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THE LICHEN-FLORA 



convex, sub-immarginate ; hypothecium colourless ; spores 8, 



colourless, minute, ellipsoid, simple. 



On moss, possibly frequent. 1877. 



Syn :— Hepp Eur. 268. Biatora vernalis, Korb. S. L. 202. Par. 148. 



Fig :— Hepp Sporen. t. 30 f . 268. 



Exs :— Am. 546. Anzi Langob. 180. Zw. 334 Hepp 258. 



Geog. Distkib:— Switzerland, Germany, Italy. 



Bot. Pbov :— 26. 



Ibeland : — South side of Kylemore Lake. Mr. Larbalestier. (1877.) 



56. L. accesitans, Nyl. whitish, nearly smooth, dispersed or evane- 

 scent ; apothecia testaceous or testaceo-brownish, convex, immarginate, 

 whitish within ; epithecium and hypothecium cokrarless ; spores 8, 

 colourless, oblong, simple ; paraphyses indistinct ; gelatina hymenea 

 I bluish, then vinous-reddish. 



On micaceous schist, rare. 1876. 



Syn :— Nyl. in Elora 1876 p. 306, Flora 1877 p. 463. 



Bot. Prov :— 26, 



Ireland : — Kenvyle ; Doughruagh, Connemara, Galway. Mr. Larbalestier. 

 (1876). 



"Spores .009— .012 mm. long, .003 — 4 mm. broad. Spermogonia with arcuate 

 thin spermatid .014—19 mm. long, .0005 mm. broad. Apparently belonging to 

 the section of L. vernalis." (Nyl, ) 



57. L. aestivalis, Ohl. yellowish-green, granular, evanescent, in- 

 crusting mosses ; apothecia brown, small, immarginate, with light- 

 grey pruina ; hymenium and hypothecium colourless; spores 8, 

 colourless, lineari-oblong, simple, ,015 — 16 mm. long, .005 — 6 

 mm. broad ; gelatina hymenea I blue then vinous-red. 



On mosses, &c. 1876. 



Syn :— Ohlert Lich. Preussen p. 16. (1870.) 



Geog. Distkib : — Prussia. 



Bot. Pbov :— 26. 



Ibeland : — Killery Bay, Galway. Mr. Larbalestier. (1876.) 



Allied to L. metatnorphea, Nyl. but differing in the simple spores and the 

 firm (not soft peziza-like consistence) structure of the apothecia. Consociated 

 with and somewhat resembling L. vernalis (L.) 



58. L. dubia, Borr. pallido-virescent, thin, effuse, minutely 

 granuloso-pulverulent, rimulose, (K yellow C orange red) ; apothecia 

 black, moderate, scattered, or confluent, sub-immersed or sub-ses- 

 sile, plano-convex, margin soon obliterated, cterulescent within; 

 hypothecium nearly colourless, or very slightly fuscescent in the 

 lower part, lateral excipulum bluish-black; spores 8, colourless, 

 oblong, simple ; paraphyses distinct, apices bluish-black ; gelatina 

 hymenea intense-blue with iodine. 



On old palings, not common. 1813. 



Syn :— Borrer in E. Bot. 2547. (1813.) 



Fig :— E. Bot. 2547. 



Geog. Distbib : — Europe. 



Bot. Pbov :— 2, 3, 4, 5. 



England : — Norfolk and around London. Mr. Borrer. (1813.) Overton ! near 

 Ludlow, Shropshire. Rev. T. Salwey. Essex ! Mr, Piggott. Pophills, Warwick- 

 shire. Rev. W. S. Mufford. Shere ! Dr. Capron. Pevensey road, Eastbourne, 

 Mr. Roper. Pembridge ! Herefordshire. Pontesbury ! Haughmond Hill I Shrop- 

 shire. 



Spores .0135 mm. long, .007 mm. broad. 



59. L. turgidula, Fr. whitish, very thin, effuse, minutely granu- 



