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this yellow powder, until at last the yellow spores 

 will scarcely be found, and their places occupied 

 with large blackish spots. These will be indicated, 

 on the upper surfaces of" the leaves, by reddish 

 coloured spots. The darker spots are clusters of 

 spores of the Bramble Brand (Fig. 249), one of our 

 prettiest microscopic objects. If mounted in the 



Fig. 250. 



Meadow-sweet Brand (Triphragmium ulmaria). 



manner already described in the star-shaped fungus, 

 they will keep for years, and always prove at- 

 tractive. The leaves of the meadow-sweet (Spirwa 

 ulmaria) are frequently covered with a similar 

 fungus, of a distinct species called Meadow-sweet 

 Brand (Triphragmium ulmaria Fig. 250). It may 

 usually be found where the meadow-sweet grows, in 



