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PARASITES. 



parasites. When the ergot reaches its full growth in 

 August, it has a second stage of reproductiveness. 



A, a spike of Ryegrass (loliuni peretJve) showing Ergot spurs >" 



B, a head of j Cocksfoot grass (Bactylis glamerata) thickly studded with 

 Ergot spurs. •' 



giving off spores from its tip or snout in greater 

 numbers than those which were developed from the 



