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EQUISETACEAE 
(Horsetails) 
BQUISETUM ARVENSE L. Common horsetail. 
EQUISETUM HYEMALE L. Scouring-rush. 
Extracts from these horsetails were not repellent to the Japanese 
beetle*— Met zger and Grant ( 277 ) • 
An aqueous extract end a powder of E. ervense were recommended 
as insecticides in a German patent.— Diener (119). 
HYPOGREACEAE 
(Fungi) 
CLAVTCEPS PURPtfRFA (Fr.) Tul. Ergot of rye. 
A wnter extract killed aphids, psyllps, And thrips.-- llevsky (164). 
Extracturc secale cornuti (10 percent in water) and secele cornutum 
pulvis (100 percent, end 10 percent in flour) had no perceptible effect 
on the caterpillars of Prodenia litura (F.).-- DeBussy (76). 
LYCOPERDACEAE 
(Fungi— Puff balls) 
CALVATIA GIGANTEA (Pers.) Cunningham. Synonyms: Lycoperdon bovista L., 
L. giganteuro Batsh. Giant puff ball. 
This fungus was used in its mature oondition as a styptic and for 
stupefying bees. — Greshoff (170 , p. 167). 
The spores may be used in the same way as flowers of sulfur. 
Insects covered with this powder either perish from its mechanical 
effects or are poisoned by it.— Gomilevsky ( 164 ) . 
LYCOPODIACSAE 
(Club Mosses) 
LYCOPODIUM COMFLMATUM L. Ground cedar. 
The decoction killed lice.— Williams (428, p. 924). 
LYCOPODIUM SELAGO L. Fir club moss. 
Listed as an insecticide. ~Greshoff (170, p. 165). 
