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THE LICHEN-FLORA 



'convex, immarginate ; hypothecium colourless ; paraphyses indis- 

 tinct, conglutinate, apices pale ; spores 8, colourless, ellipsoid, 

 simple, minute ; gelatina hymenea I vinous or fulvescent. 

 On old holly stumps, rare. 1875. 



Syn :— Kbrber Par. 155. (1865. ) 



Exs :— Zw. 416. Korb. 250. Rabh. 733. Ain. 279. 



Geog. Distrib :— Germany. 



Bot. Pbov :— 26, 



Ireland :— Lough Inagh ! Mr. Larlalestier. (1875.) 



Spores .012 mm. long, .0045 mm. broad. 



53. L. decolorans, Flk. whitish or glauco-ciner ascent, thin, 

 incrusting, effuse, minutely granulose and leprose or pulverulent, or 

 more largely granuloso-verrucose and smooth (K yellow C red) ; 

 apothecia very variable in colour, form and size, brick-redd isn, 

 cinereo-carneous, livido-fuscous, pallido-fuscescent, nigricant or 

 fuscous-black, scattered or conglomerate, appressed, plane, and with 

 a flexuose entire margin, or convex and immarginate, whitish 

 within ; spores 8, colourless, oblongo-ellipsoid, simple ; paraphyses 

 indistinct. 



On the earth in hilly and sub-alpine localities, common. 1793. 



The size of the thalline granules, and the colour of the apothecia are very 

 variable, apparently resulting from locality and clim atal influence. The chemi- 

 cal reaction (K yellow C red) might lead us to connect this with L. coarctata, 

 glebulosa, &c, and perhaps they are all forms or states of one and the same 

 lichen. . 



Syn:— Flk. in Berl. Mag. 1809. p. 193. Ach. Syn. 37. Nyl. Scand. 197. L. 

 quadricolor, Dicks. Br. Cr. 3. p. 15. Mudd Man. 197. 



Fig :— E. Bot. 1185. 



Exs :— Leight. 352. Schaer. 213. Mudd 165. 



Geog. Distbd3 :— Hungary, Switzerland, Brazils, Sweden, Russia. 



Bot. Pbov :— 1, 2, 3, 4, 5...7...10, 11...15...19,20...22, 23...26...30. 



England :- Bound near Yarmouth. Mr. Turner. Eggleston, Durham. Rev. J. 

 Harriman. Cliffrigg ! Baysdale ! Stogdale ! Guisbro' Moor ! Cleveland. Mr. 

 Mudd. near Penzance. Mr. Gurnow. St. Paul's Cray, Ightham, Kent. Mr. 

 Howse. Kelvedon, Essex. Mr. Varenne. Epping Forest ; near Lyndhurst, New 

 Forest. Rev. J. M. Cromiie. Dartmoor. Mr. Holmes. Stiperstones Hill ! Ness- 

 cliffe Hill ! Shropshire. 



Scotland:— Scottish Mountains. Mr. Dickson. (1793.) Braemar. Reo. J. M. 

 Cromhit. 



Ireland : — Near Belfast. Mr. Templeton. Kerry. Dr. Taylor, near Bantry. 

 Mils Butchins. co. Wicklow. Dr. Moore. Doneraile Mountains, co. Cork. Mr. 

 Carroll. Dublin Mountains. Adrn. Jones. Delphi ! Connemara. Mr. Larbalestier. 



Wales : — Llyn Gwernan ! 



" Spores 0.009—0.016 mm. long, 0.004—6 mm. broad. Gel. hym. I slightly 

 blue then slightly red." (Nyl.) " Spores 0.008— 16 mm. long, 0.004— 7 mm. 

 broad. Gel. hym. pale-blue then violet or slightly fulvo-rubescent." (T. M. Fr.) 

 "Spores .003—0035 in. long, .00125 in. broad." (Mudd.) Spores .0115— .013 

 mm. long, .005 — .006 mm. broad. 



forma escharoides, (Ehrh.) granulose, (K y C red) ; apothecia 

 confluent, diffbrmed, convex, immarginate, fuscous or nigricant. 

 On peaty earth, frequent. 



Syn :— Ehrh. Exs. 313. Ach. Prod. 77. L.U. 167. Mudd Man. 197. 

 Fig :— E. Bot. 1247. 



Exs :— Rabh. 730. Anzi Langob. 170. Ansi Ital. Sup. 247. M. & N. 551. 

 Leight. 59. 

 Geog. Distbib : — Switzerland, Italy, Hungary, Sweden, Germany. 

 Bot. Pbov :~5. 

 England i— Stiperstones Hill ! Arcoll Hill ! Lawrence Hill ! Shropshire. 



