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Channel Islands :— Rozel, Jersey. Mr. Larbalcstier. 



"Spores .002 to. 0025 in. long, by .0015 in. broad." (Mudd.) " Spores .011—16 

 . mm. long. .007—8 mm. broad." (Nyl.) Spores .013—15 mm. long, .007—8 

 mm. broad. 



II. OALICIUM. Ach. Nyl. 

 Thallus granulose, powdery, squamulose or altogether evanes- 

 cent. Apotheeia black, stipitate or subsessile, capitula globose or 

 turbinate or cupular. Spores fuscous or nigricant. Spermatia 

 short, oblong. 



A. Spores simple. 



1. 0. diploellum, Nyl. obsolete ; apotheeia black very shortly 

 stipitate, capitulum turbinate, open, sporal mass scarcely prominent ; 

 spores nigrescent, oblong, simple (or 1-septate.) 



On holly, very rare. 1868. 



The smallest of all the species, and easily recognized. Its place 

 is near disseminatum. 



Syn :— O. diploeUum, Nyl. in Flora 1868. p. 161. 

 Bot, Paov:— 19 



Ireland : — Cromaglown, Killarney. Mr Carroll. 

 " Spores .006 - 9 mm. long. .003 mm. broad." {Nyl.) 



2. G. chrysocephalum, Ach. citrine or yellow-green, granulate, 

 verrucoso-conglomerate or evanescent ; apotheeia black, shortly 

 stipitate or elongate, capitula turbinato-lentiform, citrino-suffused 

 beneath and at margin ; sporal mass umber or ferruginous ; spores 

 fuscous, globose. 



On palings, &c, rare. 1804 



Syn : — G. chrysocephalum, Ach. Meth. Suppl. 15. Syn. 60. Nyl. Syn. 146. 

 Mudd Man. 261. 



Fig :— E. Bot. 2501. Nyl. Syn. Lich. t. 5. f. 11, 12. 



Exs :— Schaer. 12. Nyl. 10. Hepp 329. Leight. 134. Mudd 251. 



G-eog. Distkib : — Europe, N. America. 



Bot. Peov : -3, 4, 5...10...14. 



England :— Sotterley, Suffolk. Mr. D. Turner, (1804). Norfolk; Suffolk; 

 Essex. Sir W. J. Hooker. Rosedale, and Baysdale, Cleveland, Yorkshire ! Mr. 

 Mudd. Shipbourne, Kent. Mr. Jenner. Downton Castle ! Herefordshire. 



Scotland : — Near Slateford. Br. Oreville. 



"Spores .0015 in. long, by .001 in. broad." (Mudd.) "Spores .003—6 mm. 

 diam.* (Nyl.) 



f. melanocephalum, Nyl. apotheeia fasciculato-ramose, stipes black, 

 capitula black, citrino-suffused at margin only; spores globose or 

 ellipsoid, pale-fuscous, larger. 



Syn :-Nyl. Syn. 147. 

 Fig :— Nyl. 1. c. t. 5. f. 19. 

 Exs :— Leight. 134 in part. 



England : — Downton Castle ! Herefordshire, on same palings with common 

 form. 



" Spores .004— .016 mm. long. .004—8 mm. broad." (Nyl.) 



3. C. plueocephalum, Borr. pallido-cinerascent or darkly fiavicant, 

 minutely granuloso-squamuliform, crenate, congested ; apotheeia 

 with slender black or fuscous stipites, capitula turbinato-lentiform, 

 flavo-viridipruinose, sporal mass fuscous ; spores fuscescent, globose. 



On boards, palings, &c, rare. 1807. 



Srs:—G. phceocephalum, T. & B. Lich. Brit. 145. Ach. Syn. 61. Nyl. Syn. 

 147. Mudd. Man, 261, 



