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6. L. glaucolepidea, (Nyl.) glauco-virescent, membranaceous, 

 squamulose, squamules scattered, ascending, rounded, margins inciso- 

 lobate and cremate, sorediiferous ; apothecia large, adnate, solitary, 

 reddish-Hack, convex, or cephaloid, depressed in the centre, margin 

 obliterated ; hypothecium thick, pale-brown ; spores 8, colourless, 

 ovate or elliptical, simple. 



On mountain turfy ground, rare. 1812. 



Stn :— Nyl. Enum. Gen. Suppl. 337. (1857.) Carroll in Nat. Hist. Rev. 1859. 

 p. 326. Mudd Man. 171. 



EiG :— Nat. Hist. Kev. 1859. t. 32. f. 2. 3. a.b. v . Mudd t. 3. f. 62. 



Geog. Distkib : — Europe. 



Bot. Prov:— 19... 30. 



Ireland : — Near Ban try. Miss Hutchins. (1812.) South side of Croohan 

 Mountain ! 4 m. from Ballintoy co. Antrim. Dr. Moore, 



Thallus like a Cladonia. " Spores .0015 in. long, by .005— .00075 in. broad." 

 (Mudd.) 



7. L. armeniaca, (DC.) pale-ochraceo-lutescent, areolato-diffract, 

 areolce svb-squamoso-verrucose, plane or subconvex, smooth, hypo- 

 thallus bluish-black ; apothecia innate, nearly plane, immarginate, 

 moderate ; hypothecium dusky or colourless ; spores 8, colourless, 

 ellipsoid or oblong, simple ; (thallus K orange yellow, C red.) 



On rocks, rare. 



Syn : — L. armeniaca var. aglceoides, Nyl. Delp. in Bull. Soo, Bot. Er. vol. ] 0- 

 p. 265. (1863.) Crombie Enum. 83. 



Geog. Distrib : — Europe. 



Bot. Prov : — 15. 



Scotland : — Craig Calliach, East Grampians. Eev. J. M. Crombie. 



Paraphyses thick, short, distinct, but compact. Gelatina hymenea I intense 

 blue. "Spores 0.009—0.013 mm. long, 0.005—0.006 mm. broad." (Nyl.) 

 " 0.009—0.013 mm. long, 0.004—5 mm. broad." (T. M. Fr. ) 



8. L. confertula, (Strtn.) pallido-cinereous, squamuloso-crustaceous, 

 squamules small, contiguous or dispersed (K — C — ) ; apothecia 

 fuscous, nearly plane, minute, very numerous, often contiguous, 

 obtusely margined, internally pale ; spores 8, colourless, ellipsoid, 

 simple ; paraphyses not very distinct, almost conglutinate, fusco- 

 clavate ; hypothecium colourless ; gelatina hymenea I blue then 

 vinoso-violet especially the thecse. 



On rocks, rare. 1875. 



Stn :— Stirton in Trans. Glasgow Soc. Nat. p. 86. (1875.) 



Bot. Prov : — 15. 



Scotland : — Near Killieerankie. Dr. Stirton. (1875.) 



" Spores .01— .013mm. long, .0055—007 mm. broad." (Stvrt.) 



9. L. endocyanea, (Stirt.) cinereous or cinereous-hlack, or even 

 black, squamuloso-diffract, squamulse plane or somewhat convex, 

 appressed (K — C — ) ; apothecia fuscous-black, at first small and 

 urceolate, then expanded plane or convex and immarginate, sessile, 

 internally nearly all but especially upwards of a violet-colour ; hypo- 

 thecium slightly fuscescent or nearly colourless; paraphyses distinct, 

 filiform, closely intertwined at the apices ; asci cylindrical, at- 

 tenuate at the base ; spores 8, colourless, ellipsoid or oblongo-ellip- 

 soid, simple. 



On rocks, rare. 1877. 



