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distinct, apices colourless ; spores 8, fuscous, broadly-oblong , large, 

 with a broad darker central transverse band or septum. 

 On calcareous rocks, probably not unfrequent. 1875. 



Syn :— Hepp Exs. 81. (1853.) Korb. Par. p 75. 

 Fig :— Hepp Sporen t. 10. fig. 81. 

 Exs :— Hepp 81. Anziltal. S. 222. 



Geog. Distrib :- Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Sweden. 

 Bot. Pkov :— 1...15. 



England :- -Yatton ! Somersetshire. Mr. Joshua. (1875.) 

 Scotland :— Craig Tulloeh, Blair Athole. Rev. J. M. Crombie. 

 Spores :022— .024 mm. long, .016— .017 mm. broad. Gelatina hymenea I 

 dirty-blue. Well distinguished by the broad septum of the spores, 



Var. immersa, (Krbr.) apothecia immersed in the rock, plane, 

 margin fuscescent, involute. 



On limestone rocks & walls. 1875. 



Syn :— Korb. Par. p. 75. (1865.) 

 Exs :— Mass. Ital. 113. Rabh. 873. 

 Geog. Distrib : -Germany, Italy. 

 Bot. Prov :— 1 



England : — Yatton and Weston-super-Mare. Mr. Joshua. (1875.) 

 There is an ochraeeous state of this variety (see Mull. Arg. in Flora 1867. 

 p. 435.) which may be probably found on our limestone rooks. 



111. L. baiomma, Nyl. albido-lutescent, opake, thin, unequal 

 (K yellow) ; apothecia pallido-rufescent, scattered, thalline margin 

 white, thickish, subanguloso-diformed; spores 8, colourless, oblong, 

 1 -septate, cells nucleolate ; paraphyses slender, distinct, apices 

 pale ; gelatina hymenea I blue then vinoso-fulvescent or vinous- 

 red. 



On micaceo-schistose rocks by the sea. 1876. 



Syn :— Nyl. in Flora 1876. p. 233. Flora 1877. p. 562. L. rupicola, Nyl. in 

 Flora 1877. p. 228. 

 • Bot; Prov :— 26. 



Ireland : — Letterfrack ! Lettermore ! Connemara. Mr. Larhalestier. 



" Spores .012 —18 mm. long .004—6 mm. broad, similar to those of Ver- 

 rucaria epidermidis." (Nyl.) Spores .014 mm. long, .004 — 5 mm. broad. 



112. L. glaucocarnea, Nyl. glauco-virescent, rugtdose en- altogether 

 subleprose, rimoso-difract, determinate (K yellow) ; apothecia pallida- 

 carneous or lurid, biatorine, margin obtuse, somewhat paler and 

 at length evanescent ; spores 8, colourless, oblong, 1-septate. 



On shady micaceo-schistose rocks, rare. 1877. 



Syn :— Nyl. in Flora 1877. p. 459. Flora 1877. p. 562. 



Bot. Prov :— 26. 



Ireland :— Near Glendalough ! and near Lough Muek ! Galway. Mr. Lar- 

 halestier. (1877.) 



" Probably a subspecies of L. h&omma, Nyl. which is rather a Biatora than a 

 Lecanora." (Nyl.) Spores .011 -.0135 mm, long, .005 mm, broad. 



113. L. spadomela, Nyl. cinereo-fuscous, thin, opake, subleprose, 

 rimoso-diffract ; apothecia nigricant, plane, thalline margin nearly 

 entire ; paraphyses distinct, sometimes branched at the apex, apices 

 clavate, fuscous ; spores 8, colourless, ellipsoid or oblong, 1-septate, 



On sandstone rocks, very rare. '876. 



Syn !-Nyl. in Flora 1876. p. 572. 

 Bot. Prov :— 26. 



Ireland :— Killery Bay ! near Glencorbol ! Connemara. Mr. Larhalestier, 

 (1876.) 



