.2\2 — Lycop. innatum^With. v. 4. p. 352. — Ly cop. Ane- 

 mones, Pidt. Linn. Tr. v. 2. p. 311. 



On the Wood Anemone. Appin, Captain Carmichael. Oxford, 

 Baxter. — In Captain Carmichael's specimens I find the sporidia elliptic, 

 in authentic specimens from Persoon they are globose. 



15. yE. quadrifidum^ Dec. (four-lohed uEcidium) ; spots 

 brownish, pseudoperidia scattered hypogenous occupying almost 

 the whole under-surface, sporidia subglobose brown. Dec. FL 

 Fr. V. 6.]). 90. — CcEoma quadrifidiim, Lk. Sp. 2. p. 55. 



On Anemone Coronaria. Ap. — May. Botanic Garden, Oxf. Baxter. 

 — Pseudoperidia not constantly quadrifid. 



16. JE. Thulictri, Grev. {Meadow-rue uEcidiutn) ; hypophyl- 

 lous collected into roundish clusters,pseudoperidia oblong, spori- 

 dia bright orange. Grev.! Sc. Crypt. Ft. t. 4. 



On Thaliclnim alpinum. Scottish alps. Not uncommon. 



\7. uE. Gerdnii, Dec. (Cranes-bill ^Ecidium) ; spots yellow 

 and purple, pseudoperidia disposed in somewhat circinating 

 liypogenous clusters, sporidia yellow, at length brown. Dec. 

 FL Fr. 6. p. 93. Lk. Sp. 2. p. 57. Mmst. FL Berw. 2. p. 205. 



On Grraniufn pratensr. Whitcadilcr Bridge, Berw., Dr. Johnston. 

 — Sometimes from the conHuence of one or two clusters forming elon- 

 gated patches, more frctiuently disposed in circles. 



18. jE. Berberidis, Pers. (Barberry ^Ecidium) ; spots round- 

 ish bright-red, subiculum i:itlier tliic k, p>eu(i()peridia disponed in 



