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THE LICHEN-FLORA 



mm. long, 0.003 — 5 mm. broad. GeL hym. I blue then vinous-red. Spermatia 

 shortly acicular, straight, 0.008—10 mm. long." (T. M. Fr.) Spores .01 mm. 

 long, 004 mm. broad. 



61. L. quernea, (Dicks.) yellowish or pale-fusco-flavescent, 

 minutely granuloso-pulverulent, effuse, thin, (K yellow C orange- 

 red) ; apothecia fuscous or fusco-rubescent, moderate, scattered, siib- 

 immersed, plano-convex, immarginate, concolorous within; hypothe- 

 cium pale-yellow; paraphyses slender, fulvescent, apices reddish- 

 brown ; spores 8, colourless, ellipsoid, simple ; gelatina hymenea 

 cserulescent with iodine. 



On aged oaks and sycamore, not unfrequent. 1785. 



Stn:— Dicks. Br. Crypt. 19. (1785.) Ach. Syn. 36. Nyl Scand. 196. Mudd 

 Man. 192. 



Fig :— E. Bot. 485. Dicks. Br. Cr. t. 2. f. 3. Mudd Man. t. 3. fig. 75. 



Exs :— Hepp 494. Schser. 582. Nyl. 134. Welw. Lusit. 53. Anzi Etr. 49. 

 Leight. 61. Larbal. 37. Mass. 311. Bohl. 84. 



Geog. Distrlb : — France, Portugal, Italy, Sweden, Denmark. 



Bot. Pbov :— 1, 2, 3, 4, 5...9, 10, 11.. .19.. .31. 



England: — Norfolk. Mr. Dickson, (1785.) Easby Wood! Guisbro' Wood! 

 Cleveland. Mr. Mudd. between Thirsk and Woodend ! Yorkshire. Mr. Baker. 

 Middleton ! near Oswestry, Shropshire ; Wood opposite the Lodge, Hereford- 

 shire ! Rev. T. SaJwey. Newcastle, Northumberland. Newton Cap Wood near 

 Bishop Auckland, Durham. Mr. Winch. Haldon and Stoke Wood, Devon. Mr. 

 Parfitt. near Worcester ; near Malvern; Eairlight near Hastings ; Kings Kers- 

 well, S. Devon. Br. Soli. Kelvedon ! Easthorpe, Essex. Mr. Varenne. Pophills, 

 Warwickshire. Rev. W. S. Rufford. Bosall near Exhall. Mr. Purton. Bedford- 

 shire. Rev. C. Abbot. Cambridgeshire. Rev. R. Relhan. New Forest, very abun- 

 dant. Rev. J. M. Crombie. Guestling, Sussex. Rev. E. N. Bloomfield. near 

 Cirencester. Mr. W. Joshua. Edenbridge, Wrotham, Wye, Bogey, Seven Oaks. 

 Kent. Mr. Holmes, (on sycamore) Parkgate ! Cheshire, Nesseliffe Hill ! Haugh- 

 mond Hill ! Bayston Hill ! Sutton ! near Shrewsbury, Wrekrn ! Llanyblodwel 

 rocks ! 



Ibeland : — Butler's town river ! Castlebernard. Bandon, and in Lord Kin- 

 mare's Deer Park, Killarney. Mr. Carroll. 



Channel Islands :— Bozel ; St, John's ; Jersey ! Mr. Larbaleslier. Guernsey. 

 Rev. T. Salwey. 



"Spores .0025 in. long, by .00125—0015 in. broad." (Mudd). "Spores 

 0.007—11 mm. long, 0.005—7 mm. broad. Gel. hym. and especially the asci I 

 blue, then vinoso-fulvescent." (T. M. Fr.) " Spores 0.008-0.012 mm. long, 

 0.005 mm, broad." (Nyl.) Spores .01 mm. long, .0055 mm. broad. 



62. L. viridescens, (Schrad.) pallido-virescent, thin, diffuse, 

 minutely granuloso-pulverulent, (K yellow C crimson red); apotliecia 

 fuscous-black, moderate, scattered, or confluent, sessile or sub-im- 

 mersed, more or less convex, margined when young, subsequently sub- 

 immarginate, obscure or palish-brown within; hypothecium pale-brown ; 

 spores 8, colourless, ellipsoid, simple ; paraphyses indistinct ; 

 gelatina hymenea cserulescent with iodine. 



On old stumps and pales, not common. 



Syn :-Schrad. SpiciL 88. (1794.) Ach. Syn. 36. Nyl. Scand. 206. 

 Fig :— Hepp Sporen t. 84. f. 731. 

 Exs :— Hepp 731. Anzi Langob. 176. 



Geog. Distrib : — Germany, Hungary, Lombardy, Sweden. 

 Bot. Pbov :— 1, 2... 5. 



England : — New Forest ; and near Exeter. Rev. J. M. Crombie. Midland 

 Counties. Mr. Purton. near Shrewsbury ! 

 Spores .011 mm. long, .004 mm. broad. 



63. L. sanguinaria, (L.) whitish or cinerascent, moderate or 

 thickish, sub-tartareous, granuloso-unequal or granuloso-concrescent, 

 (K yellow C — ) ; apothecia black, convex, immarginate, greyish 



