66 THE LICHEN-FLORA 



Distinct by reaction from vegtita (K / + C + ) with which it has been 

 hitherto confounded. 



Syn :— Schser. SpiciL 21. (in part) NyL Syn. 22L (in part) ; Seyphophorus 

 bellidiflorw, Hook. Brit. 240; Genomyce oellidifiora, Hook. Scot. 64; Mack. 

 Hib. 82 ; Cladonia coccifera B. bellidijlora, Mudd Man. 60. Br. Clad. 29. (in 

 part). 



Fig :— E. Bot. 1. 1894. 



Exs :-Schier. 42. Auzi Clad. Cis. 16 B ! 



Geog. Distkib : — Europe, N. America. 



Bot. Pbov :— 1...7...11...14, 15, 16...23...30. 



England : — Lustleigh Cleve, Devon. Mr. Parfitt. Prestwick Carr ; Hexham 

 and Dilston Fells ; Cheviot, Northumberland ; Teesdale and Weardale, Durham. 

 Mr. Winch. Swinnop and Top of West Allen Carrs, Northumberland. Rev. W. 

 Johnson. 



Scotland : — Ben Nevis. Messrs. Turner «fc Hooker. Ben Lawers ! Ben 

 Lomond ! Cairn Gonn ! Sir\ W. J. Hooker. Craig Chailleach ! Mr. D. Turner. 

 Ben Ferrog! Ben Cruachan! Mr. Borrer. Arran. Prof. Balfour. Pentland 

 Hills. Dr. GrecUle. Lochnagar ! Aberdeen ! Cawdor Wood ! Nairn ! and 

 Braemar ! Mr. Croall. 



lEELAi-D : — Near Belfast. Mr Templeton. Kelly's Glen, Dublin. Dr. Moore. 



Wales : — Diffwys, near Barmouth. Rev. T. Salwey. 



Sub-genus 3. Cladixa. Xyl. 



Thallus leafless ; podetia without scyphi, repeatedly branched, 

 more or less smooth ; apothecia terminal, biatorine, pale or red. 



A. Phoeocarpae, apothecia pale or fuscous. 



* Reaction (X f + C + ). 



1. C. sylvatica, Hfim. podetia 2 — 6 inches high, white or pah 

 straw-coloured glabrous, branched, terminal branches radiato-cyrnose, 

 fastigiate, apices subsecund nodding. 



Hills, mountains, heaths, &c, probably not uncommon. 



Separated from rangiferina by the above characters and different reaction. 



Syn :— C. sylvatica, Hffm. Fl. Germ. 114. (1795). NyL Syn. 212. C. rangi- 

 ferina B. sylvatica, Mudd Man. 59. Br. Clad. 25. 



Exs :— Coem. Clad. Belg. 158. 159. Leight. 57. 



Geog. Distbtb : — Europe, X. & S. America, India, Australasia. 



Bot. Pbov :— 8...11, 12...14, 15...19...26. 



England : — Market Basen ! Lincolnshire. Dr. F. A. Lees. West Allen Carrs, 

 Northumberland ; Foreshield Fell, Cumberland. Rev. W. Johnson. 



Scotland :— Pentland Hills ! Dr. GreviHe. Deerhlll Wood ! Sands of Barrie ! 

 Mr. W. Gardiner. Callander ! Mr. Mc Kinlay. 



Ireland : — Killarney. Dr. Carrington. Kylemore ! Mr. Larbalestier, 



f. scabrosa, podetia scabrous, with minute whitish irregular points 

 or verrucse. 



Exs :— Mudd Br. Clad. 57. 60. 



In similar situations with type, bnt^differences owing probably to age or 

 climate. 



England :— Leicestershire ! Rev. A. Bloxam. Basingstoke, Kent ! Mr. R. S. 

 Hill. Yorkshire ! Mr. J. G. Baker. West Allen Carrs,- Northumberland. Rev. 

 W. Johnson. Long Mynd ! Shomere Moss ! Shropshire. 



/. alpestris, Linn, podetia white or pale straw-coloured, verrucose, 

 intricately and divaricately branched, densely thyrsoid at the apex. 

 Similar habitats with type ; rare. 



Syn :— f. alpestris, Linn. Sp. PL 1620. NyL Syn. 212 ; Cladonia rangiferina 

 v. alpestris, Mudd Man. ; Br. Clad. 

 Fig :— DilL t. xvi f. 29. E. F. 

 Exs :— M & N. 1063 ! 



