240 GRAPHIDEI [OPKG KAPHA 



Malvern and Norton, Worcestershire; IMrkland, Nottiiif^lianishire ; 

 NessclilT, Shropshire ; Jkiilth, Ihccknocksliire ; Stanton Park, Derby- 

 shire ; Ingleby and Kildalc, Cleveland, Yorkslure ; Craig Forth, near 

 Stirling ; Blair Atholc, Perthshire ; Ardnun Demesne, Cork ; Bally- 

 nagarde. Limerick. 



Var. lutescens Mudd Man. p. 230 (1861).— Margins of 

 apothecia greenish or yellowish pruinose, otherwise similar to 

 the species.— F. oclirochcila Leight. Lich. Fl. ed. 3, p. 406 (1879). 

 0. vulvella var. lutescens Ach. Byn. p. 77 (1814). 



Hab. On trees and branches. — Dislr. N. England and W. Ireland. 

 — B. M. Ayton and Ingleby, Cleveland, Yorkshire; Doughruagh Mts., 

 Connemara, Galway. 



Var. notha Fr. Lich. Eur. p. 364 (1831). — Apothecia oblong 

 or roundish, diftbrmed, small or large, disc plane or convex, the 

 margins often obliterated, otherwise as in the species. — Leight. 

 in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, xiii. p. 95 (1854); Mudd Man. 

 p. 230 ; f. notha Cromb. Lich. Brit. p. 97 (1870) ; Leight. Lich. 

 Fl. p. 381 ; ed. 3, p. 404. Lichen nothus Ach. Lich. Suec. Prodr. 

 p. 19 (1798). Opegrapha notha Ach. Meth. p. 17 (1803) pro 

 parte ; Sm. Engl. Bot. t. 1890 ; Grev. Fl. Edin. p. 352. Alyxoria 

 notha S. F. Gray Nat. Arr. i. p. 504 (1821). 



Exsicc. Leight. n. 66. 



Connected with the species by intermediate forms, but generally 

 distinguished by the broader and more rounded apothecia. 



Hab. On trees ; rarely on old palings. — Distr. Coextensive with 

 the species. — B. M. Lustleigh, Devon ; near Bartley Lodge, New 

 Forest, Hants ; Millhill, Middlesex ; Epping Forest and Ulting, 

 Essex ; Fishguard, Pembrokeshire ; Malvern and Tibberton, Wor- 

 cestershire ; Bardon Hill, Leicestershire ; Montford Bridge, near 

 Shrewsbury and Llanyblodwell, Shropshire ; Llangollen, Denbigh- 

 shire ; near Yarmouth, Norfolk ; Bilsdale, Ayton and near Guisbrough, 

 Cleveland, Yorkshire ; Muckruss Demesne, Killarney, Kerrj^ ; Eos- 

 tellan, near Cork ; Adare and near Limerick ; near Ballinakill, 

 Connemara, Galway. 



Var. rimalis Fr. Lich. Eur. p. 365 (1831). — Apothecia short 

 or elongate, simple, straight or flexuose, narrow ; disc narrow^ ; 

 margins elevated, inflexed ; spores usually 5- sometimes 4-septate. 

 — Mudd Man. p. 231 pro parte ; Leight. Lich. Fl. p. 383; ed. 3, 

 p. 406. 0. rimalis Ach. Lich. Univ. p. 260 (1810). 0. varia 

 f. herhicola Leight. Lich. Fl. ed. 3, p. 406 (1879). 0. diaphora 

 var. herhicola Nyl. in Flora Ix. p. 463 (1877). 



Exsicc. Leight. n. 192 ; Mudd n. 207. 



Hab. On trees, shrubs or ferns ; rarely on wood. — Distr. Common 

 and coextensive with the species. — B. M. Withiel, Cornwall ; Crawley, 

 Sussex : Epping Forest and Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex ; Gopsall, 

 Leicestershire ; Kildale and Cleveland, Yorkshire ; Malvern, Wor- 

 cestershire ; Craig Tulloch, Blair Athole, Perthshire ; Carrigogunnel, 

 Limerick ; Doughruagh Mts., Connemara, Galway. 



