208 PYRENOCARPEI [dERMATOCARPON 



S. F. (Jray Nat. Air. i. p. 501 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. ii. p. 44 cV in 

 Sm. Kngl. Fl. v. p. 157; Tayl. in Mackay Fl. Hib. ii. p. 99; 

 Leight. Angioc. Lich. p. 12, t. 2, f. 2. E. miniatum var. lejdo- 

 phyllum Wahlenb. Fl. Suec. p. 875 (1826); Mudd Man. p. 266; 

 Cromb. Lich. Brit. p. 107; Leight. Lich. Fl. p. 410; ed. 3, 

 p. 442. 



Distinguished from the species by the small size of the thallus. 



Hah. On moist rocks. — Distr. Rare in subalpine or hilly regions, 

 in N. England, Wales, N. Scotland and S.W. Ireland.— i?. M. Buxton, 

 Derbyshire ; Aberidu, Brecknockshire ; Bala Lake and Llyn Bodlyn, 

 Merioneth ; Cumberland ; Loch-na-gat, Ben Lawers, Perthshire ; 

 Loch Lomond, Dumbartonshire ; Killarney Woods, Kerry. 



Yar. COmplicatum Th. Fr. /. c. Thallus ascending, composed 

 of numerous densely ciespitose lobes, imbricate and complicate, 

 with the under surface darker than in the species. — Dill. /. c. 

 f. 127a. Lichen miniatus var. complicatus Lightf. Fl. Scot, ii. 

 p. 858 (1777) pro parte. L. complicatus Swartz in Nov. Act. 

 Upsal. iv. p. 251 (1784). L. amphibius With. Arr. ed. 3, iv. 

 p. 66 (1796). L. miniatus Sm. Engl. Bot. t. 593 lower fig. (1799). 

 Endocarjpon complicatum Ach. Meth. p. 128 (1803); S. F. Gray 

 Nat. Arr. i. p. 501 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. ii. p. 44 ; Grev. Fl. Edin. 

 p. 329. E. miniatum var. complicatum Wahlenb. Fl. Suec. p. 875 

 (1826) ; Tayl. in Mackay Fl. Hib. ii. p. 98 ; Hook, in Sm. Engl. 

 Fl. v. p. 156 ; Leight. Angioc. Lich. p. 11, t. 2, f. 1 & Lich. Fl. 

 p. 410; ed. 3, p. 442 ; Mudd Man. p. 265 ; Cromb. Lich. Brit, 

 p. 107. 



Exsicc. Leight. n. 167 ; Mudd n. 256 ; Larb. Lich. Hb. 

 n. 158. 



Hah. On damp rocks, exposed to spray or occasionally inundated. 

 — Distr. Somewhat frequent throughout the British Isles. — B. M. 

 L'Etacq, Jersey ; Petit-Bot Bay, Guernsey ; St. Minver and near 

 Penzance, Cornwall ; Dartmoor Tors, Devon ; near Cirencester, St. 

 Vincent's Rocks and near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire ; Barmouth, 

 Merioneth ; Pufi&n Island ; Cleveland, Yorkshire ; Falcon Clints, 

 Teesdale, Durham ; Craiglockhart near Edinburgh ; Bowling, Dmn- 

 barton; KinnouU Hill, Glen Lochay, Killin, Ben Lawers and 

 Kenmore, Perthshire ; I. of Lismore, Argyll ; Fort William and Inver- 

 moriston, Invernessshire ; Craig Guie, Braemar, Aberdeenshire ; 

 Connor Cliffs, Dingle, Killarney, Kerry ; Glencorbot and Dawros 

 River, Connemara, Galway. 



Form decipiens A. L. Sm. Lobes of the thallus ascending, 

 smaller than in var. complicatum and more compact, more or less 

 involute and crowded in the centre, spreading at the periphery. — 

 Endocarpon miniatum var. decipiens Massal. Ric. Lich, p. 184 



(1852). 



Hah. On moist rocks. — Distr. Rare in N. England and N. Scot- 

 land. — B. M. Teesdale, Yorkshire ; south side of Loch Tay, Perth- 

 shire. 



