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THE LICHEN-FLORA 



canaliculate ; cortical layer filanientose ; medulla K — ; apothecia 

 terminal, subtended by the defiejced, and elongated extremities of the 

 lacmiae ; receptacle rugose beneath ; spores 8, colourless, ellipsoid, 

 straight, 1-septate ; spermogonia in pale or colourless receptacles. 

 On trees, common, 



Syn : — Loharia calicaris, Hffm. Fl. Germ. 139. R. fastigiata, var. calicaris 

 Ach. L. U. 604. Syn, 297. R. calicaris var. canaliculate,, Fr. L. E, 30. R. 

 calicaris, Nyl. Mon, Ramal. 33 ; Leight. Not. Lich. 35. ' Crombie in Journ. 

 Bot. n. s. 1. 71. 



Fig:— Dill. t. 23, f. 62, A, b; Moris. 3, § 15, t. 7. f. 5; Ach. Act. Holm. 

 1797 t. 9. f. 1 I. 



Exs':— M. & N. 452 ; Mudd 44 ; Welw. Lusit. 42. 



Geog. Disteib : — Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America. 



Bot. Pkov:— 1, 2.. .5, 6, 7.. .10, 11...13...15. 



England : — New Forest. Rev. J. M. Crombie. Airyholme woods ! Ayton, 

 Yorkshire. Mr. Mudd. Oswestry ! Shropshire. Rev. T. Salwey. Culverhouse 

 and Exmouth Warren ! Devon. Mr. Parfitt, Moreton, Devon. Rev. J. P. 

 Jones. Swinnop, East Allendale, Northumberland. Rev. W. Johnson. Shrop- 

 shire generally! 



Scotland : — Ayrshire !, Mrs. Ddbie. Johnstone Hill, Forfar ! Dr. Gilchrist. 



Wales: — Llandrinod ! Radnorshire. Rev. T. Salwey. Trefriw ! 



" Spores .010 — 16 mm. long, .005 — 7 mm. broad." (Nyl.) 



Var. subampliata, Nyl. lacinice of thallus broader and more 

 dilated, similarly to R. fraxinea, longitudinally nervoso-rugose, 

 lacunose and canaliculate ; apothecia marginal and terminal ; re- 

 ceptacle rugose ; spores straight. 



On trees. 



Syn :— Nyl. Mon. Ramal. 34 (1870). Leight. Not. Lich. 35. 



Fig :— Ach. Act. Holm. 1797, t. 9, f, 1. G, K. 



Exs :— Anzi Lich. Ital. Sup. 63 ; Anzi Langob. 419. 



Geog. Disteib : — France, Portugal, Algeria, East Indies. 



Bot. Pbov :— 1, 2.. .4, 5...10. 



England : — Yorkshire ! Mr. O. Dixon. Exminster ! Devon. Mr Parfitt. near 

 Lyndhurst, New Forest. Rev. J. M. Crombie. Seeding! Suffolk. Rev. A. 

 Bloxam. Llanyblodwel rocks. 



Var. svbfastigiata, Nyl. similar in general appearance to R. 

 f astigiata ; apothecia terminal ; receptacle rugose ; spores straight. 

 On rocks and trees. 



Syn :— NyL Mon. BamaL 34 (1870). Leight. Not. Lich. 35. 



Fig :— Ach. Act. Holm. 1797, t. 9. f. L H. 



Exs :— Welw, Lusit. 44; Mandon Mad. 24. 



Geog. Distmb :— France, Portugal, Madeira, North America. 



Bot. Pbov :— 6. ..12. ..19. 



England : — Foresheild Wood, Alston, Cumberland. Rev. W. Johnston. 



Ikeland : — Rocks near Coachford, 11 miles west of Cork ! Mr. Carroll. 

 near Fermoy ! Mr. Chandler. 



Wales : — Llandrindod ! Rev. T. Salwey. 



>Ir. Crombie, L c. mentions a somewhat unusual state, with laciniae much 

 attenuated (f. attemtata, Cromb.) in New Forest; and also a singularly csespi- 

 tose condition with very short and crowded lacinise from Swanston Wood, 

 near Edinburgh. Mr. Sadler. 



3. R. farinacea (L.) whitish, pale straw-coloured or glau- 

 cescent, erect, subrigescent, dichotomously branched; lacinixe 

 linear, elongated, undulato-attenuated at the apices, compressed, 

 plane and polished, sometimes sublacunose, canaliculate with white, 

 oblong, more or less confluent soredia on the edges; cortical layer 

 filamentose ; medulla K — ; " apothecia testaceopallida vel glau- 



