of great Britain. 195 



Bot. Prov :— 7.. .26. 



Ireland : — Borders of Lake east side of Doughruagh Mountain, Connemara. 

 Mr. LarbaZestier (1876.) 

 Wales : — Moel-y-gest ! 



forma obscurata, Fr. olivaceo-cinerascent. (med. I — thallus K dirty 

 fuscescent.) 



On rocks, frequent. 1854. 



Stn :— Nyl. in Flora 1872.P. 364. 



Exs: -Fries L. So. 343. Fellm. 118. Anzi It. S. 208, Anzi Langob. 72. 

 Krbr, 246. Leight. 204. 



Geog. Distrlb : — Europe. 



Bot. Pkov:— 5...10. 



England :— Cliffrigg ! Yorkshire. Mr. Mudd. (1854.) Longmynd! Shrop- 

 shire. 



55. L. pelobotrya, (Whlnb.) whitish or livid-grey, very thick, 

 tartareous, continuous, rimose, smooth, unequally raised up into 

 large plano-convex masses or pidvinuli, (medulla I — ; thallus K — 

 C — ) on whioh are the apothecia which are at first minute and im- 

 mersed, then superficial, sub-urceolate, sub-immerso-sessile, solitary or 

 congregate, blackish-brown, thalline margin very thick, somewhat 

 polished, flexuose ; hypothecium dark-brown; paraphyses crowded, 

 distinct, slender ; spores 4-8, colourless, ellipsoid or oblongo-ellip- 

 soid, simple ; gelatina hymenea I blue. 



On alpine micaceo-schistose rocks, very rare. 1869. 



Stn :— Urceolaria Whlnb. in Aoh. Meth. Suppl. 31. (1803.) Ach. L. XJ. 333. 

 Syn. 138. Lichen, Whlnb. Fl. Lapp. 413. Lecamora, Smrf. Lapp. 99. Nyl. Scand. 

 155. 



Geoo. Distrib :— Finmark, Norway. 



Bot. Prov : — 15. 



Scotland : — Ben Lawers ! Messrs. Jones & Orombie. 



Th. Fries L. Scand. 279. ranks this in the Aspicilia section of Lecanora on 

 account of the thick thalline margin of the apothecia being filled with gonidia. 

 He states also that scabrous rufescent cephalodia are mingled with the areolae 

 of the thallus as in Lecidea pamteofa, which this lichen resembles in habit. 

 "Spores .023—35 mm. long, .012—16 mm. broad." (Wyl.) " Spores ,024—35 

 mm. long, .012—16 mm. broad." ( T. M. Fr.) 



56. L. jlavida, Hepp. pallido-ochraceous or cinerascent, suhle- 

 prose, effuse, very thin, rimoso-areolate ; apothecia excessively 

 minute, numerous, innate, black, concave or plane, thalline mar- 

 gin thin entire ; hypothecium colourless ; paraphyses gelatinoso- 

 concrete, ccerulescent towards the apices ; spores 8, colourless, 

 ellipsoid, simple ; gelatina hymenea I of an intense persistent blue, 

 spores and contents of asci fulvescent ; (medulla I — , thallus 

 K— C— .) 



On moist mountain rocks, not common. 



Stn ;— Hepp Exs. 630. (1860.) Th. Fr. L. Scand. 286. AspkUia micrantha, 

 Korb. Par. 102. A. ochracea, Mudd Brit. Lioh. 163. 



Fig :— Hepp Sporen t. 71. f . 630. 



Exs :— Hepp 630. Leight. 292. Mudd 136. Arn. 322. 322b. and 454. 



Geog. Distrib :— Scandinavia, Germany. 



Bot. Prov:— 5...10. 



England : — Cockshaw Bank ! Broughton Bank, Yorkshire. Mr. Mudd. 

 Wenlock ! Shropshire. 



"Spores .012—18 mm. long, .007— 11 mm. broad." [T. M. Fr.) Spores .017 

 mm. long, .009 mm. broad. 



67. L. lacustris> With, pale or testaceous or ochraceous, thin, 



