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minutely depresso-granular, but when growing on the earth the granules 

 become squamulose, and it then constitutes the variety carneus, Flk. D.L. 8. 

 which occurs in the Channel Islands, and at Glengariff, Ireland, see Larb. 7. 



"Spores .001 to .00125 in. long, by .0005 in. broad." (Mudd.) "Spores 

 .006—12 mm. long, '003—4 mm. broad." (Nyl.) "Spores .007—12 mm. long, 

 .•0025— .004 mm. broad." (T. M. Fr.) 



Forma sessilis, Nyl. apothecia small, cinerascenti-earneous, 

 sessile. 



On rocks, rare, 1876. 



Stn :— Nyl. Syn. p. 177 (18581 B. rupestris, Pers. in Ust. Ann. 1. p. 19, 



Exs :— Fellm. 23 Anzi Langob. 423. 



Geog. Distkib : — E. Lapland. Lombardy. 



Bot. Pbov :— 26. 



Ikeland :— Galway Road ! Mr. Larbalestier. (1876). 



2. B. roseus, Pers. whitish, granuloso-crustaceous, (K faint 

 yellow) ; apothecia roseo-carneous or albo-carneous, subglobose, 

 stipitate, (K orange) ; stipes white, roundish, short ; spores 6 or 

 8, fusiformi-oblong or fusiform, simple or obsoletely 1-septate ; iod. 

 faint blue. 



On the earth, rare. 



Syn :— Pers. in Ust. N. Ann. 1. p. 19. Nyl. Syn. 179. Mudd Man. 63. 



Pig :— E. Bot. 374. Nyl. Syn. t. 6. f. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 



Exs :— Nyl. 26. M. & N. 71. Anzi It. S. 31. Mudd 31. Sch«r. 31. Hepp 119. 

 Mass. 82. Tuck. 40. Leight. 355. Smrf. 156, Reich, and tr'chub. 16. 



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



Bot. Pbov:— 1... 3, 4, 5...7...10, 11.. .14, 15.. .19.. .25, 26. 



England: — Kielder, Northumberland. Prof. Balfour. Carlton Beck! and 

 Lounsdale ! Cleveland. Mr. Mudd. near Exeter. Mr. Parfitt. Ampthill, Beds. 

 Kev. G. Abbot. Bovey Heathfield Devon. Messrs. Jones & Kingston. Top of West 

 Allen Carrs, Northumberland. Rev. W. Johnson. Ightham Common ; Toy Hill, 

 Kent. Mr. Holmes. Wapley Hill ! Herefordshire. 



Scotland : — Pentland Hills. Dr. Greville. Baldovan, Sidlaw Hills and Clova. 

 Mr. W. Gardiner. Blaeberry Hill ! Perth. Dr. Lindsay. 



Ireland : — Near Clonmel ! Mr. Wright. Connemara. Dr. Moore. Killarney. 

 Dr. Carrington. _ • 



Wales : — Valley above Borthwnog ; Hendreforion and near Barmouth. Rev. 

 T Salwey. Montgomeryshire. Sir J. E Smith. Crib Coch ! Snowdon. 



" Spores .004 to .006 in. long, by .005 in. broad." (Mudd.) " Spores .011—26 

 mm. long, .0025— .003 mm. broad." (Nyl.) " Spores .011—26 mm. long, .002—3 

 mm. broad." (T. M. Fr.) Spores .017— .021 mm. long, .003 mm. broad. 



3. B. placophyllus, Ach. whitish or glaucescent, crustaceo- 

 imbricate, adnate, corrugate or squamoso-lobate, plicate and sub- 

 crenulate, (K yellow) ; apothecia carneo^rufescent or carneo- 

 fuscescent, stipitate, (K — ) stipes apically divided, and bearing 

 several aggregate and confluent apothecia ; spores oblong o-ellipsoid, 

 simple. 



On the earth, very rare. 



Stn :—B. placophyllus, Ach. Meth. p. 322. Nyl. Syn. 180. Mudd Man. 63. 



Fig :— Act. Meth. t. 7. f. 4. 



Exs :— Tuck. 42. Arn. 448. 



Ge<-g Distkib :— N. Europe, N. America. 



Bot. Pkov— 5...7...11, 12. .15 



England : — Cumberland ! Mrs. Stanger. Eglestone, Durham. Rev. J. 

 Barriman. Swinnop, East Allendale, Northumberland. Rev. W. Johnson. Long- 

 mynd ! Shropshire. 



Scotland : — Sidlaw Hills. Mr. W. Gardiner. Poot of Ben Lawers. Adm. 

 Jones. Grampians ; Braemar ; Morrone. Rev. J. M. Crombie. 



Wales : — At foot of Cader Idris. Mr. Ralfs. Arran Powddy. Mr. Borrer. 

 rocks behind Union Workhouse, Corwen ; Barmouth. Rev. T. Salwey. Cwm 

 Cywion ! 



