158 DISEASES OF FIELD & GARDEN CROPS. [CH. xxm. 



having gone from a monocotyledonous plant to a dicoty- 

 ledonous one, another fungus is produced of an appa- 

 rently totally different character, named Mcidium Berber- 

 idis, Pers. 



This is the fungus of barberry blight, described in the 

 next chapter. Our comments on the possible connection 

 of the barberry fungus with the fungus of summer mildew 

 of corn is discussed farther on. 



Puccinia, graminis, D.O., has been recorded in Britain 

 upon Phalaris arundinacea, L. ; Phleum pratense, L. ; Alope- 

 curus pratensis, L. ; A. fulvus, Sin.; Agrostis vulgaris, 

 With. ; A. alba, L. ; Calamogrostis Epigejos, Roth. ; Aira 

 ccespitosa, L. ; Avena sativa, L. ; A.fatua, L. ; A. pratensis, 

 L. ; A. flavescens, L. ; A. elatior, L. ; Holcus lanatus, L. ; 

 Poa annua, L. ; P. nemoralis, L. ; P. pratensis, L. ; Molinia 

 ccerulea, Moench. ; Dactylis glomerata, L. ; Festuca gigantea, 

 Vill. ; F. spectabilis, Jan. ; F. tenella, Willd. ; Bromus mollis, 

 L. ; B. tectorum, L. ; Lolium perenne, L. ; Triticum vulgare, 

 Vill. ; T. repens, L. ', T. caninum, Huds. ; Elymus arena- 

 riuSj L. ; E. glaucifolius, L. ; Hordeum vulgare, L. ; H. 

 sylvaticum, Huds. ; H. murinum, L. ; H. distichum, L. ; 

 ovata, L. ; Secale cereale, Walld. 



