644 BOTANY AS APPLIED TO VETERINARY SCIENCE. 
although the temperature at the time was very high; so that 
we were enabled to form a pretty correct opinion as to the 
nature of the changes that had taken place during the life of 
the animal. 
“ The dorsum of the tongue, its root, the whole of the sur¬ 
face of the fauces, the velum palati and the margin of the glottal 
opening, as well as the lining membrane of the larynx and pha¬ 
rynx, were very much inflamed, and in places considerably 
thickened. These parts were likewise covered with a deposit 
seemingly consisting of a mixture of mucus, lymph, and pus. 
“ The most remarkable feature, however, of the case was 
in the cause that had given rise to the inflammatory state of 
the throat, namely, the existence of a number of small bots— 
the Oestrus Jivemorrhoidalls 9 (the ‘red-tailed horse boC of Bracy 
Clark)—which were found to be firml}' adhering by their 
tentacula to the mucous membrane. Besides the number 
which were still in situ , many others had apparently been 
attached to the parts, but which had most likely been lost in 
the handling they had undergone. 
“ By a little reflection we may probably form a correct 
opinion as to how these parasites became located in this un¬ 
usual situation. We imagine that the foal, by licking, 
gathered the ova in a state of perfection from the hair of its 
dam, on which they had been deposited, rather than from 
its own coat. The perfected ova being thus taken into the 
mouth became first entangled in its mucus, and finally 
lodged in those shallow recesses at the root of the tongue, 
where they became hatched. 
“ Some of these creatures measured as much as three 
eighths of an inch in length and rather less than one in 
diameter. They were firmly fixed, by their little booklets, 
apparently to the inner surface of the mucous follicles. 
Their free extremities were of a deep red colour, and their 
bodies of a yellowish brown.” 
BOTANY AS APPLIED TO VETERINARY SCIENCE. 
By W. Watson, M.R.C.V.S., Rugby. 
(Continued from p. 500.) 
The following names indicate the different terms applied 
to the inflorescence of grasses. The whole collection of 
flowers constitutes what is termed a spikelet or locusta . TV hen 
the spikelets are situated on a common peduncle or flower, 
stalk* without any partial stalks, it is termed a spike; as in 
