<GYROPHORA| GYROPHORACEE 397 
Hab. On rocks and boulders in subalpine regions.—Distr. Rare 
in N. England and among the Grampians, Scotland.—B. M. Teesdale, 
Durham; Cairn Ture, Braemar, Aberdeenshire. 
Var. fimbriata Ach. Lich. Univ. p. 224 (1810).—Lobes of 
the thallus generally small, rounded and finely and densely 
black-ciliate, occasionally a few fibrils rise on the under surface. 
—S. F. Gray Nat. Arr. i. p. 477; f. fimbriata Cromb. Monogr. i. 
p. 328 (1794). Lichen proboscideus var. 2, With. Arr. ed. 3, iv. 
p. 65 (1796). Unmbilicaria cylindrica var. fimbriata Cromb. Lich. 
Brit. p. 40 (1870). 
The lobes are more densely ciliate than in the species, and the 
cilia are generally black, shorter and more slender, they sometimes 
rise in little tufts on the surface of the thallus. Some of the 
specimens approach very near to the species. 
Hab. On rocks and boulders in upland and subalpine regions.— 
Distr. Coextensive with, though less common than, the species.— 
B. M. Dartmoor, Devon; Teesdale, Durham; near Amulree and Ben 
Lawers, Perthshire; Clova, Forfarshire; above Invercauld, Morrone 
and Loch Phadrig, Braemar, Aberdeenshire. 
Var. denticulata Ach. Meth. Lich. p. 107 (1803).—Lobes of 
the thallus somewhat lacerate, coarsely fimbriate or denticulate, 
the fibrils long, broad at the base, branched and tapering.— 
Form denticulata Mudd Man. p. 119 (1861); Cromb. Monogr. i. 
p- 327. G. proboscidea var. denticulata Turn. & Borr. Lich. Brit. 
p- 219 (1839). Lichenoides &c. Dill. 1. c. fig. 1168. Lichen 
proboscideus Sm. Engl. Bot. t. 522 (two lower figures) (1799) 
(non Linn.). Umbilicaria varia var. proboscidea t. denticulata 
Leight. in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, xviii. p. 293 (1856). 
U. cylindrica f. denticulata Leight. Lich. Fl. p. 162 (1871) ; ed. 3, 
p. 149. 
Crombie calls attention to the resemblance of the marginal fibrils 
when seen enlarged to the proboscis of the elephant beetle. It is a 
well-marked variety. 
Hab. On rocks and boulders in upland and mountainous regions. 
—Distr. Rather rare in W. and N. England, Wales. the Scottish 
Grampians and E. Ireland.—B. M. Llanberris, Snowdon and Carnedd 
Llewelyn, Carnarvonshire; Teesdale, Durham; The Cheviots, North- 
unberland ; Ben Lawers, Perthshire ; Clova, Forfarshire ; Lochnagar, 
above Invercauld and Ben-naboord, Braemar, Aberdeenshire; Ben 
Nevis, Invernessshire; Applecross, Rossshire; Slieve Donard, Wicklow. 
Var. Delisei Th. Fr. Lich. Scand. p. 158 (1871)—Thallus 
stouter and firmer, fibrils similar to those of the species, less 
abundant on the margins but generally numerous on the under 
surface. Apothecia pedicellate, rather large, crowded.—Cromb. 
in Journ. Bot. xx. p. 273 (1882) & Monogr. i. p. 328. Umbilicaria 
cylindrica var. Delisei Despr. ex Nyl. Lich. Scand. p. 117 (1861). 
Rather a dark coloured lichen; not to be confused with G. poly- 
rrhiza, in which the rhizine cover the under surface, but are absent 
from the margins. The apothecia are beautifully gyrose. 
