E,ev. W. A. Leigliton on the Genus Ramaliua. 129 



Anzi, 116; M. & N. 158 (two lower specimens) ; Schajr. 492 

 (left-hand specimen) . 



Oeog. distrih. Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South Ame- 

 rica, Polynesia, Australia. 



Wales. Llandrindod !, Rev. T. Salwey ; Edderton Wood !, 

 Montgomeryshire. 



Forma anipliata^ Ach. Laciniai excessively and very hroadly 

 applanato-dilatedj lacunose, longitudinally coarsely rugose or 

 nervosCj and transversely subreticulato-rugose^ apices obtuse and 

 deformed. 



Syn. R. fraxinea^ var. ampliata^ Ach. L. U. 603 ; Nyl. 

 Mon. Ramal. 37. 



Fig. Hoffm. PI. Lich. t. 18 ; Dill. t. 22. %. 59, c. 



Exs. Anzi, Ital. Sup. 62, 59, c ; Schger. 492 (right-hand 

 specimen); M. & N. (upper specim.); Leight. 38; Mass. 119, 

 118, a; Mudd, 42; Bold. 21. 



Geog. distrih. Europe. 



England. Charn wood Forest!, Leicestershire, ^ev.^.^/oa-a^w; 

 Thirsk !, Yorkshire, Mr. Baker ; Oswestry!, Shropshire, Rev. 

 T. Salwey ; near Ay ton !, Cleveland, Mr. Mudd] near Shrews- 

 bury!, Pulley!, Shropshire; Dinmore Wood !, Herefordshire. 



Scotland. Invercauld !, Braemar, Dr. Lindsay. 



5. R. fastigiata (Pers.). Pale-yellowish straw-colour, small, 

 densely ccespitose ; lacinice subcompressed, dilated and inflated 

 upwards, smooth and somewhat lacunose and nervoso-rugose ; 

 cortical layer filamentose ; medulla K — ; apothecia terminal, 

 peltato-sessile, subflastigiate, subtended by the very short, de- 

 Jhrmedj divaricate extremities of the lacinice ; receptacle pli- 

 cato-rugose ; sjyores 8, colourless, ellipsoideo-oblong, straight, 

 curved and gibbous ^ 1-septate; spermogonia in pale colourless 

 receptacles. 



On trees, common. 



Syn. Lichen fastigiatus, Pers. in Uster. N. Ann. Bot. i. 

 p. 256. R. fastigiata, Ach. L. U. 603, Syn. 296 ; Nyl. Mon. 

 Ramal. 39 ; Leight. Lich. Fl. G. B. 94. 



Fig. E. Bot. t. 890 (lower left-hand fig.) ; Dill. t. 23. f. 62, c ; 

 Ach. in Act. Holm. 1797, t. 9. f. 1, b, e ; Westr. Faergh. t. 12. 

 f. E. 



Exs. Bohl. 22 ; Leight. 39 ; Larbal. 60 ; Mudd, 43 ; Welw. 

 Lusit. 41 ; M. & N. 452 ; Anzi, Etr. 5 ; Anzi, Ital. Sup. 64. 



Geog. distrib. Europe, Asia, Africa, North America. 



England. Charnwood Forest ! , Leicestershire, Re v.A.Bloxam ; 

 Oswestry !, Shropshire, Rev. T. Salwey ; Ayton !, Cleveland, 

 Mr. Mudd; Pulley!, Haughmond Hill!, near Shrewsbury ! ; 

 Dinmore !, Herefordshire. 



