sTicTa] STICTACEE » | 
River and near Vixen Tor, Dartmoor, Devon; Dalmahoy Hill, near 
Edinburgh; Inverary, Oban and Head of Loch Awe, Argyll; ravine 
at foot of Ben More, Glen Falloch and Aberfeldy, Perthshire; Glen 
Morriston, Invernessshire ; Kenmare, Kerry; Cushendall, Antrim. 
§ ii. Eusticra Wain. Lich. Brés. i. p. 191 (1890). 
Algal cells bright-green. 
Thallus with cyphelle on the under surface. 
7. S. damecornis Ach. Meth. Lich. p. 276 (1803).—Thallus 
smooth, slightly shining, pale glaucous or reddish-brown, wide- 
spreading, laciniate-lobate, the lobes sinuate, elongate and narrow 
or very broad, the margins mostly entire, dichotomous and 
truncate at the ends. Apothecia scattered or chiefly marginal, 
reddish-brown, with a lighter coloured entire or slightly crenulate 
margin; spores fusiform, 1—3-septate, 26-36 m long, 8-11 p 
thick—Cromb. Lich. Brit. p. 32; var. macrophylla Nyl. in 
Mém. Soe. Sci. Nat. Cherb. v. p. 102 (1857); Mudd Man. p. 88; 
Leight. Lich. Fl. p. 119; ed. 3, p. 112; form latior Cromb. in 
Grevillea xv. p. 76 (1887) & Monogr. i. p. 273. 8. macrophylla 
Borr. in Engl. Bot. Suppl. t. 2697 (1831) (mon Bory ex Del.) ; 
Hook. in Sm. Engl. Fl. v. p. 205 (1833) ; Tayl. in Mackay FI. 
Hib. ii. p. 150. 
Ezsicc. Cromb. n. 38. 
An exotic species confined to S. and S.W. Ireland, the only 
European locality. There is no real distinction between S. damz- 
cornis and var. macrophylla. 
Hab. On shady rocks in maritime and upland districts.—Distr. 
Very local but plentiful in S. and S.W. Ireland.—B. M. Cromaglown 
and Tore Cascade, Killarney, Kerry. 
Thallus with pseudocyphelle on the under surface. 
8. §. aurata Ach. Meth. Lich. p. 277 (1803).—Thallus 
horizontal, moderate in size, opaque or slightly shining, broadly 
and deeply lobed, tawny- or reddish-brown when dry, the lobes 
crisp and crenate undulate, usually bright-yellow-sorediate at 
the margins, beneath with a dense dark-brown short tomentum 
at the centre, becoming lighter-coloured and bare at the periphery, 
and sprinkled with bright-yellow pulverulent pseudocyphelle. 
Apothecia very rare, large, marginal or submarginal, reddish- 
black, the margin thin, incurved; spores fusiform, 3-septate, 
brownish, 21—24 » long, and 6-7 » thick, or 19-21 » long, and 
7-8 » thick.—S. F. Gray Nat. Arr. i. p. 430; Hook. in Sm. 
Engl. Fl. v. p. 205; Mudd Man. p. 90; Cromb. Lich. Brit. 
p. 31; Leight. Lich. Fl. p. 119; ed. 3, p. 112; form sub- 
glaucescens Cromb. in Grevillea xv. p. 76 (1887) & Monogr. i. 
p. 274. Lichenoides lacunosum rutilum marginibus flavis Dill. 
