CLADOXIA.] CLADOXIEI. loY 



Well distingui.^hed bj'the minutt'lyfoliaceo-sqiianmlose podetia fwhicli 

 in old age become subdenudate) ami by tlieir perforate axils witb dentate 

 or sublacerate margins. Tlie podetia varv in height from 1 tu 8 inches, 

 and are slender or smiewhat turgid, simple or repeatedly branched. It 

 is not very common in fruit, but when pieseut the apothecia are cvmoso- 

 aggregate, at first plane and margined, at length convex and immarginate. 



Hnb. Among mosses on the ground and on rocks in MOod^d, maritime, 

 and upland tracts. — Distr. General, and usually plentiful where it occurs, 

 chiefly in tbe hilly and mountainous regions of (Ireat Britain and Ireland; 

 rare in the Channel Island-. — B. ^I. : Noirujont Bay, Island of .Jersev. 

 Epping Forest. Essex ; near Beckev Falls, Devonshire ; St. lireock, Corn- 

 wall ; Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire; Dolgelly, Merionethshire; 

 Conway Falls. Carnarvonshire ; Hafod, Cardiganshire ; Inglebv Park, 

 Cleveland, Yorkshire ; Windermere, Westmoreland ; West Allen Carrs, 

 Northumberland. New Galloway, Kirkcudbrightshire; Barcaldine, Ar- 

 gyleshire; Bracklin Bridire, Eanuoch, and Loch Tay, Perthshire ; Durris, 

 Kincardineshire ; Craig Cluny, Braemar, Aberdeenshire ; Rothiemurchus 

 Woods and Lo^-h Linnhe, Inverne-s-shiie. Black Mountain, near Bel'ast, 

 CO. Antrim ; Doneraile Mts., co. Cork ; Killarney, co. Kerry ; Kylemore, 

 CO. Gal way. 



Form 1. ventricosa Fr. Lich. Eur. (1831) p. 231. — Podetia stonf, 

 pubventricose, the axils and apices dilated, open, infimdibuliform.— 

 Mudd, Man. p. 56, Brit. Clad. p. 19 ; C'romb. Grevillea, si. p. 114. — 

 Bcetimi/ces sj'arassxs /3. ventricostis Ach. Meth. (1803) p. 3-17. — 

 Lichen ventricosus Huds., as will subsequently be seen, is not, as 

 supposed by authors, referable to this form. — Brit. Ews. : Mudd, 

 Clad. n. 40. 



Probably this is to be regarded as but a more robust state of the tvpe 

 (with which it is sometimes confluent) depending upon the nature of the 

 habitat. The podetia are much biauched, with the branches often as if 

 scyphiform. It is but sparingly seen fertile. 



Hah. Among mosses on moist rocks in Avooded upland districts. — 

 Distr. Local and scarce in N. Wales, X. England, and the S.W. High- 

 lands of Scotland. — B. M. : Conway Falls, Carnarvonshire; Aberdovev, 

 Merionethshire ; Westerdale, Cleveland, Yorkshire. Xew Galloway, 

 Kirkcudbrightshire ; Barciildine, Argyleshire. 



Fonn 2. cncullata Xyl. ex Cromb. Journ. Bot. 1876, p. 360. — 

 Th alius with the sqnamuies at the base and on the podetia niinut<3, 

 narrowly laciniate, crenulate and cuculiato-revolute. — Cromb. Journ. 

 Linn. Soc, Jiot. xvii. p. 558 ; Leight. Lich. Fl. ed. 3, p. 21. — Ceno- 

 myce cucuUata Del. in Dub. Eot. Gall. ii. (1830) p. 626. Cladonia 

 squamosa jB. microj'hiflla Mudd, Man. p. 56. Coralloides scyplii- 

 forme foliis cdcicorniformihus cartilaqinosis Dill. Muse. 87, t. 14. 

 f. VIiy.—Brit. Exs.: "Mudd, n. 14, Clad. nos. 33, 50. 



Difliers in the fonn of the smaller squamules. which give it a rather 

 fine appearance. In the Biilish sjiecimens the podetia are usually short 

 and sterile, rarely more elongate and fertile. 



Hah. On mossy boulders and putrid trunks in wooded upland districts. 

 — Difitr. Local and rare in W. and X. England, X. Wale*, S. Scotland, 

 tlie W. IliLdilands, and X.AV. Ireland.— B. M.: X'ear Withiel. Cornwall : 



