The Scottish naturalist Volume 3 - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 Excerpt: ...ochracea of Greville; FTelotium cribrosum, the Paiza cribrosa of Greville; Helotium claroflavum, the Peziza claroflava of Greville, are all species so rare that they merit a good search. Cylindrosporum concentricum, Grev. ('pi. 2"j), is a species which has given rise to some confusion, and one I have never seen. It occurs on cabbage leaves, but I am not aware that it has been found since Greville's time. Puccinia Fabce, according to Greville's figure, is only an Uromyces; but he speaks of it as containing more than one cell. I have never seen other than Uromyces on leaves of the bean, although included in the Handbook, on the faith of Greville and Berkeley. A Puccinia on Faba is therefore a desideratum. Sphmria (Cryptosphceria) Tamariscinis, Grev., is a species which should be sought, as I do not think that the Sphceria on Tamarisk, with which I am acquainted, is the same species. Nectria Purloni (Cucurbitaria pinastri of the S. C. Flora, pi. 50), is certainly rare, and should be diligently sought after. Puccinia variabilis, according to Greville, has the cells often subdivided and constricted. I must confess that I could never find a spore with more than one septum in what is supposed to be Puce. variabilis, and the experience of others coincide with my own. If specimens could be found in Scotland upon Dandelion leaves, agreeing with this portion of Greville's description, the fact should be recorded. Whether Greville's Peziza reticulata (pi. 156) be the same as P. venosa is considered by some to be doubtful. The Scotch plant was found near Edinburgh, and it would be well that the fonns of P. venosa found in Scotland in the spring should be carefully compared with southern forms. Lophium elatum (pi. 177), is another of Carmichael's plants first figure...