222 BRITISH GALLS 



Apiiim nodiflornm Reichb. fil. 82. Procumbent 

 Marshwort. 

 Fungi Conspicuous indurated swellings on the stems and 



petioles. At first translucent, pale yellow, then white, at 

 length brownish. May to October. 



Protomyces macrosporus Unger 654 

 Plowright, p. 300. 



Aegopodium Podagraria Linn. 100. Goutweed. 

 ,, Stems and midribs much swollen and distorted by the 



presence of the mycelium. 



PUCCINIA AEGOPODII Schum. 655 

 Plowright, p. 202. 



» Elongated swelling on the stem. See No. 654. 



Protomyces macrosporus Unger 656 

 Plowright, p. 300. 



Fimpinella Saxifraga Linn. 102. Burnet Saxifrage. 

 Diptera Seed swollen, much enlarged and rounded, diameter 

 3 to 5 mm., containing an orange larva. M. E. 



Schizomyia pimpinellae F. Low 657 

 Syn. Asphondylia pimpinellae F. Low. 

 Connold, Plant Galls, p. 215. Houard, No. 4445. 



» Flowers swollen, globular, not opening, more or less 



tinted with red. Larva solitary, bright brimstone yellow, 

 leaping. M. E. II. 



CONTARINIA Traili Kieffer 658 

 Houard, No. 4446. According to Kieffer this is the 

 dipteron which inhabits the galls described by Binnie in 

 Proc. Glasgow N. H. Soc, 1877, p. 185. 



Acari Leaflets deformed, club-like, pale green, becoming red 



or purple. Rachis seldom galled. June to August. 



Eriophyes pimpinellae Con. 659 

 Connold, Plant Galls, fig. 275. 



Conopodium majus Loret (Bunium denudatum, D. C). 

 109. Common Earth-nut. 

 Fungi Swellings on the stems, containing the orange-yellow 



aecidiospores. Somewhat rare in Britain. 



Aecidium bunii D. C. 660 

 Plowright, p. 270. 



Anthriscus sylvestiis Hoffm. 107. Wild Chervil. 

 Homop- Turgidity of the margin causes a swelling on the in- 

 tera ferior surface of the leaf. The margin is bent inwards. 



Trioza viridula Zett. 661 

 Houard, No. 4391. 



