183 LICHEXACEI, [kaMALI.VA. 



i-(t)nosuin, angustiorlhus cinerco-virentihus ramxdis Dill, iu Kay Syn. 

 ed. 3, p. 75, n. 81. — Brit. Exs. : Mudd, n. 44 ; Cronib. n. 21. 



Length of the thallus rather variable. The laciniee generally attenuate, 

 Sometimes considerably so. often give forth transverse laciniolfe from one 

 or both margins. The apothecia are frequent on the retlexed apices of 

 the laciniae. The spermogones are also common, with sperm at iaoblougo- 

 cylindi-ical, 0,003-4 mm. long, 0,001 mm. thick. 



Hab. On the trunks and branches of trees in lowland and upland dis- 

 tricts. — Distr. General and common in Great Britain ; rare in tlie Channel 

 Islands and in Ireland. — B. M. : St. Aubin's, Island of Je>'sey. Lydd, 

 Kent: New Forest, Hants: near Totnes, S. Devon; near llLspriug and 

 Penzance. Cornwall : Dynevor Castle, Carmaithenshire : Pyle, Glamor- 

 ganshire ; Old "Windsor. Berkshire; Gopsal! Park, Leicestershire; Oswes- 

 try, Shropshire : Llandrindod, Radnorshire ; Island of Anglesea : Airy- 

 holme Woods. Cleveland, Yorkshire : near Stavely, Westmoreland : The 

 Cheviots. Xorthunibeiland : Wastdale. Cumberland. Pentland HiUs, 

 near Edinburgh : Barcaldiue and Appin, Argyleshire ; Killin, Kenmore, 

 and Abernethy, Peiththire: iJe.^rhill Wood and near Arbroath, Forfar- 

 shii-e : Countesswells Woods and Abergeldie, Ab^rdeenshiie ; S. of Fort 

 William. Invernest-shire ; Loch Shin, Sutherlandshire. Co. Antrim. 



Var. p. snbampliata Xyl. Eull. Soc. Linn. Xormand. ser. 2, iv. 

 (1870) p. 132. — Lacinioe broader, longitudinally sublacuiioscly ner- 

 voso-nigose, canaliculate. Apothecia marginal and terminal, the 

 receptacle rugose : spores as in the type.— Leight. Ann. Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. ser. 4, ix. p. 12U ; Lich. *F1. .'ed. 2, p. 471, ed. 3, p. 84.— 

 Lichenoides coraUifonne rostratiim et camdiculatum Dill. Muse. 17*', 

 t. 23. f. 62 B.—Brit. Exu. : Mudd, n. 42 pro parte. 



Externally like a narrow state of H. fni.rinea, but distinguished by the 

 fonn of the spores. 



Hab. On the trunks of trees in maritime and upland tracts. — Didr. 

 Local and scarce in S., W., and N. England, X. Wales, and iu S.W. 

 Scotland. — B. M. : Beeding Priory, Su.-sex ; New Fore.-t, Hants ; Pen- 

 zance, Cornwall: Malvern, Worcestersliire : Aberdovey, Merionethshire; 

 Ayton, Cleveland, Yorkshire. Barcaldine. Argyleshire. 



Var. y. subfastigiata Xyl. Bull. Soc. Linn. Xorinaud. ser. 2, iv. 

 (1870) p. 132. — Lacini* broader, longitudinally nervoso-rugose. 

 Apothecia terminal, the rtceptacle rugose; spores as in the type. — 

 Leight. Ann. Mag. Xat. Hist. ser. 4, ix. p. 129 ; Lich. Fl. ed. 2, 

 p. 471, ed. 3, p. 84. 



In the character of the thallus and the situation of the apothecia this 

 resembles larger states of B./asf>(/iufa, but is distinguished by the form 

 of the spores. 



Hab. On trees and rocks in maritime and upland districts. — Distr. 

 S.W. England, S.Wales, the S.W. Highlands of Scotland, and S. Ireland. 

 — B. M. : Near Penzance, Cornwall: Llandrindod, Radnorshire. Appin, 

 Argyleshire. Coachford, co. Cork. 



