64 ANGIOCARPOUS LICHENS. 



C. TERRlCOLiE. 



43. V. EPiG^A, Ach. Sporidia in asci 8, of an irregular 



obovate form, hyaline. Plate XXVII. fig. 4. 



Sph^ria EPiGiEA, Fers, Syn. Fung. App. 27. 



Veurucaria epig^a, Ach. Meth. 123. (1803) ; L. Univ. 295 ; 

 Syn. 96. 



Fries, L. Ref. 431. 



Hook. Br. Fl. ii. 155. 

 -^ Tayl. Fl. Hib. pt. ii. 96. 



Lichen terrestris, Sm. E. Bot. 1681. (1806.) 



Sussex ! Mr, Borrer. Hay Coppice, Hertfordshire ! 

 Bev. T. Balwey, Twycross, Leicestershire ! Bev. A. 

 Bloxam. 



The apofhecium in this plant is at first pale, finally black, 

 either globose, or somewhat ampullaeform, the apex in all 

 states being surmounted by a carbonaceous, black, stout, 

 nearly flat and slightly dilated perithecium, perforated with 

 a simple pore. Nucleus white and hyaline. 



The form and structure of the apothecium in this 

 and the following, assimilate very closely with the charac- 

 ters of Fries's genus Sagedia. 



44. V. HooKERi, Borr. Sporidia in asci 8, consisting 



of two cone-like bodies set base to base, their sides 

 slightly excavated, triseptate, or 5 -septate? dark 

 bright brown. Plate XXVII. fig. 5. 



Verrucahia HOOKERI, Borr E. Bot. Suppl. 2622, fig. 2. (1830.) 

 IToo/^. Br.Fl.ii. 155. (1833.) 



Ben Lawers ! Mr. Borrer. 



1 am uncertain about the number of the septa in the 

 sporidia. When the contents of the sporidium are dis- 

 charged, only one septum is visible, as at {a). Some of 

 the sporidia have the 3 septa, as at (3), and I incline to 



