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Margins of the terminal leaves rolled backwards, form¬ 
ing a pod. The leaves are swollen and sometimes loosely 
bunched together. Aphis elongated, yellow or shining 
black, mealy. May to July. M. G. 
Brachycolus stellariae Hardy 349 
Syn. Aphis hold Hardy. 
Buckton, ii., 148. Houard, No. 2339. 
Stellaria Hclostea Linn. 109. Greater Stitch wort. 
Terminal leaves swollen and clustered. See No. 349. 
Brachycolus stellariae Hardy 350 
Buckton, ii., 148. Houard, No. 2312. 
Stellaria graminea Linn. 109. Lesser stitch wort. 
Terminal leaves clustered and swollen. See No. 349. 
Brachycolus stellariae Hardy 351 
James Hardy, North Brit. Agriculturalist, pt. ii., p. 788. 
Buckton, ii., 148. 
Sagina ciliata Fr. 68. Ciliated Pearlwort. 
Entire plant deformed. Shoots transformed into an 
ovoid, purple, fleshy gall about 3 to 4 mm. thick. 
352 
Trail, 1904, p. 130. Houard, No. 2354. 
Spergula arvensis Linn. 112. Corn Spurrey. 
Stem thickened and distorted. 
Tylenchus devastatrix Kuhn 353 
Bd. Agriculture Leaflet, No. 46. 
RANUNCULACEAE 
Clematis Vitalba Linn. 49. Traveller’s Joy. 
Leaf stalk and young shoots swollen and considerably 
distorted. The swollen parts contain the yellow aecidio- 
spores. 
Aecidium clematidis D. C. 354 
Plowright, p. 265. 
Thalictrum dunense Dum. 37. Meadow Rue. 
Fusiform swellings on the stems; thick, black pustules 
on the leaves containing the spore mass. June to August. 
Urocystis sorosporioides Korn 355 
Plowright, p. 287. 
