16 



Cyperus species 1^5 



Heleocharis malticaiilis 145 



" (Soirp) palustris 145 

 " rmigltanis 145 



Scirpus mfus 145 



Taaconomv 

 Sclerotial Stage 

 Altho-ugh the true nature of ergot was not kno-wn by early writers 

 ergot is mentioned by many of them as is shown in the preceding history. 

 Lonicer (1565) mentions it -under the name of Clavis Siliginis and 

 speaks of its use. Thalius (1568) referred to it as "ad sistendum 

 sanfuineum" and gave it a pla,ce in his book under the name of Secalis 

 nater. Bauhin (1625), who cites the first t-wo authors, called it Secale 

 luscurians . 



Itaachliauses (1765), the first to consider ergot a fongus, called 

 ergot scliaayotia Clavaria solida . Baldinger (1771 gave it the name Secs-le 

 dorutum. Schraiik ( 1789J called it Clavaria clavus . Tode(1790) placed 

 ergot in a special genus which he called Sclerotitan. Paulet (1793) 

 described ergot as Clavaria secalina . DeCandolle (1815) applied to it the 

 name Sclerotium clavus . 



