174 CYCLOCARPINE® [RAMALINA 
Cardiganshire ; Barmouth, Aberdovey, Dolgelly and Harlech Castle, 
Merioneth ; Pwllheli, Carnarvonshire; South Stacks, Anglesea; Port 
Soderick, Isle of Man; Holy Island and Dunstanborough, North- 
umberland; St. Bees and near Whitehaven, Cumberland; Solway 
Firth, Kirkcudbrightshire ; Ailsa Craig and I. of Cumbrae, Firth of 
Clyde; Innerkip, Renfrewshire ; Isle of May, Rivelston and Cramond 
near Edinburgh; Island of Mull and Airds, Appin, Argyll; West- 
water, Fifeshire ; Kinnoul Hill, Perthshire; Banks of the Tay and 
Turin Hill, Forfarshire; Portlethen, Kincardineshire; near Peter- 
head, Aberdeenshire; Invermoriston, Invernessshire; Applecross, 
Rossshire ; Orkney Islands ; Great Island, Cork; Renoyle, Connemara ; 
The Bills, Clare Island, Achill Island and near Westport, Mayo ; 
Ardglass, Down. 
Form minor A. L. Sm. Thallus small, erect, with slender 
sparingly branched attenuate fronds. Apothecia small.—R. eus- 
pidata ft. minor Nyl. in Bull. Soc. Linn, Norm, sér. 2, iv. p. 159 
(1870); Cromb. in Grevillea vii. p. 141 (1879) & Monogr. i. 
p. 198. 
A much dwarfed condition about 1 inch in height. 
Hab.— On dry exposed rocks in maritime districts.— Distr. Plentiful 
though local in the Channel Islands, 8. and W. England and N.E. 
Scotland, and probably elsewhere.—B. M. The Vale, Guernsey ; Fowey 
and near Penzance, Cornwall; Wembury, Devon; near Tenby, Pem- 
brokeshire ; Aberystwith, Cardiganshire; St. Bees, Cumberland ; 
Portlethen, Kincardineshire. 
Subsp. breviuscula A. L. Sm.—Thallus of short laciniz, 
firm, congested, variously difform (medulla K—). Apothecia 
small or submoderate, the margin of the receptacle subcrenate.— 
R. polymorpha Tayl. in Mackay Fl. Hib. ii. p. 84 (1836) pro 
parte ; Leight. p. 92; ed. 2, p. 474 pro parte; ed. 3, p. 86 pro 
parte ; Cromb. Lich. Brit. p. 25 pro parte ; form depressa Cromb. 
in Journ. Bot. x. p. 72 (1872). R. scopulorum var. polymorpha 
Mudd Man. p. 74 (1861) (non Ach.). RB. cuspidata f. breviuscula 
Nyl. in Bull. Soc. Linn. Norm. sér 2, iv. p. 159 (1870); subsp. 
breviuscula Nyl. ex. Cromb. in Grevillea vii. p. 141 (1879) & 
Monogr. i. p. 198. 
Exsice. Leight. n. 73; Mudd n. 47. : 
A very deformed-looking plant not unlike vars. crassa and 
incrassata. In some of the smaller states it is closely appressed to 
the substratum. 
Hab. On rocks in maritime districts and on mountains.—Distr. 
Rather rare in the Channel Islands, 8.W. and N. England, N.E. 
coast of Scotland and probably among the Grampians.—/. M. Sark; 
Tintagel and Polperro, Cornwall; Gower Peninsula, Glamorganshire ; 
Moel-;-golfa, Montgomeryshire; near Thirsk and Roseberry, Cleve- 
land, Yorkshire; Portlethen, Kincardineshire. 
Form gracilescens A. L. Sm.—Thallus small, congested 
pulvinate, the laciniz shortly much divided at the apices which 
are often incurved, or revolute and curled.—R. cuspidata subsp. 
