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Wales :— Anglesea, Rev. H. Dairies. Glyn, near Capel Curig ! 



Ireland :— On Brandon Hill, Kerry ; Ben Bulben, Sligo. Mr. J. T. Mac/cay 

 Cushendall, Antrim. Dr. Moore. 



"Spores .008 in. long, by .0035 in. broad, t. 1. f. 24," (Mudd.) "Spores 

 .032— 60 mm. long, .018—27 mm. broad." (Nyl.) Spores .05 mm. long, .02 

 mm. broad. 



3. S. limbata, (Sommf.) subcoriaceous, fuscescent, dark-green 

 and gelatinous when moist, granulato-plicato-squamulose, albo- 

 pruinose; apothecia fuscous or nigro-fuscous, large, urceolate, 

 bordered by a plane expanded cremate albo-furfuraceous granulate 

 margin; spores 4, rufo-fuscesoent, broadly and obtusely oblong, 

 1 -septate. 



On the earth among wet mossy rooks, rare. 



Syn :— Sommf. Fl. Lapp. 105. (1826.) Nyl. Syn. 331. Mudd Man. 85. 



Fig :— E. Bot. 1374. Sommf. Fl. Lapp. t. 3. f. 1...9. Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 

 9. t. 2. f. 9. & 10. 



Exs :— Anzi Langob. 46. Smrft. 149. 



Geog. Distrib ; — Scandinavia, Europe, N. America. 



Bot. Prot :— 4...10, 11...15...30. 



England : — Durham. Rev. J. Sarriman. Ayton, Cleveland ! Mr. J. O. 

 Baker. Cambridge ! Mr. <?. Bentham. Ingleborough. Dr. Garrington. Guisbro' 

 Moor, Cleveland. Mr. Mudd. 



Scotland :— Ben Lawers. Dr. Boll. 



Ireland : — Head of Glenarriff, co. Antrim. Dr. Holl. 



" Spores .008 to .009 in. long, by .003 to .0035in. broad." (Mudd.) "Spores 

 .030—50 mm. long, .018—23 mm. broad." (Nyl.) Spores .032— .033 mm. long, 

 .014 — .015 mm. broad. 



4. S. bispora, Nyl. albo^pruinose, slightly developed, lobes small ; 

 almost entirely occupied by the crowded, moderate, deeply urceo- 

 late apothecia, or changed into isidiose or granulose tlialline limbs ; 

 spores 2, rufo-fuscous, oblong, 1-septate ; stratum gonimon bright 

 green. 



On earth in alpine localities, rare. 1871. 



Syn :— Nyl. Syn. 331 (1860.) Stirton in Grevillea, 2. 60. 

 Fig :— Nyl. 1. c. t. 8. f. 42. 

 Exs :— Arn. 486. 



Geog. Distrib : — Pyrenees, Tyrol, North Italy. 

 Bot. Prov:— 15. 



Scotland : — Ben Lawers. Dr Stirton. 



Possibly & limbata and & bispora may be states of S. saccata. "Spores 

 .065— 88 mm. long, .033— 42 mm. broad." (Nyl.) 



Tribe XII. PARMELIEI. 



Thallus frondoso-dilatate or lobate or lobato-laciniate or stellato 

 laciniate, sometimes somewhat terete, and fruticuloso-imbricate. 

 Apothecia lecanorine or in a cupuliform receptacle. Sterigmata 

 pluri-articulate or with arthrosterigmata. 



Sub-tribe I. STICTEI. 



Thallus membranaceo-lobate, the under surface rhizinose, and 

 with pulverulent pseudo-cyphellse or true urceolate cyphellae. 

 Apothecia with distinct paraphyses. Spores fusiform, 1 — 3 rarely 

 pluri-septate. 



