VERRUCARIKyE. 39 



^\Perithecium dimidiate y not subtending the base of 

 the nucleus, 



4. V. coNFERTA, Tciijl, Sporiclia 8 ? in each ascus, 



elongato-obovate, iiniscptate, the upper cell very 

 considerably larger than the lower one, bright chest- 

 nut brown. Plate XVII. fig. 1. 



V, CONFERTA, Tayl. Fl. Hib. pt. ii. 87. 



On birch, Askew Wood, county Kerry ! Br. Taylor , in 

 herb. Borrer, 



A very singular plant, both in its habit and the form 

 and size of the sporidia. Except that the perithecium 

 does not subtend the base of the nucleus, there is every 

 feature about it to lead one to consider it a Sphaeria. A 

 note attached to Mr. Borrer' s specimen seems to infer 

 that the Rev. Churchill Babington has, by comparison of 

 authentic specimens, identified it with Sjjhceria scoriadea, 

 Fries, El. Eung. 2. 87. 



5. V. ciNEREA, Fers. Perithecium convex, incurved at 



the base ; sporidia 8 in asci, elongato-oblong, slightly 

 tapered towards each extremity, constricted in the 

 middle, uniseptate, pale-yellow. Plate XVII. fig. 2. 



Verrucaria CINEREA, Fsrs. in Ust. Ann. st. 7. 28. t. 3. f. 6. A. a. 

 (1794.) 

 Schrad. Spic. Fl. Germ. 109. t. 2. f. 2.- 



Hooh. Br. FLii. 149. 



Tayl. Fl. Hib. pt. ii. 88. 

 Lichen stigmatellus, Ach. Prod. 15. (1798.) 



Sm. E. Bot. 1891. 



Verrucaria stigmatella, Ach. Meth. 117. (1803.) a. L. Univ. 276; 



Syn. 89. 

 Verrucaria punctiformis, Tries. L. Ref. 447 (excl. syn. in part) 



(1831.)* 



Sussex ! Mr. Borrer. On holly, Askew Wood, Ireland! 

 Br. Taylor y in herb, Borrer, 



* Fries, (I. c.,) says that the perithecia of his V. punctiformis are " typice 

 integra, sed basis iunata sapius obliteratur, tameu inflexa est." To gather 



