PLcell.apk. 7. PROTOMYCEjE. 152. JEcidium. 535 
a. Thecce crowded together irregularly. 
1. JEcidium ranunculi . Crowfoot ecidium . 
Tufts few, peridiated; thecce crowded, pale, prominent; 
mouths torn, edges turned back. 
./Ecidium ranunculi, De Cand. Syn. 51. 
jEcidium ranunculi acris, Persoon Syn. 210. 
On the lower face of the leaves of ranunculus acris, and 
r. bulbosus. 
2. JEcidium hunii. Earth-nut ecidium. 
Tufts ovate or orbicular, bullate, irregular; thecce nu- 
merous, rather distinct, yellow and orange; mouths scarcely 
cut. 
jEcidium bunii, De Cand. Syn. 51. 
On the leaves of earth-nut. 
3. JEcidium irregulare. Irregular ecidium. 
Tufts brownish, thickish ; peridium pale-yellow, at first 
cylindrical blunt, then disappearing. 
jEcidium irregulare, De Cand. Syn. 51. 
On the lower face of the leaves of buckthorn. 
4. JEcidium confer turn. Crowded ecidium. 
Tufts with a whitish edge; thecce crowded, confluent, 
white; mouths toothed; sporidia yellow, become brown. 
jEcidium confertuin, De Cand. Syn. 51. 
JEcidium crassum /3, Persoon Syn. 208. 
On the lower surface of the leaves of ranunculi. 
5. JEcidium crassum. Thick ecidium. 
Tufts irregularly crowded, thick, convex; thecce pitcher- 
shape, orange ; sporidia pale-yellow. 
JEcidium crassum, Persoon Syn. 208. 
On the berry-bearing alder. 
6. JEcidium harharecp. French-cress ecidium. 
Thecce crowded, orbicular; mouths whitish, crenulated; 
sporidia orange-yellow. 
JEcidium barbareae, De Cand. Syn. 51. 
On both faces of the leaves of French cresses. 
Tufts girt with a brownish margin. 
