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forma cyanopolia, Nyl. darkly-cinereous, sometimes ccesio-ccerulescent, 

 subleprose or depresso-granulate and rimoso-diffract ; apothecia 

 pale-yellow-orange, subconcave with an elevated csesio-oaerulescent 

 margin, at length biatorine. 

 On wet stones, rare. 1877. 



Syn :— Nyl. Lapp. Or. p. 128 (1866). 



Bot. Prov ;— 26. 



Ireland :— Between Lough Feagh and Lough Muck 1 Mr, Larbalestier. (1877.) 



86. L. pyracea, (Ach.) whitish or obsolete and evanescent; 

 apothecia red-orange, small, biatorine, pale, margined, at iength 

 convex, (K crimson) ; spores 8, colourless, ellipsoid, 1-septate or 

 polari-bilocular with longitudinal tube. 



On trees and walls. 



Stn :— Aoh. Meth. 176. (1803.) Syn, 49. Nyl. Scand. 145. Mudd Man. 136. 



Fig :— E. Bot. 2245. Hepp Sporen. t. 58. f. 500. 



Exs :— Fellm. 106. Nyl. 120. M. & N. 1150. (upper specimen) Mudd 98. 

 Hepp 500. Zw. 328. Bohl. 76. Am. 281. Nyl. Pyr. Or. 73. Leight. 84. 



Geog. Distrib : — Europe. 



Bot. Prov :— 1...5...7, 8...10, 11...13, 14.. .26. 



England : — Near Masham ! Ingleby ! Yorkshire. Mr. Mudd. Oswestry ! 

 Shropshire. Bev. T. SaZwey. Twycross ! Leicestershire. Bev. A. Bloxam. 

 Beamish, Durham. Mr. Winch. Torquay ! Devon. Dr. Deakin. 



Scotland : — Southern parts. Bev. J. M. Cronibie. 



Ireland :— Westport ! co. Mayo. Mr. Larbalestier. 



Wales : — Llyn Aran, Cader Idris 1 



•' Spores .002 in. long, by .001 in. broad." (Mudd.) " Spores .011—16 mm. 

 long, .005—8 mm. broad." (Nyl.) " Spores .011— 15 mm. long, .006— 8 mm. 

 broad." (T. M. Fr.) 



Var. ulmicola, (DC.) apothecia .orange-yellow, margin paler- 

 yellow. 



On trees, beech, not common. 1805. 



Stn :— De Candolle Fl. Franc. 3. 358. (1805.) Hook. Br. Fl. 2. 186. £, luteo- 

 alba, Ach. Syn. 49. Nyl. Scand. 145. 



Fig :— E. Bot. 1426. Hepp Sporen t. 22, f. 202. 



Exs :— Mass. 234. 232. ScW. 475. Anzi It. S. 139. 140. Hepp 202. 



Geoo. Distrib : — Europe. 



BOT. Prov :— 1, 2, 3, 4, 5...10...24. 



England : — Sussex. Mr. Borrer. EasbyWood ! Cleveland. Mr. Mudd. near 

 Stoke House, Chichester ! Mr. Cooke. Whitstone, Exeter. Mr. ParJUt. Kelve- 

 don ; Coggeshall ; Braxted ! Witham, Essex. Mr. Varerme. Pophills, War- 

 wickshire. Mev- W. S. Bufford. Great Glenham, Suffolk. Bev. E. N. Bloomfield. 

 Holtpn Park, Oxfordshire. Mr. Lwbalestier. Barnsley Park, near Cirencester. 

 Mr. W. Joshua. Boxhill, Eastbourne. Mr. Boper. Wrotham, Hothfield, Eyns- 

 ford, Shoreham, Kent. Mr. Holmes. 



Ireland : — Castleconnel ! near Limerick. Mr. Carroll. Curraghmore, Adm. 

 Jones. 



Spores .012— .014 mm. long, .0065 -.007 mm, broad. 



Var. holocarpa, (Ehrh.) greyish-black, thin, entire or scattered 

 and, furfuraceous, granulate ; apothecia crowded, angular, Waxy' 

 yellow-orange, sub-concave or plane, margin entire, paler \ 



On flints and palings, not frequent. . . 



Stn :-Ehrhart Crypt. No. 284. (1793.) Ach, Syn. 49. Nyl. Scand, 145, Mudd 

 Man. 137. 

 Fig :— E. Bot. 2009. Hepp Sporen t. 9. f. 73. 

 Exs :— Hepp 73. Mass. 233. 235. Anzi Langob. 96. 

 Geog. Distrib : — Europe. 

 Bot. Prov :— 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. ..10. 

 England :— Sussex Downs. Mr. Borrer. Bury. Bev. 0. B. Leathes; Ingleby ! 



