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Fie :— Westr. St. Lafv. Farg.-Hist. V. X. n. 14. Fig. B. 

 Exs :— SehEer. 496. Anzi It. S. 18, 19, 20- Th. Fr. 52. Hepp. 831. 

 Geog. Distbib : — Europe. 

 Bot. Pbov :— 10. 15. 

 England : — Yorkshire ! Mr. Dixon. 

 Scotland : Killin, Braemar. Bev. J. M. Crombie. 



The different chemical reaction appears to separate this as a distinct species 

 from all forms of A. jubata. 



A. subcana, Nyl. MB. is said to have been gathered on trunks of 

 old firs, on Ben Lasers and Glen Deny, Braemar, by Rev. J. M. 

 Crombie ; but I have seen no specimen, nor am I aware of any 

 published diagnosis. 



5. A. jubata, (Linn.) Nyl. fuscous or nigricant, livido-fus- 

 cescent or pallescent, terete, filiform, elongate, slender, ramose, 

 pendulous or prostrate, entangled; apothecia brown, plane or 

 convex, small ; spores 8, colourless, small, elliptical. (K — C — - ) 



On trees and rocks in mountainous places. 



Syn :—A. jubata var. prolixa. Ach. L. XJ. 592. (1810). Nyl. Scand. 72. Syn. 

 280. Mudd Man. 70. 



Fig :-E. Bot. 1880. Nyl. Syn. t. 8. f. 18 & 19. Dill. t. 12. f. 7. 



Exs :-Schaer. 396. 397. 496. Mudd 37. Leight. 72. 



Geog. Distbib : — Europe, N. America, W. Indies, N. Africa, Canaries, 

 Himalaya, Java. 



Bot. Pbov:— 1, 2...5...7, 8.. .10, 11...14, 15...18...22, 23. 



England : — Tors of Dartmoor ; Hightor Bocks, Devon. Messrs. Jones & King- 

 ston. Swinnop, East Allendale, Northumberland. Bev. W. Johnson. Baysdale ! 

 Ayton Moor ! Kildale Moor ; Cleveland. Mr. Mudd. Dartmouth. Mr. B. 

 Brown. Lungformacus, Northumberland. Mr. T. Brown. Rawse Castle ; Long- 

 ridge Dean ; Murton Craigs ; Dirrington Law, Northumberland. Dr. G. John- 

 ston. Ludlow and Oswestry !, Shropshire. Bev. T Salwey. Malvern Hills, 

 Worcestershire ; JRagley, near Kingley, Warwickshire. Mr. Burton. Gateshead 

 Fell, Durham. Mr. Thornhill. Dartmoor'; near St. Leonard's, Sussex. Dr. Boll. 

 Charnwood Forest ; Gopsall. Bev. A. Bloxam. Lustleigh Cleve, Devon. Mr. 

 Parfitt. Pearts Craigs, near Settle. Dr. Windsor. Bedfordshire. Bev. O. Abbot. 

 Longmynd ! Shropshire. 



Scotland : — Deernill Woods, Forfarshire ! Dr. G. Lawson, Invercauld, 

 Braemar ! Craig-y-Barns, Dunkeld ! Knock-Hill, Crieff ! Dr. Lindsay. Pent- 

 land Hills ; Swanston Wood. Dr. Greville. XilliTi ; Rothiemurchus. Bev. J. M. 

 Crombie. Garrynahine, Lewis. Dr. Lindsay. 



Ireland : — Knockcurris, Innishowen. Mr. B. Brown. Lough Bray ; Killiney 

 Hills. Dr. Taylor. Luggelaw, co. Wicklow. Adm. Jones. 



Wales : — Diffwys ; Llyn Bodlyn ! near Barmouth. Bev. T. Salwey. Cader 

 Idris. Dr. Soil. 



"Spores .006—9 mm. long, .004-5 mm. broad." (Nyl.) " Spores .006-1 

 mm. long, .004—5 mm. broad." ( T. M. Fr.) 



Var. chalybeiformis, Ach. olivaceo-black, flexuose, decumbent, 

 subfilamentose, wiry and rigid, shortly branched, intricate. 

 (K-C— ) 



On alpine rocks and boulders. 



Stn :— Linn. Syst. Nat. (1767). Syn. 280. Mudd Man. 70. Ach. L. U 593 



Fig :— Dill. 1. 13. f. 10. 



Exs :— Mudd 38. Schaer. 396. Anzi It. S. 21. 



Geog. Distbeb : — Europe. 



Bot. Pbov:— 10, 11.. .15. 



England : — Battersby Bank ! Cleveland. Mr. Mudd. Charnberry near 

 Eglestone, Durham. Mr. Winch. 



Scotland : — Loch-na-gar ! ! Braemar ; Birnam Hill ! Dunkeld. Dr. Lindsay. 

 Highlands. Messrs. Turner & Hooker. Clova Mountains. Mr. W. Gardiner. 



6. A. lanata, (L.) nigricant or fusco-nigricant, filiform, terete, 



