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more or less dispersed, tumid and convex; hypothallus thin, 

 black ; apothecia pallido-fuscescent, innato-sessile in the granules, 

 thalline margin thiokish ; spores ellipsoid, simple ; (thallus 

 K-C— .) 



On mountain rocks, not common. 1869. 



Stn :— Ft. L. B. 149. (1831.) Nyl. Scand. 170. T. M. Fries Seand. 267. 



Geog. Distbib :— Sweden, Finland. 



Bot. Pbov : — 7. 



Wales :— Dolgelley ! Dr. Boll. 



"Spores. 008— 12mm. long, .006— 7 mm. broad." {Nyl.) "Spores .008— 13 

 mm. long, .005 — 7 mm. broad. Spermatia acicular, arcuato-ourvate." 

 (T. M. Fr.) 



forma picea, Dicks. pitch-black ; apothecia black. 

 On alpine rocks, rare. 1801. 



Stn:— Dicks. Crypt. 4. 12. (1801.) 



Fig— Dicks. 1. c. 1. 12. f. 5. 



Exs :— Mudd 110. 



Geog. Distbtb :— Europe. 



Bot. Pbov:— 5.. .10.. .IK 



England : — Top of Boseberry ! Cleveland. Mr. Mudd. Abdon Burf ! Shrop- 

 shire. 



Scotland : — Grampians ; Morrone ! Rev. J. M. OromUe. Ben Lawers. Dr. 

 Boll. 



64. L. austera, Nyl. cervine or cervine-badious, unequal, rim- 

 ose, thin; apothecia badious-brovm, somewhat large, thalline mar- 

 gin badious, somewhat shining, fiexuose, often subcrenate and 

 proliferous ; spores 8, colourless, ellipsoid ; paraphyses moderate, 

 articulated ; gelatina hymenea I scarcely tinged but thec» 

 bluish. 



On weathered quartzose stones in gravelly places, very rare. 

 1874. 



Stn :— Nyl. in Flora 1874. p. 309. 



Bot. Pbov :— 16. 



Scotland: — Near summit of Ben Cruachan, Argyleshire. Rev. J. M. 

 Orambie. (1874.) 



" Spores.0.009 mm. long, 0.007 mm. broad. Spermatia 0.004 — 5 mm. long, 

 not 0.001mm broad." (Nyl.) 



65. L. rhypariza, Nyl. pale or lurido-cinerascent, granulose 

 or granuloso-squamulose, squamulee sublobulato-concrescent or 

 sub-dispersed ; apothecia fuscous, plane ; spores 8, colourless, 

 oblong or cylindraceo-oblong, simple, .021 — 27 mm. long, .006 

 — 7 mm. broad. 



Forma curvescens, Mudd. fuscous-black, minutely granuloso- 

 squamulose; apothecia elevato-sessile, margin paler, smooth, in- 

 flexed ; spores 6-8, obtusely fusiform, curved, simple ; (thallus 

 K— C— .) 



On alpine mosses and rocks, rare. 1858. 



Stn :-Nyl, in Ofvers V. Ak. Forh. 1860. p. 296, Scand. 169. Mudd Man 

 125. Crombie En. 53. 

 Fig :— Mudd Man. t. 2. f . 38. 

 Geog. Distmb : — Norway. 

 Bot. Pbov :— 15. 



Scotland :— Summit of Ben Lawers ! Adm. Jones. (1858.) 

 " Spores ,008 to .01 in. long, by .001 in. broad, t. 2. f, 38." (Mud'l.) 



