174 Friend : Some Lakeland Host-Plants and Parasites. 



almost exclusively confined to these g'roups, but the list might 

 be greatly extended if other groups were included. The immense 

 variety and great richness in the development of plants in Lake- 

 land renders the district a peculiarly interesting one for the 

 student of microscopic fungi, and no doubt many additions 

 might be made to the species, while many new habitats might 

 be recorded, if only a few of the many botanists who yearly 

 frequent this popular resort were to make note of the forms 

 they observe. 



Meadow Rue (Thalictrum flavum L.). Clustercup (AScidium 

 tluilictri-flavi DC.) found June 1887, at Silverdale and 

 Whitbarrow Scars. 



Wood Anemone {Anemone nemorosa L.). Yields several 

 parasitic fungi, including (1) the Clustercup (AS. leuco- 

 spermum DC), found in Wreay, Wetheral and Cunswick 

 Woods, and at Orton Moss. (2) Brand {Pnccinia fusca 

 Relhan), collected at Carlisle, Wreay, Bowness, and Kendal. 

 (3) Smut (Urocystis anemones Pers.) from Carlisle, Cum- 

 mersdale, and Silverdale. (4) Mildew (Synchytrium anemones 

 Wor.) in Gelt W^oods and N.E. Lanes. (5) Mould {Perono- 

 spora pygmcea Ung\ ), Cunswick Wood, Kendal. 



Celandine {Ranunculus Ficaria L.) yields (1) the Clustercup 

 (AS. Ficarice Pers.) in great abundance wherever sought 

 in April or May. Carlisle, Kirkbride, Cockermouth, Great 

 Broughton, Corby, Silloth, Kendal, Ambleside, Lancaster. 

 (2) Rust ( Uromyces Ficarice Sch.) at Dalston, Cockermouth, 

 Eag-lesfield, Kirkbride, Wreay, Penrith, Grange, Bowness, 

 Kendal, Ulverston, Lancaster. (3) Mildew {Entyloma 

 Ranunculi Bon.) found at Carlisle, Kirkbride, Eaglesfield, 

 Cockermouth. (4) Mould (Peronospora Ficarice Tul.) at 

 Cockermouth, Blackwall, Kirkbride. 



Bitter Crowfoot {Ranunculus acris L.). Sometimes attacked 

 by a Clustercup. As the records are not so exact as they 

 should be, all the habitats are for the present given under 

 the next, as the fungus chiefly affects it. 



Creeping- Crowfoot {Ranunculus repens L. ). (1) Clustercup 

 (AS. ranunculacearum DC.) found at Holmehead, Carlisle, 

 Wreay, Kirkbride, Bowness. (2) Smut {Urocystis pomph- 

 olygodes Lev.), at Carlisle, Grinsdale, Bowness, and Patter- 

 dale. (3) Blight {Erysiphe communis Schl. ), exact localities 

 not recorded. 



Naturalist, 



