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STRUCTURAL BOTANY 



pretty little yellow cups containing spores (Fig. 103, A). 

 This is the ^cidium form of the parasite, and, like the 



FIG. 103. Pwccima graminls. A, part of the lower surface of a 

 Barberry leaf ; on the swollen part (P) is a cluster ofjEtidiwm- 

 cups (a). Magnified about 10. B, vertical section of the 

 diseased part of the leal' ; e, e, epidermis ; p, palisade tissue ; 

 s, spongy tissue ; sp, sp, spermogonia of the parasite ; a^, 

 0%, as, three stages iu the development of the dEcidium- fruit ; 

 P, peridium ; h, hymeniurn. Magnified 40. C, three chains 

 of secidiospores ; h, hymenial cells, i.e. intermediate cells. 

 Magnified about 200. (After Zopf and Kny.) 



