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3. A. ochroleuca, (Ehrh.') ochroleucous, fruticulose, erect, riges- 

 cent, terete or compressed, smooth, lacunoso-impressed, albo-soredi- 

 ate, branched, ramuli attenuate, apically denigrate ; apothecia 

 dark brown, large, receptacle appendiculate ; spores 2 or 4, fuscous, 

 large, ellipsoid. (K/ + C +) 



On the earth in alpine places. 



Syn:— Ehrh. Beytf. 3. p. 82. (1788). Nyl. Scan. 72. Syn. 281. Mudd.Man. 

 70. T. M. Fries. Seand. 19. 



Fig :-Hoffm. PI. Lioh. t. 26. f. 2. & t. 68. f. 5. 7. Nyl. Syn. t. 8. f. 21. E. 

 Bot. t. 2374. 



Exs :— M. & N. 853. Schser. 395. Fellm. 52. Zw. 384. Hepp 832. Anzi It. 

 S. 23. Mass. 48. Reich. & Schub. 67. Arn. 135. 



Geog. Distbib : — Alps & Arctic Europe & N. America, Himalaya, Mexico, 

 Japan, New Holland. 



Bot. Prov:— 7...11...15. 



Scotland : — Highlands of Scotland. Mr. Macmttlan. Cairntoul, Braemar, 

 Rev. J. M. Crombie. Cairngorm, Inverness-shire. Sir W, J. Hooker. 



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



"Spores .034—46 mm. long, .020—28 mm. broad." (Nyl) " Spores .028— .42 

 mm. long, .014-24 mm. broad." (T. M. Fr.) Spores .028 mm. long, 015 mm. 

 broad. 



f. tenuior, Cromb. smaller, erect, branches slenderer, concolorous 

 at the apices. 



On alpine mountains. 1808. 



Stn :— Crombie in Journ. Bot. n. s. 1. p. 232. (1872). 

 Fig :— E. Bot. t. 2040 (smaller figure). 



Scotland : — Ben Luighal, Sutherlandshire. Sir W. J. Hooker. (1808). Mor- 

 rone, Braemar. Rev. J. M. Crombie. 



Var. cincinnata, Fr. prostrate, compressed, thicker, dilated below, 

 lacunose or foveolate, with long slender attenuate entangled branches 

 above. (Kf + C +) medulla K— C reddish. 



In alpine places, rare. 1808. 



Syn :— Fr. L. E. 22. (1830). Nyl. Scand. 73. 



Fig : — E. Bot. 2040. (larger specimen). 



Exs :— Fellm. 53. 



Geog. Distrib : — Europe, America. 



Bot. Peov :— 15, 16. 



Scotland : — Morrone ; Ben-na-boord ; Ben Lawers ! Rev. J. M. Crombie. 

 Ben-Mac-Dhiu. Mr. Macmillcm. Ben Luighal, Sutherland, and Cairngorm, 

 Invernessshire. Messrs. Hooker & Barrer. (1808.) Summits of Morne and Mor- 

 chone, Braemar. Dr. W. L. Lindsay. 



Var. sarmentosa (Ach.) pendulous, elongate, complicate, flaccid, 

 distantly branched, axils compressed, apices attenuate concolorous. 

 Alectoria sarmentosa, Ach. L. XJ. 595. is a distinct species with chemical re- 

 action (K=C+) and is represented in Th. Fr. 27. M. & N. 755, 464. and in 

 Hoffm. PI. Lich. t. 72. 



Amongst mosses in alpine localities, very rare. 



Stn :— Ach. Syn. 293. NyL Syn. 282. 



Scotland : — near Summit of Cairngorm, Braemar. Mr, W. Wilson, in hb. 

 Brit. Mus. 



4. A. capillaris, (Ach.) Nyl. pallido-canescent or pale flavido- 

 rufescent, pendulous, elongate, dichotomously branched, flaccid, 

 densely entangled, sub-compressed, angular and sublacunose below, 

 filiform and capillary above ; apothecia unknown. (K+ C +). 



On trees, <fec. 

 Stn : — Alectoria jubata, var. cana & setacea, Ach. L. U. 593. (1810.) 



