450 CYCLOCARPINE [CLADONTA 
to the dichotomous branching forming densely congested somewhat 
thyrsoid tufts, in the lighter colour and in the distinctly yellow 
reaction with potash. From C. sylvatica it is distinguished by the 
erect tips and other characters. The apothecia are generally rare, - 
though sometimes abundant and conglomerate. 
Hab. On the ground among mosses and short grass in maritime 
and inland situations.— Distr. Common in most parts of the British 
Isles.—B. M. Island of Sark; near Penzance and St. Mervyn, Corn- 
wall; Dartmoor, Devonshire; Isle of Wight; Shoreham, Sussex; 
Lydd, Kent; Esher, Surrey; Epping Forest, Essex; Bretch, Oxford- 
shire; Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire; Aberdovey, Merioneth ; 
Haughmond Hill, Shropshire; Delamere Forest, Cheshire; Dovedale 
and Buxton, Derbyshire ; Ingleby Park, Ayton and Cliffrig, Cleveland, 
Yorkshire; Windermere, Westmoreland, St. Bees, Cumberland ; 
Barcaldine, Argyll; Countesswells Wood, Aberdeenshire ; Warrens- 
court and Macroon, Cork; Clare Island and Achill Island, Mayo. 
Var. foliosa Wain. Mon. Clad. Univ. i. p. 366 (1887).— 
Podetia erect or decumbent, slender, more or less sprinkled with 
squamules, rarely fertile, otherwise similar to the species.— 
C. furcata var. pungens f. foliosa Mudd Brit. Clad. p. 54. 
C. pungens f. foliosa Leight. Lich. Fl. p. 56; ed. 3, p. 54 pro 
parte; Cromb. in Grevillea xi. p. 113 & Monogr. i. p. 154. 
Corallina fusca foliosa Buddle Hort. Sice. ii. fol. 1, n. 6, in Herb. 
Sloane. Coralloides fruticuli specie candicans, corniculis rufescen- 
tibus Dill. Hist. Muse. p. 110, t. 16, fig. 30, c, p (1741). Cenomyce 
rangiformis var. foliosa Floerk. Deutsch. Lich. viii. p. 15 (1821). 
Exsice. Johns. n. 13 ; Leight. n. 874 ; Mudd Clad. n. 56. 
Hab. On the ground in upland situations.—Dzstr. Somewhat local 
in England and Ireland.—B. M. Basingstoke, Hants; Shiere, Surrey ; 
Lydd, Kent; Hampstead, London (18th century); near Cheltenham, 
Gloucestershire ; Cumberland; Tuam, Galway. 
Var. muricata Arn. in Flora lxvii. p. 88 (1884).—Podetia 
somewhat stout, the cortex often uneven from the turgid areolzx, 
obtuse, or shortly furcate at the apices, rather sparingly 
squamulose towards the base.—C. pungens subsp. muricata Cromb. 
in Grevillea xi. p. 113 (1883) & Monogr. i. p. 154. Lichenoides 
tubulosum magis ramosum maxime dijforme Dill. in Ray Syn. ed. 3, 
p. 68, n. 23 (1724) (spec. in Buddle Hort. Sice. ii. fol. 2, n. 3, 
in Herb. Sloane).  Coralloides crassius subincanum, calicibus 
dentatus Dill. Hist. Muse. p. 95, t. 15, fig. 18, B (1741) (deformed 
state). Cenomyce muricata Del. in Dub. Bot, Gall. ii. p. 622 (1830). 
Easice. Leight. n. 369. 
A robust variety, less branched than the species and occasionally 
difform. Not to be confused with C. furcata var. pinnata, from 
which it may be distinguished by the reaction (K + yellow). 
Hab. On the ground in upland situations.—Distr. Rather rare in 
S. Central and W. England.— 4. M. Basingstoke, Hants; Downs and © 
near Amberley, Sussex; Shiere, Surrey; Tetbury, Gloucestershire ; 
Bathampton Downs, Somerset; Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire. 
