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THE LICHEN-FLORA 



Scotland : — Braemar ; Grampians. Rev. J. M. Grombie. 



Ireland : — Dunkerron co. Kerry. Dr. Taylor. Howth ; Killarney ; and 

 Knocklayd, co. Antrim. Dr. Moore. 



" Spores .009—013 mm. long, .005—6 mm. broad." (Nyl.) " Spores .008— 

 12 mm. long, .005—6 mm. broad." (T. M. Fr.) 



24. P. xanihomyela, (Nyl.) similar to P. laevigata, but medulla 

 yellow, K — C red. 



On rocks. 1876. 

 Syn :— NyL in Flora 1874 p. 306. 

 Ireland :— Road to Kecess near Kylemore. Mr. Larbalestier. (1876). 



E. medulla of thallus yellow, K yellowish-brown. 



25. P. endochlora, (Leight.) like laevigata, whitish, very uneven, 

 lacinia sinuato-lobate, retuse, tuberculoso-nigricanti-sorediate ; medulla 

 yellow, K yellowish-brown ; apothecia rufous-brown, receptacle ver- 

 rucose, reticulato-lacunose, margin verrucose incurved ; spores as in 

 laevigata. 



On rocks. 



Geog. Distrib : — Europe. 



Bot. Prov :— 15. ..19. 



Ireland : — Dunkerron ! ; Askew Wood, co. Kerry. Dr. Taylor. Glencroe ! 

 Dr. MacmiUan. 



Much resembling P. tiliacea iar. rugosa, Tayl. It may be P. aurulenta, Tuck. 

 Suppl. 1. 424 but I hare seen no authentic specimen. 



Sub-tribe. III. PHYSCIEL 



Thallus laciniate, variously divided, generally stellate-orbicular. 

 Apothecia orange or yellow or nigricant, lecanorine. Paraphyses 

 distinct. Spores colourless or fuscous, bilocular or 1-septate. 

 Sterigmata pluri-articulate. Spermatia oblongo-cylindrical, incras- 

 sate at the apices. 



V. PHYSCIA, Nyl. 

 Characters as above. 



A. Tliallus flavescent (K purple.) 

 1. P. flavicans, (Sw.) yellow or orange-yellow, caspitose, sub- 

 terete, slender, entangled, much branched, branches attenuate, 

 furcellate at the apices ; apothecia orange or rufous, margin thin, 

 sub-entire ; spores 8, colourless, elliptico-oblong, polari-bilocular. 

 On trees, rocks, &c. 1724. 



Stn :-Swartz Prodr. Fl. Ind. 147. (1788.) Ach. Syn. 224. NyL Syn. 406. 



Fig :-B. Bot. 2113. Hepp Sporent. 65. f. 570. 



Exs :— Hepp 570. Schser. 552. Welw. Lusit. 11. Spruce Amaz. 171 Larb 21 

 Mudd 84. Leight. 169. Mass. 17. Keich. & Schub. 39. 



Geog. Distrib :— W. Europe, Asia, Africa, America, Australasia. 



Bot. Prov:— 1, 2, 6, 7.. .10.. .18, 19, 20.. .31. 



England :— Near Lewes, Sussex ! Mr. Borrer. Devonshire. Sir J. E. Smith 

 Penzance. Rev. T. Salwey. Lands End, Cornwall. Waldershare Park Kent' 

 Mr. Holmes, near Hastings; Isle of Wight; S. Devon and Cornwall 

 generally ; South Brent, Devonshire. Dr. Holl. Dunsford ; Budleigh Salter- 

 ton, Devon. Mr. Parfitt. Brockenhurst, New Forest. Rev. J. M. Grombie. Tren- 

 gwainton ! near Penzance. Mr. Curnow. on the Lanyon Coit. Rev. J. P. Jones. 

 Dartmoor : Bottor rocks ; Inwardleigh ; Lustleigh Cleve, Devon. Messrs. Jones 

 and Kingston. 



