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THE LICHEN-FLORA 



Stn :-a. Borrer ! in E. Bot. Suppl. 2687. (1831.) Hook. Br. Fl. 2. 175. Mudd 

 Man. 203. 



Fig :— E. Bot. Suppl. 2687. fig. 1. (2 right hand figs). 



Exs :— Am. 4116. Richardson 150. 



Geog. Distbib : — Europe, N. America. 



Bot. Peov :— 1, 2, 



England : — Sussex Downs ! Mr. Borrer. Exmouth ; Haldon, Devon. Mr. 

 Parfitt. 



" Spores .00275— .003 in. long, by .0015 in. broad." {Mudd.) Spores .0115— 

 .014 mm. long, .006— .007 mm. broad. Paraphyses pale, distinct, thickish, 

 apices nigro-fuseous. I pale-vinous-red. 



47. L. parissima, Nyl. cinereo-virescent, thin, granvlose, effuse ; 

 apothecia black, innatosessile, numerous, minute, scattered, simple 

 or congregate, plano-convex, internally pale, margin obliterated; 

 hypoihecium pale or merely a thin brown line ; paraphyses distinct ; 

 spores 8, colourless, oblong or fusiformi-oblong, simple, minute ; 

 gelatina hymenea vinous-yellow with iodine. 



On old palings, rare. 1870. 



Syn :— NyL in litt. 1870. Cromb. in linn. Journ. XL 484. 



Geog. Distbib : — Europe. 



Bot. Pbov :— 3.. .5. 



England : — (Solder's Green, Hendon ! Middlesex. Rev. J. M. Crombie. {May, 

 1870.) Boreatton ! Shropshire. Mr. W. Phillips. Sutton ! Whitchurch ! 



"Allied to L. denigrata, Fr. but differing in reaction. Spermatia oblongo- 

 cylindrical. Spores .007— .011 mm. long, .0025— .0035 mm. broad." {Cromb.) 

 Spores .011 mm. long, .0035 mm. broad. An indistinct or obsolete septum is 

 often visible and the nymenium is slightly cinerascent with K. 



48. L. flexuosa, (Fries.) virescent or viridi-cinerascent, granvlose, 

 effuse, thin (Ky or — C red) ; apothecia black, plane, scattered, 

 sessile, margin thin, flexuose, hypoihecium, colourless ; spores 8, colour- 

 less, ellipsoid, simple, minute ; gelatina hymenea dilutely ceerules- 

 cent, then slightly fulvo-rubescent. 



On old pines, wood, rails, &c, frequent. 



Stn :— Fries L. E. 268. Nyl. Scand. 197. Mudd Man. 197. 



Eig :— Hepp Sporen t. 56. f. 486. 



Exs :— Nyl. 53. Hepp 486. Anzi Langob. 63. Crombie 80. 



Geog. Distbib : — France, Switzerland, Bavaria, Lombardy, Sweden, Scandi- 

 navia, Central Lapland. 



Bot. Pbov:— 7...10...15. 



England: — Lounsdale; Kildale, Cleveland. Mr. Mudd. Hendon, Middle- 

 sex. Rev. J. M. Crombie. 



Scotland : — Killin. Rev. J. M. Crombie. 



Wales :— Chirk Castle Park ! Denbighshire. 



" Spermatia veryslender, cylindrical, straight. Spores .0015 to .002 in. long, 

 by .0005 to .00075 in. broad." (Mudd.) " Spores 0.007— 8 mm. long, 0.0035— 45 

 mm. broad." (Nyl.) "Spores 0.007—9 mm. long, 0.0030—45 mm. broad." 

 (T. M. Fr.) Paraphyses indistinct, apices brownish. 



forma aeruginosa, (Borr.) granules of thallus dissolved into 

 dark- verdigris-green powder, and forming a rimoso-diffract crust 

 (K yellow C red). 



On decaying rails and trees, not common. 1831. 



Stn :— Borrerin E. Bot SnppL 2682. (1831.) Mudd Man. 197. 

 Fig :— E. Bot. Suppl. 2682. 

 Exs :— Leight. 406. 

 Geog. Distbib :— Europe. 

 Bot. Pbov:— 1, 2...5...8...10 ..20. 



England: — Sussex! Mr. Borrer. (1831.) Leicestershire. Rev. A. Bloxam. 

 Ayton Moor ! Stogdale 1 Baysdale ! Cleveland. Mr. Mudd. near Treflach Hall ! 



