Botany. 1 4 1 



in Leighton's Flora, from which most of the notes on the 

 following species have been extracted. 



Ephebe pubescens {Light.) — Near Belfast. 



Lichina pygmaea {Light.) and L. confinis Ach. — On 

 maritime rocks, Ardglass, Co. Down. 



Collema myriococcum Ach. — Near Belfast. 



C. flaccidum ^Ic/i. — Aghalee Bridge on the Lagan 

 Canal. 



Leptogium Burgessii (Z^v///.) — Deer-park at Antrim. 



Cladonia bellidiflora Schccr. — Near Belfast, and on 

 Slieve Martin. 



C. squarrosa Zr^jjf);/. — Black Mountain, near Belfast. 



C. bacillaris Xyl. f. pityropoda Nyl. — Colin Glen. 



Stereocaulon paschale Ach. — Slieve Commedagh. 



S. condensatum, var. cereolinum Ach. — A rare 

 variety ; on rocks at Giant's Causeway. 



Usnea ceratina Ach. f. ferruginascens Crombie. — 

 Near Belfast ; the only Irish locality. 



U. barbata f. florida Fries. — Belfast. 



U. hirta //^#w.— Near Belfast. 



Alectoria lanata (Z.) — On alpine rocks near Belfast; 

 Hen and Chimney Rock mountains. 



Cetraria islandica ^^A — The "Iceland Moss" is said 

 in Crombies British Lichens to grow on Slieve Donard. 



Ramalina evernioides Nyl. — On trees and palings, 

 rare in fruit, near Belfast. 



R. scopulorum {Dicks.) — On maritime rocks, rare ; 

 Ardglass, Annalong. 



Platysma triste {J!e/>.) — Slieve Donard. 



Nephromium laevigatum Ach. var. parile {Ach.) — 

 Near Cllenarm. 



Peltigera aphthosa (Z.) — On shady alpine rocks at 

 Sallagh Braes, and near Belfast. 



P. horizontalis (Z.) — Co Antrim and ToUymore Park. 



P. venosa (/,.) — On the earth, rare; Knockagh, Co. 

 Antrim. 



Solorina saccata (Z.) — The thallus of this beautiful 

 plant is bright green when moist, reddish brown when dried, 

 in which the apothecia or fruit are depressed. It is found 

 at Cushendall and Sallagh Braes. 



