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ON THE DISEASES OF PLANTS. 
which when seen through a microscope are found to be little tufts of globules, 
standing on small stems of the same. This is called 3 
the Pencilled Mouldiness {Aspergillus penicillatus (3). 
The specimens are liable to it at all seasons, unless 
kept properly dry. 
Bramble Blight (Puccinia rubi, Decand. (4). 
This is found only on the bramble leaves ; the seed- 
vessels with four or five cells, not pointed as in the rose 
blight, and the foot-stalks not so much thickened. 
There is also on brambles a bright yellow powder ; this is another species of fungi 
the Uredo ruborum. 
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(5) Gooseberry Blight (^Ecidium grossularice, Decand.), found only on 
gooseberry leaves. The upper surface of the leaf 
opposite the fungus is of a fine red. The seed- 
vessel splits with an indented border of yellowish 
white teeth. 
(6) Coltsfoot Blight (jEcidium tussila- 
ginis, Persoon), found on coltsfoot leaves, and 
on no other plant or tree. The seed vessel very 
short, bursting with an indented border of white 
teeth rolled outwards. The seed pink-orange. 
(7) Barberry Blight {JEcidium berberi- 
des, Persoon), found on barberry leaves or 
flowers, and on no other plant or tree. The 
seed-vessel without a foot-stalk, one-celled, and bursting with an indented border, 
fine orange. 
