MR. W. H. BURRELL ON THE .ECIDIU.M ELATINUM IN NORFOLK. 259 
I have had considerable difficulty in forming an opinion as to 
the prevalence of JEcAdium elatinum in Great Britain. Hartig 
states that- “it is common in the South-West of Scotland;” and 
the editor of the English edition of Tubeuf says, “ it is common 
throughout Britain but there is little evidence to support this 
latter statement. Professor Marshall Ward has found it in Surrey. 
I)r. Somerville says it is common in the North of England ; and 
Professor J. Bayley Balfour verifies Hartig’s statement that it is 
common in the South-West of Scotland, and also in Fifeshire, but 
there appear to be no other records south of the border. There are 
no English records at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ; nor at the 
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. 
I am indebted to Dr. Plowright for examining a specimen and 
verifying it; and also to Professor J. Bayley Balfour, Mr. Massee, 
Dr. W. G. Smith, and Professor Marshall Ward for the assistance 
they havo given me in tracing records. 
Records of the researches into the life-history of the fungus will 
be found in — 
‘Comparative Morphology ami Biology of the Fungi.’ De Bary. 
‘ Diseases of Trees.’ Hartig. 
‘Natural History of Plants.’ Kernel’. 
‘British Uredineae.’ Plowright. 
‘ Diseases of Plants induced by Cryptogamic Parasites.’ Tubeuf 
and Smith. 
‘ Saccardo Sylloge.’ 
P.S.— Since February I have detected JEcidium elatinum in the following 
additional localities : Hempstead (near Selbrigg and at Pond Hills) ; Kelling, 
Matlask, and Blickling (in the Hercules covert). — W. H. B., July 8th, 1901. 
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