10 THE LICHEN-FLORA 



Tribe I. Lichinei. 

 Thallus small or minute, filiform, ctespitoso-fruticulose, or de- 

 presso-implexed ; granula gonima moniliform, connate, or variously 

 concrete. Apothecia lecanorine, biatorine or lecideine or endocar- 

 poid. Spores 8, colourless, 



I. EPHEBE. Fr. Born. Nyl. 



Thallus filiform, branched, fruticulose ; granula gonima large> 

 subtransversely arranged in little heaps, 2, 4, or more together- 

 Apothecia endocarpoid, in thickened portions of the thallus. Sper - 

 matia straight, cylindrical 



1. E. pubescens, Fr. blackish-brown, slender, csespitose, entangled, 

 branched, slightly rugulose ; spores 8, colourless, lineari-oblong or 

 subfusiform, 1 -septate ; paraphyses indistinct. 



On subalpine rocks, not unfrequent. 1851. 



Syn:— Fries S.O.V. 256 (1825); Bornet in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3. xviii, 170 ; 

 XyL Prod. 17, Syn. 90, Soand. 24. Lichen exilis, Lightf. Fl. Scot. p. 894, teste 

 Herb. Pulteney, &c. in Mus. Brit. 



Fig :— Ann. Sc. Nat. 1. c. t. 7. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. July, 1865, t. 4, f. 

 12, 13, 14. Nyl. Syn. t. 2, f. 1 & 17—20. 



Exs :— Nyl. 1. M. & N. 358. Hepp. 712. Fellm. 2. 



Geog. Distrib : — Scandinavia, B. Lapland, France, Switzerland, Algeria 

 Greenland, N. America. 



Bot. Prov: 1...7...11...15...16...19...23...26. 



England : — Dartmoor ! Mr. Rolfs. South Devon. Rev. J M. Orombie. Egle- 

 stone, Durham. Rev J, Harrlman. In the River Erme above Ivy Bridge, 

 Devon. Dr. Soil. Blackstone Rock, Dartmoor. Mr. Parfitt. 



Scotland . — Loch Awe ; Achallater, Braemar ; Craig Guie ; Rev J. M. 

 Crombie. 



Ireland :— Glengariff, Coachford ! west of Cork. Mr. Carroll. Dublin 

 Mountains. Mr Archer. Loch Leane and Cromaglan, Killarney. Dr. Car- 

 rington. Kylemore ! co. Galway. Mr. Larbalestier. 



Wales. — Summit of Pen-maen-mawr ! ; (1851) Barmouth! Glyder Vach !, 

 Cwm Bochlwyd ! Pass of Llanberis ! 



Consult Grevillea, 5. 124. "Spores .011 — 16 mm. long, .003— 4 mm. broad." 

 (Nyl.) Spores .013— .014 mm. long, .0035 mm. broad. 



II. SPILONEMA. Born. 



Thallus filiform, branched, fruticulose, granula gonima large, in 

 transverse strata. Apothecia lecideine, lenticular. Spermatia 

 shortly cylindrical. 



1. Sp. paradoxum, Born, blackish-brown, slender, ccespitose, en- 

 tangled, branched; apothecia black, terminal, hemispherical, im- 

 marginate ; hypothecium nigrescent ; spores 8, colourless, oblong, 

 simple ; paraphyses thick, articulate. 



On maritime rocks, rare. 1856. 



Syn :— Bornet in Mem. Cherb. Dec. 1856, p. 4 ; Nyl. Prodr. 17 • Svn 89 • 

 Scand. 23. Mudd Man. 35. ' 3 ' ' 



Fig :— Mem. Cherb. 1. c. t. 1 & 2 ; Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. July 1865 

 t. 4, f. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 ; Nyl. Syn. t. 2, f. 3. 



Exs :— Leight. 347. 



Geog. Distrib :— France, Pyrenees, Finland. 



Bot. Prov :— 7... 16. 



Scotland :— Appin. Rev J. M. Crombie. 



Wales :— Rocks near Harlech Turnpike, Barmouth ! (1856) ; Glyder Vach ! 

 Snowdonia ; Llyn Cae ! Cader Idris. Cwm Cywion ! Cwm Fynnon lloer j 



