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 TAB. CCCXIX.

Flora Danica, t. 838. Persoon Observationes mycologicæ, tab. 4. fig. 2 & 3.

favoured with this plant, found in the neighbourhood of Woodbridge, Suffolk, by the Rev. Mr. Lathbury. It is generally very abundant where it takes possession, and infests the Pyrus aucuparia Fl. Brit. for some years. I presume the Pyrus never gets rid of its parasitical companion. The size of the plant, and the remarkable length of the curved tube, is the chief distinction between this and the foregoing. TAB. CCCXX. {{larger|{{Smallcaps|This}} little gold-coloured parasite was found on Osmunda crispa. The feeds were large for the size of the plant, and particularly brilliant, having always a bright golden lustre. The cover is simple, and partakes of the same splendour, though in a less degree.