OF GREAT BRITAIN. 71 



Scotland :— South Ferry Links, Fifeshire ! Dr. Ogilvie. Sands of Barrie : 

 Head of Canlochen, Forfarshire. Mr. W. Gardiner. Ben Lawers ! Dr. Lindsay. 

 Grampians. Rev. J. M. Grombie. 



. " Spores .006— .008 in. long, by .0005 to 00075 in. broad." (Mudd.) " Spores 

 .023—37 mm. long, .0025-. 0045 mm. broad." (Nyl) "Spores .022—37 mm. 

 long, .002—3 mm. broad." (T. M. Fr.) 



Var. alpinum, Laur. podetia less tomentose, granules whitish, 

 turgid, verrucoso-conglomerate. 

 On rocks. 



Stn :— S. alpinum, Laur. Fr. L. E. p. 204, (1831). Nyl. Soand. 64. Syn. 244. 

 Mudd Man. 66. 

 Exs: — Schser. 263. Hepp 303. 

 Geog. Distrib :— Europe, Asia. 

 Bot. Pbov:— 12...15...26. 

 England : — Cumberland ! Mrs. Stanger. 

 Scotland :— Ben Lawers. Dr. Soil. Braemar. Adm. Jones. 

 Ireland : — Connemara. Dr. Moore, near Glencorbol ! Mr. Larbalesticr. 



Var. lotryomm, Nyl. podetia glabrous, granules thyrsoideo-con- 

 glomerate on the extremities of the branches. 

 On rocks. 



Stn :— Nyl. Scand. 64. 



Exs :— Schser. 264. 



Geog. Distrib : — Switzerland, Scandinavia. 



Bot. Prov : — 10. 



England :— Teesdale. Mr. Mudd. 



4. S. denudatum, Flk. podetia slender, simple or branched, 

 attenuate at the apex, glabrous, granules whitish, or albo-cineras- 

 cent, subpeltate, medio-depressed, the centre virescent, margin 

 white crenulate ; apothecia fuscous, small, plane or convex, terminal 

 or lateral ; spores elongato-fusiform, 3-(rarely 5 — 7)-septate ; ceph- 

 alodia olivaceo-fuscescent, verrucoso-glomerulose. 



On rocks, not uncommon. 



Stn :— S. denudatum, Flk. D. L. 79. (1815). Nyl. Scand. 65. Syn. 247. Mudd 

 Man. 66. 



Fig :— Nyl. Syn. t. 7. f. 29. 



Exs :— M. & N. 466. Fr. 346. Anzi Langob. 15. Smrft. 163. 



Geog. Distrib : — Europe, Asia, America. 



Bot. Prov :— 1...5...7...10, 11.. .15.. .18, 19, 20...26...30. 



England :— Dartmoor. Dr. Holl. Battersby Moor ! Yorkshire. Mr Mudd. 

 Teesdale, Durham. Mr. Baker. Clee Hill ; Mynydd-y-Myfyr, Shropshire. Rev. 

 T. Sahmey. 



Scotland : — Aumbre ! Perthshire ; Caerlaverock Wood ! Dumfries ; Ben 

 Mac Dhiu, Braemar! (4294 ft.); Ben Nevis! Dr. IAmdsay. Ben Lawers! 

 (4406. ft.); Dr. Gilchrist. Sidlaw Hills and Clova. Mr. W. Gardiner. Long 

 Island. Prof. Balfour. Grampians. Rev. J. M. Crombie. 



Ireland : — Connemara ! and co. Antrim ; Killarney. Dr. Moore. Gongaum- 

 barra, Cork. Mr. Carroll. Kylemore Castle ! Salrock Boad ! co. Galway. Mr. 

 Larbalestier. 



Wales : — Pen-y-gwryd. Mr. W. Joshua. Llyn Aran ! Llyn Cae ! Cader 



.002—4 mm. broad." (T, M. Fr.) 



5. S. condensatum, Hffm. very small, podetia very short, strong, 

 simple, naked, granules whitish or cinerascent, nodulose, crenulate, 

 condensed into a lax-granulose crust ; apothecia fuscous, sessile ; 

 spores fusiform or cylindraceo-fusiform, 3 — 7 septate. 



On the earth and rocks, rare. 



