48 THE LICHEN-FLORA 



Gbog. Distkib :— France, Germany, Switzerland, Bavaria. 



Bot. Prov :— 2, 3...5...7...10...11. 



England :— Teesdale, Durham. Bev. J. Harriman. Easby Wood, and near 

 Ingleby, Yorkshire. Mr. Mudd. Sussex ! Mr. Borrer. Essex ! Mr. B. Pigott. 

 Llanf orda and Middleton Lane, near Oswestry, Shropshire! Bev. T. Salwey. 

 Oakwood and Dilston Park, Northumberland. Mr. Winch, near Lyndhurst 

 and Brockenhurst, New Forest. Bev J. M. CromMe. Oakley Park, near Ciren- 

 cester ! Mr. W. Joshua. Haughmond Hill ! Shropshire. 



Wales : — Barmouth. Bev. T. Salwey, 



•'Spores .0025 to .003 in. long, by .0015 broad." (Mudd.) "Spores .009— 

 .017 mm. long, ,007- .010 mm. broad." (Nyl.) Spores 016— .018 mm. 

 long, .007— .009 mm. broad, 



Teibe II. SPILEROPHOREI. 



Thallus fruticulose, ramose and ramulose, the apices subgloboso- 

 incrassate enclosing the apothecia ; apothecia miuleiform, enclosed, 

 ultimately exposed by the dehiscence of the thalline covering; 

 sporal mass black. 



I. SPH^EROPHORON. Pers. 



Thallus csespitoso-fruticulose, smooth, polished, fragile ; apothe- 

 cia seated on the apices of the thallus, receptacle irregularly and 

 variously dehiscent. Spores nigricant or violaceo-nigricant, 

 sphserical or subglobose, covered with a black powder. Spermatia 

 oblong. 



1. S. compresswm, Ach. pallido-albicant, ra.mose,plano-compressed; 

 apothecia obliquely innate on the apices, receptacle lacero-dehiscent 

 or discoid and open ; spores nigricant, sphserical. (K — ) 



On rocks, rare. 1799. 



Syn :— S. compression, Ach. Meth. p. 135. Nyl. Syn. 170. Mudd Man. 264. 



Fig : E. Bot 114 Leight. Ang. Lich. t. 1. f. 3. 



Exs :— Bab. 43. Mudd 254. Anzi Langob. 422. Beich. & Schub. 43. 



Geog. Distrib : — France, Switzerland, Germany, N. & S. America, Austra- 

 lasia, Ceylon. 



Bot. Prov :— 1, 2...S...7, 8 10, 11 .14, 15.. .26.. .31. 



England : — Tunbridge. Mr. B. Forster. Cromford Moor, near Matlock. SirlJ 

 E. Smith. Sussex ! Mr. Borrer. Falcon Clints, Teesdale. Mr. Baker. High Green 

 Wood, Heptonstall, Yorkshire. Dr Carrington. Farndale and Hobhole, York- 

 shire ! Mr. Mudd. Kielder, Northumberland. Prof, Balfour. Craigforda and 

 Mynydd-y-Myfyr, near Oswestry, Shropshire. Bev. T. Salmey. Eglestone ; 

 Kintsley ; Muggleswick ; Durham ; Shaftoe Crags ; Harbottle Moor ; Gunnel 

 ston Crags ; Cheviot ; Hedgehope ; Simonside ; Northumberland. Mr. Winch. 

 Malvern Hills, Worcestershire ; Sugar-loaf, Monmouthshire. Mr. Purton. Ar- 

 dingley rocks, Sussex Mr. W. Joshua. Dartmoor Tors. Messrs Jones and King- 

 ston,. 



Scotland : — Dunearn, near Edinburgh. Dr. Oreville. Clova mountains, Mr. 

 Cr. Don. Killin and Lochaber J ev. J. M. Crombie. 



Ireland: — Connemara, Dr. Moore. Kerry. Dr. Taylor. Killarney Mr. Carroll. 

 Dawross Biver ! Diamond Mountain ! co. Galway Mr. Larbalestier. 



Wales : — Cwm Bychan, near Barmouth. Bev. T. Salwey. Aberdovey. Rev. 

 A, Bloxam. 



Channel Islands : — Guernsey Bev. T. Salwey. 



" Spores .0015 to 00175 in diam." {Mudd) " Spores .007— .011 mm diam." 

 ,N^) Spores .006— 007 mm. diam. 



2. S. coralloides, Pers. pale or whitish or reddish-broim, 

 minutely and copiously branched, round, shining ; apothecia black, 

 terminal, globose, receptacle irregularly dehiscent above, persistent $ 

 spores violacio^nigricant, sphserical. (K — ) I medulla blue. 



On rocks, common. 1794. 



