OF GREAT BRITAIN. 19 



Bot. Pbov :— 2, 3...5. 



England :— Boxgrove, near Chichester. Mr. R. J. F. Thomas. (1831). Sussex 

 Downs. Mr. Borrer. Henham, EsBex. Mr. Forster. Uanforda garden wall near 

 Oswestry. Rev. T. Salwey. near Cirencester. Minchinhampton Common' Mr 

 Joshua, near High Elms, Chelsfield, Kent. Mr. Holmes. 



Channel Islands :— Guernsey. Rev. T. Salwey. 

 • S£ ombie !- e - sa y s > " Tllis > according to the fragment of the original specimen 

 xn Herb. Sowerby, attached to the fig. drawn for E. Bot. Suppl. seems to he 

 referable to the present species, but the characters of the plant in Herb. Borrer 

 at Kew are not very definite." 



Var. pulposulum, Nyl. much smaller than the type, minutely 

 granuloso-lobulate, subeffuse ; apothecia with an entire thalline 

 margin. 



On the earth, very rare. 



Syn:— Nyl. Egypt, p. 1. 



England : — Near Cirencester. Mr. Joshua. 



Var. tenax, Ach. darkly glaucescent or virescent; apothecia 

 rufous, innate, thalline margin less prominent. 



On earth, in upland mountainous districts, rare. 1811. 



Syn:— Ach. Syn. 814. (181T). Nyl. Scand. 30. 



Pig :— E. Bot. 2349. Hepp Sporen t. 11, f. 87. 



Exs :— Leight. 105, 290. Mudd 1. Hepp 87. 



Geog. Distrib : — Switzerland. 



Bot. Pkov:— 2...5...7...10...16 .19. 



England : — Oswestry, Shropshire. Rev. T. Salwey. Ayton ! Cleveland. Mr. 

 Mudd. Sussex ! Mr. Borrer. 



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



Ireland: — Blackstone Bridge, co. Cork. Mr. Carroll. 



Wales : — North Wales. Rev. HughDavies. (1811). Barmouth ! Between Llan- 

 gollen and Corwen ! 



10. C. subplicatile, Nyl. in Flora 1873, p 364. 0. plvrrtile, 

 Am. in Flora 1867 pro. p. 



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



Of this Ihave seen no specimen, nor has any diagnosis been published. 

 Crombie 1. c. says, "sufficiently similar to C. pulposum, but with much larger 

 spores." 



11. C. limosum, Ach. dark green, thin, oppressed, lobes small, 

 scattered, thick and pulpy when moist, slightly crenulate ; apothecia 

 rufous, plane, moderate, 'margin prominent, entire or slightly crenu- 

 late ; spores 8, colourless, ovoid, 3-septate, with occasional longi- 

 tudinal septa. 



On wet clayey soil, not unfrequent. 1831. 



Syn :— Ach. L. IT. 639. Syn. 309. Nyl. Scand. 30. 



Pig :^E. Bot. Suppl. t. 2704. f. 1. 



Geog. Distrib :— Prance, Sweden. 



Bot. Prov:— 2, 3.. .5.. .7. 



England : — Hurstpierpoint, Sussex. Mr. Borrer. (1831). near Wooton-under- 

 Edge. Mr. W. Joshua, near Chelsfield, Kent. Mr. Holmes. 



Wales : — Nevin ! 



Crombie I.e. says, " easily recognised from the allied species by the adgluti- 

 nated evanescent thallus and the appressed thinly-margined apothecia." 



12. C. crispum, (Huds.) olivaceo-virescent or fusco-virescent, orbi- 

 cular, lobato-divided or subradiate, margin granulate and crenate ; 

 apothecia darkly rufescent, thalline margin granulate ; spores 8, 

 colourless, ovoid, 3-septate, irregularly muriformi-locular. 



On gravelly earth, frequent. 1831. 



