50 THE LICHEN-FLORA 



I. GOMPHILLUS. Nyl. 



Thallus very thin, consisting of sphaerical gonidia and irregular 

 filaments conglutinated. Apothecia stipitate, small, corneous. 

 Spores 8, filiform, multiseptate. Paraphyses indistinct. Sterig- 

 mata simple. Spermatia slender, cylindrical, straight. 



1. G. calycioides, NyL cincrascent or cinereo-virescent, thin, 

 effuse or obsolete ; apothecia small, stipitate, capitulum subtur- 

 binate, nigricant ; spores very long, cylindrical, 60-100-septate. 



On mosses, &c, rare. 



Syn :— G. calycioides, Nyl. Prodr. p. 146. Syn. 175. 



Fig :— Nyl. Syn. t. 7. f. 3. 



Exs :— Rab. 736. Mass, 85. And Langob. 17, 



Geog. Distbib :— France, Italy. 



Bot. Pkov:— 7...19...26. 



Ibeland : — Carig Mountain, co. Kerry. Dr. Taylor, Turk Mountain, Killar- 

 ney. Mr Carroll. Letter TTill ! 5 miles from Kylemore, Mr. Larbalestier. 



The Irish plant is the var. microcephala, Nyl. Syn, 175. " minor, apotheciis 

 minoribus parjrm stipitatis." 



Wales : — DoJgelley ! Mr. W. Phillips. 



" Spores 160—200 mm. long." (Nyl.) 



II. B^OMYCES. Pers. 



Thallus crustaceous, pulvereous, granulose or squamulose- 

 Apothecia biatorine, sessile or stipitate. Sterigmata articulate. 

 Spermatia cylindrical, straight. 



1. B. rufus, DC. albo-virescent or albido-glaucescent, thin, effuse, 

 minutely granulose or squamulose or leprose, granules depressed 

 (K. yellow) ; apothecia carneo-rufescent or carneo-fuscescent, some- 

 what convex, immarginate, stipes moderate or very short, whitish; 

 spores 6 or 8, oblov go-ellipsoid, simple, colourless. 



On earth and stones, not uncommon. 



Syn :— B. rufus, DC. Fl. Fr. 2. p. 342, Nyl. Syn. 176. Mudd Man. 63. 



Fig :— E. Bot. 373 Nyl. Syn. t. 1. f. 15. t. 6. f. 12. 13. 14. 



Exs :— Tuck. 41. Anzi It. S. 32. 33. Fellm. 22. Nyl. 27. M. & N. 70. Schajr. 

 32. Mudd 30. Larb. 6. Leight. 178. Stenh. 135. 



Geog. Distbib : — Europe, America, N. Zealand. 



Bot. Pbov :— 1, 2, 3, 4, 5...7...10, U...13, 14, 15...20.. 26.. .31. 



England : — Epping Forest and Hornsey Wood. Sir J. E. Smith. Berwick- 

 on-Tweed. Dr. G. Johnston. Whitsuncliffe ! Yorkshire. Mr. Baker, near Ayton ! 

 Cleveland, Mr. Mudd. Dartmoor and Lustleigh Cleeve, Devon. Mr. Parfitt. 

 Ampthill, Beds. Bev. G. Abbot. Scotswood ; Heaton Denes ; Caervoran ; Twizell 

 Dene, Northumberland. Mr. Winch. Shotover Hill, Oxford. Mr. Baxter. Tip- 

 tree Heath, Warley, Essex. Mr. Varenne, Guestling, Sussex. Bev. E. N. Bloom- 

 Udd. Rowlands Gill, Durham. Rep. W. ~Tfolmson. Brasted ; Ightham Common ; 

 Kusthall Common, Kent. Mr. Holmes. Brampton Brian Park ! Herefordshire. 

 Stiperstones ! Haughmond Hill ! Whitecliffe Woods, near Ludlow ! between 

 Hopton and Great Ness ! Long Mynd ! Shropshire. 



Scotland : — Glasgow. Sir J. E. Smith. Bosslyn and Auchindenny Woods ; 

 Brand Hermitage, near Edinburgh. Dr. Greville. Baldovan ; Sidlaw Hills. Mr. 

 W. Gardiner. Den of Balthayock, Perthshire ! Dr. Ogilvie. Kinfauns Perth i 

 Dr. Lindsay. Glen Girnac. Bev. J. M. Crombie. 



Ibeland : — Doughruagh Mountain ! Tully ! co. Galway. Mr. Larbalestier. 



Wales : — Barmouth ! Builth ! 



Channel Islands : — Bozel Manor, Jersey. Mr. Larbalestier, Guernsey Bev 

 T. Salwey. 



When hydrate of potash is applied, the thallus becomes yellow (K+ ) but it 

 has no effect on the apothecia (K — ). The thallus when growing on stones is 



