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BRITISH GALLS 
Plantago maritima Linn. 78. Seaside Plantain. 
Coleop- Elongated swelling on the floral axis, unilocular, con- 
tera taining a blackish larva. M. G. 
MeCINUS COLLARIS Germar 742 
Connold, Plant Galls, p. 245. 
Nematoda Irregularly elongated swellings on the leaves, 2 to 
10 mm. long, of a paler tint than the surrounding normal 
tissue. These galls also appear on the petiole and the 
flower stalk. 
Tylenchus sp. 743 
Trail, 1885. Houard, No. 5149. 
RUBIACEAE 
Galium boreale Linn. 43. Cross-leaved Bedstraw. 
Diptera On the stem above a node. An ovoid or spherical 
swelling, with thin walls. The single cavity contains a 
solitary larva. 
Cecidomyia sp. 744 
Trail, 1878, p. 63. Houard, No. 5196. 
Galium cruciata Scop. 97. Crosswort. 
Fungi Considerable swellings and distortions in the stems 
caused by the presence of the mycelium. Aecid ospores 
orange-yellow ; uredospores round or oval, pale brown ; 
teleutospores elliptical, brown. 
Puccinia galii Persoon 745 
Syn. Aecidium galii Persoon, i'richobasis galii Lev. 
Plowright, pp. 143, 144. 
Galium verum Linn. 112. Yellow Bedstraw. 
Diptera Flower not opening, thickened, ovoid ; reproductive 
organs atropied or entirely absent. The gall usually con¬ 
tains a single yellow larva. M. E. I., II. 
Schizomyia galiorum Kieffer 746 
Binnie, 1876, p. 154. Houard, No. 5281. 
n Stems and flower stalks deformed and swollen. Galls 
solitary or gregarious and coalescent, glossy, rounded, 
about 8 mm. in diameter ; green at first, then reddish- 
brown. Larvae yellow. M. E. (Text, Fig. 14.) 
Perrisia galii H. Low 747 
Syn. Cecidomyia galii Wtz. 748 
Connold, Veg. Galls, pi. 25 ; Plant Galls, fig. 46. 
Houard, Nos. 5284, 5292. 
