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the iiicrassate apices; scyphi not (or scarcely) developed. Apothecia 

 Buiall, crowded. — Croinb. (jrevillca, xii. p. 92. — C'la'/onia hicrassata 

 PliJrke, Comm. Clad. (1828) p. 21. C'ladonia macilenta form deminnta 

 Cromb. Grevillea, xi. p. 115. 



This apparently descends from ('. coccifera, of which it is probably 

 only a peculiar and diuiimilive condition. Thepodetia are usually about 

 2 lines, rarely 5 iu. higli, with the scyphi either uot at all developed or 

 very narrow. The apnthecia are uuuiei'ous, becoming at length more or 

 less conduent. 



Hab. On peatv soil and putrid stumps of trees in mountainous districts. 

 — DUtr. Found only sparingly iu the S."\V. and Central llighhuids of 

 Scotland. — B. 31.: liarcaldine, Argyleshire ; Rannoch, Perthshire. 



Subsp. C. plenrota Cromb. Grevillea, xi. (1883) p. 114. — Pode- 

 tia turbinato-scyphiferous, pulverulent, yellowish-white or pale- 

 greenish; scyplii dilated, subeutire or rarely proliferous at the 

 margins. Apothecia solitary, subpedicellate. — C'ladonia cornuco- 

 pioides subsp. pleurotci Cromb. Lich. Brit. p. 21. C'ladonia cornuro- 

 pioides iovm. pie arota Leight. Lich. Fl. p. 67, ed.3, p. 62. Cladoniu 

 coccifera (3. plenrota Mudd, 31an. p. 60 ; y. deformis b. plenrota Brit. 

 Clad. p. 3U. Sciiphophora plenrota Gray, Xat. Arr. i. p. 424. 

 Capitnlaria plenrota Florke iu Berl. Mag. 1808, p. 218. /"Sci/pho- 

 plioras coceiferus Hook. Eug. Fl. v. p. 240. 



Though sometimes regarded as a variety of C. deformis, its affinity is 

 undoubtedly with C. coccifera, to which it holds a somewhat analogous 

 relation as C.Jimhriatei to C. pi/iidata. Since, however, as pointed out 

 by Xylander, Lich. Scand. p. 59, it occurs abo with the podeti i corticate 

 at the base, it can scarcely be regarded as a distinct species. Thepodetia 

 in states with larger scyphi have the margin at length sinuate and 

 radiate. With us it is only smaller and less typical states that ara 

 usually seen, and the apothecia are rarely present. 



Hab. On the ground among mosses in shady places, on moorlands, 

 and in woods in upland districts. — Ditstr. Apparenth- local and scarce in 

 S.W. and N. England, the W. and X. Grampians, Scotland, and S.W. 

 Ireland. — B. M. : Dartmoor, Devonshire ; St. Breward, Cornwall ; Ayton, 

 Cleveland, Yorkshire. Barcaldiue, Argyleshire ; Rannocli, Perthshire ; 

 Glen Callater, Braemar, Aberdeenshire. Killarney, co. Kerry. 



32. C. bellidiflora Florke, Clad. (1828) p. 95.— Thalhis foliaceo- 

 si]uamose at the base ; leaflets somewhat firm, variotisly divided or 

 crenato-incised, straw-coloured above, white beneath ; podetia cor- 

 ticate, siibsimple, squamoso-foliaceous. cylindrical, or scyphiterous, 

 often somewhat ventricose in the middle, straw-coloured or greyish- 

 green ; scyphi narrow, sometimes divided when not rightly deve- 

 loped (K — , CaCl— ). Apothecia somewhat large, often conglo- 

 merate; spores 0,009-11 mm. long, about 0,0035 mm. thick. — 

 Cromb. Lich. Brit. p. 21 ; Leight. Lich. Fl. p. 72, ed. 3, p. 65. 

 C'ladonia coccifera /3. bellidiflora Mudd, Man. p. 60, Brit. Clad. p. 29. 

 iiCi/phophorns htllidijlorus Sni. Eug. Fl. v. p. 210 ; Gray, Xat. 

 Arr. i. p. 424. Cenomijce bellidiflora Hook. Fl. Scot. ii. p. 64; 

 Tavl. iu Mack. Fl. Hib. ii. p. 82. Lichen hellidijiorus Ach. i'rodr. 



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