188 LICHENACEI. [RAMALINA.. 
ramosum, angustioribus cinereo-virentibus ramulis Dill. in Ray Syn. 
ed. 3, p. 75, n. 81.— Brit. Evs.: Mudd, n. 44; Cromb. n. 21. 
Length of the thallus rather variable. The lacinie generally attenuate, 
sometimes considerably so, often give forth transverse laciniole from one 
or both margins. The apothecia are frequent on the reflexed apices of 
the lacinie. The spermogones are also common, with spermatia oblongo- 
cylindrical, 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 the Channel 
Islands and in Ireland.—B. M.. St. Aubin’s, Island of Jersey. Lydd, 
Kent; New Forest, Hants; near Totnes, S. Devon; near Respring 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, Northumberland; Wastdale, Cumberland. Pentland Hills, 
near Edinburgh ; Barcaldine and Appin, Argyleshire ; Killin, Kenmore, 
and Abernethy, Perthshire; Deerhill Wood and near Arbroath, Forfar- 
shire ; Countesswells Woods and Abergeldie, Aberdeenshire; 8. of Fort 
William, Inverness-shire; Loch Shin, Sutherlandshire. Co. Antrim. 
Var. 8. subampliata Nyl. Bull. Soc. Linn. Normand. sér. 2, iv. 
(1870) p. 132.—Lacinie broader, longitudinally sublacunosely ner- 
voso-rugose, canaliculate. Apothecia marginal and terminal, the 
receptacle rugose; spores as in the type.—Leight. Ann. Mag. Nat. 
Hist. ser. 4, ix. p. 129; Lich. Fl. ed. 2, p. 471, ed. 3, p. 84.— 
Lichenoides coralliforme rostratum et canaliculatum Dill. Muse. 170, 
t. 23. f. 62 Bn. —Brit. Exs.: Mudd, n. 42 pro parte. 
Externally like a narrow state of R. fravinea, but distinguished by the 
form of the spores. 
Hab. On the trunks of trees in maritime and upland tracts.—Distr. 
Local and scarce in S., W., and N. England, N. Wales, and in S.W. 
Scotland —B. M.: Beeding Priory, Sussex; New Forest, Hants; Pen- 
zance, Cornwall; Malvern, Worcestershire ; Aberdovey, Merionethshire ; 
Ayton, Cleveland, Yorkshire. Barcaldine, Argyleshire. 
Var. y. subfastigiata Nyl. Bull. Soc. Linn. Normand. sér. 2, iv. 
(1870) p. 182.—Lacinie broader, longitudinally nervoso-rugose. 
Apothecia terminal, the receptacle rugose ; spores as in the type— 
Leight. Ann. Mag. Nat. 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 2. fastigiata, but is distinguished by the form 
of the spores. 
Hab. On trees and rocks in maritime and upland districts.—Distr. 
8.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. 
