14 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 



and L. purpureum !, in late summer and autumn. The 

 sporidia usually do not mature before spring. 



Tay (Rannoch) ! Dee ! Moray (Gamrie) ! Orkney ! 



Europe. 



This differs from the next species chiefly in the sporidia not 

 becoming developed till spring, and in the hanstoria of the 

 myceliiun being lobed— differences such as to render it difficult 

 to distinguish them except by the host-plants. 



14 E. Cichoraceartiin DC. including E. lamj^ro- 

 carpa Lev. on Plantago, E. Montarjnei'Lex. on Arctium, 

 and F. horridula Lev. on Bornginaceae. — This fungus 

 has been found in Scotland upon Arctium Lappa ! 

 Anchiisa arvensis, Pulmonaria officinaUs (in garden) !. 

 Symphytum officinale ! S. tuberosum ! Plantago major, 

 P. lanceolata ! P. maritima ! and P. Coronopus ! in. 

 summer and autumn. 



Forth, Clyde ! Tay ! Dee ! Moray, Orkney ! 



Europe, Egypt, Siberia, N. America. 



I have followed Winter in regarding E. lamprocarpa Lev. 

 (M.S. 1837) on Plantago species, E. Montagnei Lev. on Arctium 

 (M.S. 1840), and E. liorridida Lev. (M.S. 1&41) on Boraginacae, 

 as all belonging to one and the same species. Personal examin- 

 ation of fresh specimens of the three has convinced me that 

 they differ from one another in no respect that entitles them 

 even to the rank of well-marked varieties. 



15. E. Astragali DC. {Scot. Nat. 1886, p. 231) {D. 

 and P. 2 rail).— Very plentiful on leaves and young 

 shoots of Astragalus ghjcyphyllas ! at St. Cyrus, 

 near Montrose, in summer and autumn. The diseased 

 plants become very conspicvious, owing to the abun- 

 dant mj'celium. 



Tay! 



Central and Southern Europe, N. America. 



E. Asiragcdi can scarcely be mistaken for any other species 

 of this genus, both because of the peculiar host-plant, and 

 because of the fact that of the very long slender perithecial 

 appendages (usually about 12 to 16 in number) a few are bifur- 

 cated at the tip. This latter peculiarity has induced both 

 Saccardo and Winter, following Leveille, to refer it to the 

 genus Mk-rosphaera ; but, though it foiins a transition towards 

 the latter genus, it agrees better in the sum of its characters with 

 Eryslphe. The perithecial appendages are mostly of the type 



