172 THE LICHEN-FLORA 



"Spores .008— .012 mm. long, .005—7 mm. broad "{Nyl.) Spores .009— .12 

 mm. long, .005—7 mm. broad. (T. M. Fr.) 



9. L. hypopluea, (Nyl.) cinerascent or cinereo-virescent, thin, 

 granulato-unequal ; apothecia nigricant or sanguineo-black, leci- 

 deine, somewhat plane, marginate, proper margin black, sub-crenu- 

 late or unequal or undulate, then convex and im marginate ; 

 spores numerous, colourless, oblong, simple ; paraphyses moderate 

 or thickish, articulate, apices thicker, electrino-fuscescent ; hypo- 

 thecium colourless, fuscous-black beneath, and with glomerulose 

 gonidia ; gelatina hymenea at first blue then vinose or fulvous red 

 with iodine. 



On granite rocks, very rare. 1869. 



Stn :— Nyl. in Flora 1870. p. 34. Crombie in Seem. Journ. Bot. 8. 97. 



Geog. Distrib : — Europe. 



Bot. Prov ; — 15. 



Scotland : — Near Old Machar Cathedral, Aberdeen. Bev. J. M. Crombie. 

 (1869). 



Allied toprivigna, Ach. but distinguished chiefly by its greyish-green granu- 

 late thallus, and crenulate or undulate margin of the apothecia. Crombie. 



" Spores .005—6 mm. long, .0015 mm. broad." (Nyl.) 



10. L. peliscypha, (Whlnb.) fusco-castaneous, cartilaginous, 

 glebulose, glebulfe at first distinct, bearing apothecia in their 

 centre, at length formed into decumbent appressed imbricated 

 squamce (K — C — ) ; apothecia atrofuscous, stub-immersed, sub- 

 marginate ; spores numerous, minute. 



On maritime and subalpine rocks, frequent. 1871. 



Syn :— Whlnb. in Suppl. Ach. Meth. 40. (1803.) NyL in Flora 1872. p. 364. 

 Crombie in Journ. Bot. n. s. 2. 134. 

 Geog Distrib : — Scandinavia. 

 Bot. Prov : — 15. 

 Scotland : — Coast of Kincardineshire. Bev. J. M. Crombie. (1871). 



B. Spores 8, simple. 



* Thallus K yellow then red. 



11. L. cineren, (L.) cinereous or albido-cinereous, rimoso-areolate 

 or areolato-diflract or verrucoso-areolate, areolae plane or convex ; 

 hypothallus nigricant ; apothecia black, naked, immersed or sessile, 

 concave or plane, thalline margin entire ; hypothecium colourless ; 

 spores 8, colourless, ellipsoid, simple ; paraphyses gelatinoso- 

 conglutinate ; gelatina hymenea I blue then fulvescent ; sper- 

 matia acicular, straight ; medulla I — ; tliallus K yellow then red. 



On granitic and hard rocks, frequent. 



Syn :— Linn. Mant. L p. 132. (1767.) Ach. Syn. 140. Nyl. Scand. 153. Th. Fr. 

 L. Scand. 280. 



forma rimoso-areolata, Leight. cinereous or albido-cinerascent, 

 rimoso-areolate, areola flat or plane, apothecia more or less im- 

 mersed. 



E XS : — Schaer. 126. 127. Mass. 270. Anzi Ital. S. 207. 



Geog. Distrib : — Switzerland, Pyrenees, Italy, Hungary. 



Bot. Prov:— 7... 31. 



Wales :— Pen-maen-mawr ! Cader Idris ! Llyn Cae ! Crib Goch ! Snowdon. 



Channel Islands :— Beanport ! Jersey. Mr. Larbatestier. 



