166 CYCLOCARPINE [RAMALINA 
Hab. On trees.— Dist. General and common in the British Isles, 
rare in the Channel Islands.—B. M. St. Aubin’s, Jersey; near ~ 
Respring and Penzance, Cornwall; near Totnes and Torquay, Devon ; 
New Forest, Hants; Lavington Common, Sussex; Lydd, Kent; Old 
Windsor, Berkshire ; Pyle, Glamorganshire; Dynevor Castle, Car- 
marthenshire ; Anglesea; Airyholme Woods, Cleveland, Yorkshire ; 
near Stavely, Westmoreland ; Wastdale, Cumberland; Pentland Hills, 
near Edinburgh; Barcaldine and Appin, Argyll; Killin, Kenmore 
and Abernethy, Perthshire; Deerhill Wood and near Arbroath, 
Forfarshire ; Countesswells Woods and Abergeldie, Aberdeenshire ; 
S. of Fort William and Invermoriston, Invernessshire ; Loch Shin, 
Sutherland; Achill Island, Mayo; Antrim. 
Var. subampliata Nyl. in tom. cit. p. 132.—Lacinie broader 
than in the species. Apothecia mostly subterminal ; spores as 
in the species.—Leight. Lich. Fl. p. 471; ed. 3, p. 84.—Lichen- 
oides coralliforme rostratum et canaliculatum Dill. Hist. Muse. 
p-. 170, t. 23, fig. 62 B (1741). 
Exsice. Mudd n. 42. 
The thallus is intermediate between the species and that of 
R. fraxinea, but the straight spores indicate the true relationship. 
Hab. On the trunks of trees in maritime and upland districts.— 
Distr. Local and scarce in England, Wales and 8.W. Scotland.— 
B. M. Penzance, Cornwall; New Forest, Hants; Beeding Priory 
and Tunbridge Wells, Sussex; Malvern, Worcestershire; Aberdovey, 
Merioneth ; Ayton, Cleveland, Yorkshire ; Staveley, Westmoreland ; 
Barcaldine, Argyll. 
Var. subfastigiata Nyl. 1. c.—Laciniz broader, subequal in 
length. Apothecia terminal ; spores as in the species.—Leight. 
Lich. Fl. ed. 2, p. 471; ed. 3, p. 84. 
The thallus approaches that of R. fastigiata in form, but the 
spores conform to those of the above species. » 
Hab. On trees in maritime and upland districts.— Distr. S.W. 
England, 8S. Wales and the 8.W. Highlands of Scotland.—B. M. 
Near Penzance, Cornwall; Appin, Argyll. 
2. R. fraxinea Ach. Lich. Univ. p. 602 (1810).—Thallus 
partly upright or subpendulous, the fronds compressed, narrow 
or broad, generally narrowing upwards, longitudinally and partly 
transversely wrinkled or nerved, greyish-green. Apothecia 
abundant, marginal and superficial, pedicellate, moderate in size 
or large, the dise reddish-flesh-coloured or greenish, the receptacle 
unequally wrinkled; spores oblong-ellipsoid, curved, 10-12 pu 
long, 5-7 p thick.—Hook. Fl. Scot. ii. p. 68 & in Engl. Fl. v. 
p. 225; Tayl. in Mackay Fl. Hib. ii. p. 84; Leight. Lich. Fi. 
ed, 2, p. 472; ed. 3, p. 85. RR. calicaris var. fraxinea ¥r. Lich. 
Eur. p. 30 (1831); Mudd Man. p. 73; Cromb. Lich. Brit. p. 25; 
form fraxinea Leight. Lich. Fl. p. 94.  Lichenoides arboreum 
ramosum scutellatum, majtts et rigidius, colore virescente Dill. in 
Ray Syn. ed. 3, p. 75, n. 79 pro parte (1724). . Lichenoides 
