104 LICnKNACKl. [CLADONIA. 



(1708)1). 194; Eno;. Eot. t. 1894. Lichen coniutu^- e. LigLtf. ¥\. 

 ^k:ot. ii. p. 876. Coralloides viv raviosirm, sctiphis ohscuris Dill, 

 ^[usc. 90, t. 15. f. 14f. Conillokles scyphiforme, ossis femoris facie 

 Dill. Muse, 91, t. 15, f, 15, — To this also is referable Clinlunia 

 veslita Leight, Ann, Mag. Nat, Hist. ser. 3, xix. (1&H7) p. 117, 

 Lieh. Fl. p. 67, ed. 3, p. 62. 



From C. cuccifera this difters iu the longer (2-3 in.), slender, and more 

 squamulose podetia, a? also in the absence nf any chemical reactions. 

 As observed, however, by Fries til. (Lich. Scand. p. 65), specimeus from 

 more arctic regions are with K (CaCl) distinctly yellowish. This is also 

 occasionally the case with specimens growing at high altitudes on the 

 Scottish mountains, whence C restila Leight., which is nothing typical, 

 nnd differs in tlie diagnosis from var. vestita Ach. Lich. Univ. p. 541. 

 The basal squamules or leaflets are often glaucous and occasionally some- 

 what large, while the podetia are fref[uently brownish at the base and 

 sometimes proliferous. The apothecia are usually numerou.-;, of a fine 

 scarlet colour, though occasionally, as in the other species of this section, 

 becoming denigrate. 



Hah. On peaty soil among mosses in upland, but chiefly in subalpine 

 and alpine districts of mountainous regions. — Distr. Local and scarce in 

 W. and X. England and X. Wales; more frequent among the Scottish 

 (irampiaus; doubtful iu E. Ireland. — B. M. : Hustyn Down, Cornwall ; 

 Diffwys, near Barmoiitb, Merionethshire ; the Cheviots, Xortbumbei-land. 

 Ben Cruachan, Argyleshire; Ben Lawers and Eannoch, Perthshire; near 

 Loch Phadrig in Glen Callater, and Cairngorm, Braemar, Aberdeenshire ; 

 Ben Xeyis, Inyerness-shire. 



Form 1. gi-acilenta Flbrke, Clad. (1828) p. 99. — Podetia elon- 

 gate, slender, branched : scyphi dilated, dentato-radiate at the mar- 

 gins, substerile. — Cromb. Lich. Brit. p. 21. — Cladonia coccifera /3. 

 hdlidiJJora b, (jracUenia Mudd, Brit. Clad. p. 29. Cenomyce cocco- 

 ccphaJa I. gracUenta Ach, Lich, Univ. (1810) p. 542. 



Difters only in having the podetia more slender, branched (2-4 

 divided), and in being substerile, with the apothecia seldom rightly 

 developed. 



Hah. On the ground in subalpine moorlands. — Distr. Appai*ently local 

 and scarce in X. England, and among the Central and X. Scottish Gram- 

 pians. — B. M. : Ivilhope Law, Xorthumberland. Eannoch, Perthshire ; 

 near Loch Phadiig, Glen Callater, and on Ben-naboord, Braemar, Aber- 

 deenshire. 



/3. Hookeri Xyl. Syu. i. (1860) p. 221. — Podetia glabrous, 

 unequally corticate, csquamiilose, or occasionally here and therewith 

 a few small squamules. Apothecia large. — Cromb. Greyillea, xi, 

 p. 114, — Cladonia Hooleri Tuck. Syn. (1845) p. 55. 



Cliaracterized by the naked or almost entirely naked podetia In the 

 only British specimen seen these are about 1 in. high, robu.st, entirely 

 esquamulose, Avith the apothecia somewhat large, conglomerate, and 

 having a few minute squamules iutermixed. 



Hah. C)n the ground in subalpine moorlands. — DiMr. Very local and 

 rare, having been seen only from one locality among the X. Graujpiaus, 

 Scotland. — B. M. : Glen CandHc. Braemar. Ab?rdeenshire. 



