OF GREAT BRITAIN. 17 



On the earth, rare. 1810. 



Syn :— Ach. L.TJ. 634 (1810) ; Nyl. in Flora, 1867. p. 330. 

 Bot. Pbov: — 4. 



England- -Yarmouth. Mr. D. Turner. (1810). Rottingdean, near Brighton 

 Mr. W. Jothua. 



" Spores .017—23, mm. long, .008— .010 mm. broad." (Nyl.) 



*** Spores 3-septate. 



6. C. ceraniscum, Nyl. brownish-olive, or greenish-black, ccespi- 

 tose, laciniato-lobate, lobes dilated upwards, erect, crowded, fasti- 

 giate, elongato-cylindrical, obtuse ; apothecia pale brown, minute, 

 plane, thalline margin smooth, thin, granulate ; spores 4, colour- 

 less, broadly oblong, 3-septate or irregularly murali-locular. 



On earth in alpine localities, very rare. 



Syn :— Nyl. in Flora 1865. p. 353. C. ceranoides, Mudd Man. 41, (non Borr.). 

 Carroll m Seem. Journ. Bot. 3. 287. 

 Bot. Prov. 15. 

 Scotland : — Summit of Ben Lawers. Adm Jones. 



7. C. auriculatum, Hffm. dark-green or darkly viridi-glauces- 

 cent, rigid-, opake, dilated, lobate, lobes somewhat imbricate, 

 more or less granulose, irregularly repando-crenate ; apothecia 

 rufous, innate or emergent, margin thick, more or less granulose ; 

 spores 8, colourless, ovoid, 3-septate. 



On mossy walls in sub-alpine localities, rare. 1869. 

 Syn :— Hffm. Fl. Germ, 2. p. 98 (1795). Nyl. Syn. 106. Crombie in Seem. Journ. 

 Bot. 8. 96. 

 Fig : — Schaer. Enum. t. 10, f. 3. 

 Exs :— Zw. 162. A.B. Schaer. 432 

 Goeog. Distrib : — Switzerland, France, Germany. 

 Bot. Prov :— 16. 

 Scotland : — Appin, Argyleshire. Rev. J. M. Crombie. (1869). 



Forma membranacea, Kplhb. thallus membranaceous. 

 Scotland : — Bare in S. W, Highlands near Inverary. Rev. J. M. Crombie. 

 Var. pinguescens. Nyl. thallus thicker, lobes more divided. 

 On shady walls and calcareous rocks, amongst decayed mosses, 

 scarce. 



Syn :— Nyl. in Flora 1872. p. 353. Crombie in Journ. Bot. n.s. 2. 133. 



Scotland : — Finlarig, Killin, CraigTullocb, Blair Athole. Rev. J. M. Crombie. 



Crombie l.c. states, "this, according to the authentic specimen ex herb. 

 Sowerby in Herb. Mus. lirit. manu Borrer, is entirely identical with C. derma- 

 tinum, Borr." 



8. O. furvum, Ach. dark fuscous-green or nigro-olivaceous, 

 membranaceous, granulate, lobate, lobes complicate, often undulate, 

 bloody-red with iodine ; apothecia fuscous, plane, thalline margin 

 entire ; spores 8, colourless, ovoid or ellipsoid, 3-septate, irregu- 

 larly murali-locular. 



On sub-alpine rocks, not unfrequent. 1741. 



Syn :— Ach. Prodr. 132. (1798). Nyl. Scand. 29. C. tunosforme, Ach. Syn. 332. 

 IAchen granulatm, Sm. 



Fig :— E. Bot. t. 1757. 



Exs : — Hepp. 414. 



Geog. Distrib : — Europe, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland. 



Bot. Prov :— 1, 2, 3 ..5...7...10, 11,12.. .19.. .30. 



England : — Oxford. DUlenius. (1741). near Kirkby Lonsdale. Sir J. E. Smith. 

 Shanklip. Rev. T. Salwey. Bolton Woods p.nd Jngleborough, Yorkshire. Dr. 



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