124 CYCLOCARPINEAS [PARMELIA 
Katelaw, Forfarshire ; Loch Phadrig, Lochnagar, Morrone, Cairngorm 
and Ben-naboord, Braemar, Aberdeenshire; Ben Nevis, Invernessshire ; 
Hills of Applecross, Rossshire; Bennabad, Caithness; Mangerton, 
Killarney and Macgillicuddy’s Reeks, Kerry; Doughruagh Mts., 
Connemara, Galway. 
Var. reticulata A. L. Sm.—Thallus with shorter branching, 
forming a kind of reticulation especially at the circumference, 
the tips very shortly furcate. Apothecia frequently ciliate at 
the margins. P. lanata var. reticulata Cromb. in Grevillea xii. 
p- 72 (1884); var. subciliata Nyl. in Flora li. p. 346 (1868) ; 
Cromb. in Journ. Bot. vii. p. 50 (1869) & Lich. Brit. p. 35; 
Leight. Lich. Fl. p. 125.  Coralloides tenuissimum nigricans, 
mundi muliebris instar textum Dill. Hist. Muse. p. 113, t. 17, 
fig. 32 (1741). Lichen pubescens Lightf. Fl. Scot. ii. p. 893 
(1777) (non Linn.) ; Huds. Fl. Angl. ed. 2, p. 562? With. Arr. 
ed. 3, iv. p. 48. ZL. reticulatus Wulf. in Jacq. Coll. ii. p. 187, 
t. 13, fig. 6 (1788). Alectoria lanata var. parmelioides Cromb. 
in Journ. Bot. x. p. 233 (1872); Leight. Lich. Fl. ed. 3, p. 81 
(incl. f. subciliata). 
Distinguished by the shorter more profuse branches, and by the 
subciliate apothecia which are more frequent than in the species. 
Hab. On rocks and boulders in alpine localities ——Distr. Plentiful 
on some of the higher Grampians, Scotland.—B. M. Ben Lawers, 
Perthshire; Clova Mts., Forfarshire; Cairngorm, Glen Callater, 
Morrone and Invercauld, Braemar, Aberdeenshire. 
7. P. corniculata A. L. Sm.—Thallus of narrow, roundly 
compressed stiff fronds 1-2°5 cm. high, crowded and suberect, 
sparingly branched, the branches tapering, olive-brown or 
brownish-black and somewhat shining, base attached by a 
hold-fast (K—, CaCl—). Apothecia plane, becoming convex, 
concolorous with the thallus, with an entire or fimbriate margin ; 
spores 8-11 p long, 4-6 » thick.—P. tristis Wallr. I'l. Crypt. 
Germ. p. 528 (1831); Nyl. in Act. Linn. Soc. Bord. sér. 3, i. 
p. 304 (1856) ; Cromb. in Grevillea xii. p. 71 (1884). Coralloides 
corniculatum, fuci tenuiores facie Dill. Hist. Muse. p. 118, t. 17, 
fig. 37 (1741). Lichen corniculatus Lightf. Fl. Scot. ii. p. 885 
(1777) (e descript.). LZ. radiatus Huds. Fl. Angl. ed. 2, p. 559 
(1778). L. tristis Web. Spicil. p. 209 (1778) ; With. Arr. ed. 3, 
iv. p. 43; Engl. Bot. t.720. Cornicularia tristis Hoffm, Pl. Lich. 
ii. p. 36, t. 34, fig. 1 (1794); S. F. Gray Nat. Arr. i. p. 404 
(1821) ; Hook. Fl. Scot. ii. p. 69 & in Sm. Engl. Fl. v. p. 228; 
Tayl. in Mackay FI. Hib. ii. p. 86; Mudd Man. p. 76. Platysma 
triste Nyl. Syn. Lich. i. p. 307 (1860) ; Cromb. Lich. Brit. p. 26 ; 
Leight. Lich. Fl. p. 99; ed. 3, p. 94. 
Exsicc. Croall n. 497; Dicks. Hort. Sice. fase. ix. n. 25; 
Johns. n. 70. 
A mountain species, occurring either in dense swards or in isolated 
tufts on the rocks. Though largely fruticose in habit, the structure 
