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oescentia, receptaculo infra lsevi ; sporEe. ellipsoideo-oblongfe vel 

 fusiformi-ellipsoideee, rectse " (Nyl. Mem. 35) ; sperrnogonia in 

 pale or colourless receptacles. 



On trees and palings, frequent, rare in fructification. 



Syn :~>-Lichen farmaceus, Linn. Fl. Suec. ed. 2, 1089. R. farindcea, Ach 

 L. U. 606, Syn. 297 ; Nyl. Mon. Ramal. 34 ; Leight. Not. Lioh. 35. Crom- 

 bie in Journ. Bot. n. s. 1. 71. 



Fig .— E. Bot. t. 889 ; Aoh. Act. Holm. 1797, t. 11. f. 1. 



Exs :— M. & N. 356 ; Anzi Etr. 6 ; Anzi Ital. Sup. 67 ; Schasr. 494 ; Mudd 

 45. Kabh. 892. 



Geog. Distrib : — Europe,' Asia Africa, North and South America, Poly- 

 nesia, Australia. 



Bot. Pkov:— 1, 2.. .4, 5, 6, 7...10, 11, 12. 13.. .15. 



England : — Norfolk. Rev. H. Bryant. Clapham Park Wood, Bedfordshire 

 (fruit). Rev. G. Abbot. New Forest (fruit). Mr. Lyell. near Newton ! and 

 Kildale ! Cleveland, Yorkshire ! Mr. Mudd, Oswestry ! Shropshire. Rev. T. 

 Salwey. Thirsk !, Yorkshire, Mr. Baker. Stoke Wood ! Exeter. Mr. Parfitt. 

 Chichester ! Mr. Cooke. Foreshield Wood, Alston, Cumberland ; Swinnop, 

 East Allendale, Northumberland. Rev. W. Johnson. Moreton, Devon. Rev. 

 J. P. Jones. Suffolk and Sussex. Rev. E. N. Bloomfield. Shomere Woods ! 

 Haughmond Hill ! Lyth Hill ! Shropshire ; Dinmore Wood, Herefordshire 



Scotland : — Balthayock Woods ! Perth. Dr. Lindsay. Ayrshire ! Mrs. 

 Dobie. 



Ireland : — Fermoy ! Mr. Chandler. Dunkerron (fruit) Dr. Taylor. 



Wales :— Carmarthenshire ! (fruit). Mr. Forster. Glynn, near Capel Curig ! 

 Bettws-y-Coed ! Breidden ! 



Very variable ; many forms, minute in size, frequently occur, but scarcely 

 worth distinguishing. When the soredia in R. farinacea are touched with K 

 thejr exhibit no reaction or only sometimes a very faint yellow, which, on 

 the immediate application of C. becomes of a full yellow. Spores .008 — ,016 

 mm. long, .004—7 mm. broad." {Nyl.) 



i. R. fraxinea, (L.) pale straw or yellowish, or glaucescent, 

 pendulous, straggling, subrigescent ; laciniEe compressed, more or 

 less broadly applanato-dilated, lacunose, longitudinally rugose or 

 nervose, elongated and attenuated at the apices ; cortical layer fil- 

 amentose ; medulla K — ; apotheeia large, marginal and superficial, 

 brownish-yellow or glaucescent ; receptacle rugose or plicato-rugose ; 

 spores 8, colourless, oblong, curved, 1-septate ; spermogonia in 

 pale colourless receptacles. 



On trees, very common. 



Syn -.—Lichen fraxineus, Linn. Fl. Suec. ed. 2. 1091. R. fraxinea, Ach. 

 L. U. 602. Syn. 296 ; Nyl. Mon. Kamal. 36 ; Leight. Not. Lich. 35 ; Crom- 

 bie in Journ. Bot. n. s. 1. 72. 

 ■ Geog. Distrib :— S. and C. Europe, N. America, Algeria, Canaries, Syria. 



Forma typica tceniaformis, Ach. laciniw moderately dilated, very 

 much elongated, attenuate at the base and apex, longitudinally rugose 

 or nervoso-plicate. 

 • Syn :— R. fraxinea, var. tceniceformis, Ach. L. U., 603; Nyl. Mon. Ramal. 



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Fig :— E. Bot. t. 1781 ; Westr. Faergh. t. 12. c. 



Exs :— Anzi Ital. Sup. 60, and 59, A. B. D. Mass. Ital. 116 ; M. & N. 158 

 (two lower specimens) ; Schser. 492; (left hand specimen). 



Geog. Distrib :— Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America, Poly- 

 nesia, Australia. 



Bot. Prov :— 1, 2...4...6, 7...H. ^ r „ 



England :— Cambridgeshire. Rev. R. Relhan. Moreton, Devon. Rev. J. P. 

 Jones. Swinnop, and Sparta Lea, East Allendale, Nnrthumberland. Rev. W. 

 Johnson. Suffolk and Sussex. Rev. E. N. Bloomfield. 



Wales :— Llandrindod ! Rev. T. Salwey. Edderton Wood ! Montgomeryshire. 



" Spqres ,011—16 mm. long, .005—7 mm. broad." (Nyl. } 



