188 LICHENACEI. [RAMALINA. 



ramosum, angustioribus cinereo-virentibus ramulis Dill, in Ray Syn. 

 ed. 3, p. 75, 'n. 9>l.Brit. Exs. : Mudd, n. 44 ; Cromb. n. 21. 



Length of the thallus rather variable. The laciniae generally attenuate, 

 sometimes considerably so, often give forth transverse laciniolse from one 

 or both margins. The apothecia are frequent on the retiexed apices of 

 the lacinise. The spermogones are also common, with spermatiaoblongo- 

 cylindrical, 0,003-4 mm. long, 0,001 mm. thick. 



Hob. On the trunks and branches of trees in lowland and upland dis- 

 tricts. Distr. General and common in Great Britain ; rare in the Channel 

 Islands and in Ireland. B. M. : St. Aubin's, Island of Jersey. Lydd, 

 Kent ; New Forest, Hants ; near Totnes, S. Devon ; near Respring and 

 Penzance, Cornwall ; Dynevor Castle, Carmai thensh ire ; Pyle, Glamor- 

 ganshire ; Old Windsor, Berkshire ; Gopsall Park, Leicestershire ; Oswes- 

 try, Shropshire ; Llandrindod, Radnorshire ; Island of Anglesea : Airy- 

 holme Woods, Cleveland, Yorkshire ; near Stavely, Westmoreland : The 

 Cheviots, Northumberland ; Wastdale, Cumberland. Pentland Hills, 

 near Edinburgh ; Barcaldine and Appin, Argyleshire ; Killiu, Kenmore, 

 and Abernethy, Perthshire ; Deerhill Wood and near Arbroath, Forfar- 

 shire ; Countesswells Woods and Abergeldie, Aberdeenshire ; S. of Fort 

 William, Inverness-shire ; Loch Shin, Sutherlandshire. Co. Antrim. 



Var. j3. subampliata Nyl. Bull. Soc. Linn. Normand. ser. 2, iv. 

 (1870) p. 132. Laciniae broader, longitudinally sublacunosely uer- 

 voso-rugose, canaliculate. Apothecia marginal and terminal, the 

 receptacle rugose ; spores as in the type. Leight. Ann. Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. ser. 4, ix. p. 129 ; Lich. Fl. ed. 2, p. 471, ed. 3, p. 84. 

 Lichenoides coralliforme rostratum et canaliculatum Dill. Muse. 170, 

 t. 23. f. 62 B. Brit. Exs. : Mudd, n. 42 pro parte. 



Externally like a narrow state of It. fravinea, but distinguished by the 

 form of the spores. 



Hob. On the trunks of trees in maritime and upland tracts. Distr. 

 Local and scarce in S., W., and N. England, N. Wales, and in S.W. 

 Scotland. B. M. : Beeding Priory, Sussex ; New Forest, Hants ; Pen- 

 zauce, Cornwall ; Malvern, Worcestershire ; Aberdovey, Merionethshire ; 

 Ayton, Cleveland, Yorkshire. Barcaldine, Argyleshire. 



Var. 7. snbfastigiata Nyl. Bull. Soc. Linn. Normand. ser. 2, iv. 

 (1870) p. 132. Lacinia3 broader, longitudinally nervoso-rugose. 

 Apotbecia terminal, tbe receptacle rugose; spores as in the type. 

 Leight. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, ix. p. 129 ; Lich. Fl. ed. 2, 

 p. 471, ed. 3, p. 84. 



In the character of the thallus and the situation of the apothecia this 

 resembles larger states of R.fastiyiata, but is distinguished by the form 

 of the spores. 



Hub. On trees and rocks in maritime and upland districts. Distr. 

 S.W. England, S.Wales, the S.W. Highlands of Scotland, and S. Ireland. 

 B. M. : Near Penzauce, Cornwall ; Llandriudod, Radnorshire. Appin, 

 Argyleshire. Coachford, co. Cork. 



