154 NEW LICHENS. 
siccitate subrimosis, fuscescentibus; apotheciis plurimis, 
sparsis, basi subimmersis, atris, submamillatis. 
Has. On wet mural rocks, Carig Mountain; County of | 
Kerry.—Patches six inches wide. "Thallus under water 
very white; under the lens a sordid greenish hue is here 
and there perceptible, The surface is wrinkled into white 
flattish confluent ridges. Apothecia various in size, their 
tops often flattened and irregular, dimpled or globoso- 
conical. The shell is thick, black, opaque and arched over 
the nucleus, which is dark from containing numerous 
ovate, opaque, reticulated, separate or clustered thecæ ; 
-~ besides, the nucleus contains semipellucid subcylindrical 
bodies, much longer and larger, without any reticulations, 
but studded with minute pores. Such, perhaps, are the 
male flowers. This species is allied to V. gemmifera, Tayl.: 
the surface of the thallus, however, is more uneven, there - 
-is no limit to the patch; and the apothecia are far larger; - 
while the shell is deficient below the nucleus. : 
4. V. rhodosticta, Tayl.; thallo subtartareo, tenui, verrucoso, - 
verrucis hic illie aggregatis, siccitate purpureo-nigris, ma- 
. dore subgelatinosis, rufescentibus, minute corrugatis ; apo- 
- theciis sparsis, subglobosis, scabridis, concoloribus. a 
HAS On wet rocks, near Sheen Bridge; County of Kerry. 
.— When moistened, the warts appear as rose-brown opaque 
cells connected by a thin substance of a paler colour, | 
on a layer of pale greenish matter. Pores large. The peri 
a: m is Aang ee with the warts ; the pue 
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temui, ree ore sont rufes znti-atro-p u pe pes 
c d E : Has. estas common on the sea-shore, < 
(0 wolted by th tide; Irland. 
