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THE LlCHMf-FLORA 



On wet alpine rocks, not common. 1844. 



Syn -.—Lecanora, Th. Fr. L. Scand. 287. Lecidea, Nyl. Scand. (1861.) p. 196. 

 Salwey in Trans. Bot, Soc. Edin. 7. 554. 



Exs :— Am. 403. 



Geog. Distbtb :— Europe. 



Bot. Pbov:— 7...15...19...26. 



Scotland :— Ben Cruachan ; Ben Lawers. Rev. J. M. Crombie. 



Ibeland : — Brandon Mount and Connor Cliffs ; Mangerton, Killarney. Mr. 

 Carroll, near Dunkerron ! Cappamore Hill ! eo. Kerry. Dr. Taylor. Connemara. 

 Dr. Moore. Kylemore Castle ! eo. Galway. Mr. Larbalestier. 



Wales :— Plinlimmon. Rev. T. Salwey. (1844.) Llyn Aran ! IJyn-y-Cae ! Cade 

 Idris ; Crib Coch ! Snowdon ; Capel Curig ! Cwm Idwal ! Cwm Bochlwyd ! 

 Cwm Tryf an ! Cwm Cywion ! Glyder Vach ! Llyn Cwlyd ! Aran Mowddwy ! 



Mi. Crombie in Htt. mentions a form major in which the thallus is thicker 

 and the apothecia larger (twice as large.) 



" Spores .009— .015 mm. long. .004 mm. broad." {Jfyl.) "Spores .012—17 

 mm. long, .005—6 mm. broad." (T. M. Fr.) Spores .014— .015 mm. long, 

 .0055— .006 mm broad. 



33. L. chlarotera, Nyl. white, subtartareous, snbdeterminate, 

 areolato-difiract, areola subturgid, minutely verrucoso-granulate 



' (K yellow C yellow) ; apothecia pallido-testaceous, large, scattered, 

 sessile, plane or plano-convex, smooth, slightly pruinose, thalline 

 margin flexuose, thickish, somewhat pulverulent ; spores 8, 

 colourless, rotundato or elliptico-oblong ; simple, paraphyses dis- 

 tinct, thick 



On trees. 1876, 



Syn :— Nyl. in Flora 1872, p. 550. & 1875. p. 15. 



Geog. Distbib : — Central Europe. 



Bot. Pbov :— 26. 



Ireland :— Doughruagh Mountain ! and Ballinahinch ! near Letterfrack ! 

 Connemara. Mr. Larbalestier. (1876.) 



A most beautiful species, resembling a good deal in external appearance L. 

 tarlarea, (L.) but with different reaction and with spores with 2 nucleoli like 

 those of L. mbfuaca. Spores .013 — .015 mm. long, .008 mm. broad. 



**** Thallus K yellow G orange. 



34. L. sulphur ea, (Hoflin.) sulphureo-virescent, thickish, tartar- 

 eous, rimoso-areolate, smooth ; apothecia livido-nigricant, biatorine, 

 convex, deformed, subpruinose, margin obliterated; spores 8, 

 colourless, ellipsoid, simple; thallus K yellow C orange yellow. 



On sub-alpine rocks, walls, tiling, &c, frequent. 



Syn:— Hoffm. En. 32. (1784) Ach. Syn. 37. Nyl. Scand. 165. Mudd Man. 152. 



Fig :-E. Bot. 1186. Hoffm. PI. L. t. 11. f. 3. Hepp Sporen t. 21. f. 189 



Exs :-Zw. 3. Schser. 324. Hepp 189. Am. 188. Mudd 121. Bohl. 117. 



Geog. Distbib : — Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Scandinavia. 



Bot. Pbov :— 2, 3, 4, 5.. .7.. .10.. .15.. .18, 19.. .23, 24.. .30, 31. 



England : — Cliffrigg ! Lounsdale ! Koseberry ! Mr. Mudd. Sussex ! Mr. 

 Borrer. Malvern Hills ; Black Mountain, Monmouthshire. Dr. Soil. Coughton 

 Church, Warwickshire. Mr. Purton. Bury, Suffolk. Rev. E. N. BloomfiOd. Sand- 

 gate Cliff, Kent. Mr. Holmes. Stannor Hill ! Herefordshire ; Bodbury King ' 

 near Church Stretton, Caer Caradoc ! Stiperstones Hill ! Shropshire. 



Scotland : — Kincardine. Rev. J. M. Crombie. Garrynahine, Lewis ; Stennis 

 Orkney. Dr. Lindsay. ' 



Ibeland :— Pigeon Island near Kinmare. Dr. Taylor, near Belfast. Mr. 

 Templeton. Glenarm. Dr. Moore. Killiney near Dublin. Adm. Jones. Glengariff' 

 Cork, Kilkee and Eoss, Clare, Mangerton, Kerry. Mr. Carroll. ' 



Wales : — Diganwy ! near Conway. Bettws y-coed ! 



Channel Islands :— Jersey ; Guernsey. Mr. Larialestier, 



