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THE LICHEN-FLORA 



Snf :— Schaer. Enum. 140. (1850.) Ft. Arct. 195. NyL Lapp. Or. 143. 



Geog. Disteib : — France, Switzerland, E. Lapland, Sweden. 



Bot. Pbov :— 7...15. 



Scotland : — Ben Lawers ! Adm. Janes and Mr. Carroll. 



Wales : — Near Dolgelley ! 



" Gelatin a hymenea I blue then vinous-red. Spores 0.010 — 14 mm. long, 

 0.0045—0.0055 broad." (Nyl.) "0.010—15 mm. long, 0.004 mm. broad." 

 (T. M. Fries.) Dark -coloured granules irregular in form are intermixed with 

 the paraphyses, in all the specimens in my herbarium cited as above. Spores 

 .014— .016 mm. long, .005 mm. broad. 



78. L. maestula, Nyl. darkly-cinerasceni, thin, depresso-subgranu- 

 late or evanescent (K — C — ) ; apothecia black, minute, crowded, plane 

 or convex, immarginate, colourless within ; spores 8, colourless, 

 ellipsoid, simple ; paraphyses indistinct ; epithecium colourless ; 

 hypothecium entirely fusco-obscurate ; gelatina hymenea slightly-blue 

 then vinous^red with iodine. 



On palings &c. rare. 1868. 



Stn :— NyL in Flora 1868. p. 344. Crombie En. 69. 



Exs :— Crombie 85. 



Geog. Distbtb : — Europe. 



Bot. Pbov : — 2. 



England :— Near Lyndhurst in New Forest ! Sev. J. M. Crombie. (1868.) 



Approaching L. myriocorpoides, NyL ; L.dispansa, NyL ; and L. turgidula, 

 Fr. " Spores 0.007—8 mm. long, 0.0025—0.0035 mm. broad. Spermatia oblong 

 0.0040—0.0045 mm. long, 0.0015 mm. broad. Sterigmata short." {Nyl.) 



79. L. submcestula, Nyl. cinerascent, minutely subverrucos:- 

 granulose or subdispersed ; apothecia black, convex, immarginate, 

 often 2 or more connate, internally concolorous ; hypothecivm 

 thick, nigro-fuscous ; paraphyses indistinct, apices subsmaragdulo- 

 nigrescent ; spores 8, colourless, ellipsoid, simple, gelatina 

 hymenea I blue then vinoso-fulvescent. 



On dry sand-rocks, rare. 1876. 



Stn :— NyL in Flora 1876. p. 235. 



Bot. Pkov :— 26. 



Ireland : — Road to Westport five miles from Kylemore ! Mr. Larhalestier. 

 (1876.) 



" Spores .006— .010 mm. long, .0035 mm. broad." (Nyl.) Spores .011 mm. 

 long. .0045 mm. broad. 



80. L. parasema, (Ach.) whitish or cinerous or greenish-yellow, 

 sub-determinate, often nigro-limitate, thin, smooth or granulose or 

 verrucoso-granulose, (K yellow C orange-reddish) ; apothecia black, 

 small, plane or sub-convex, margin thin, smooth, at length 

 obliterated; hypothecium fuscescent, lateral excipulum pale or 

 bluish; spores 8, colourless, ellipsoid, simple, with one or two 

 nuclei. 



On various trees, old palings, occasionally on rocks and walls, 

 frequent. 



Stn :— Ach. L. TT. 275. in part (1810.) NyL Scand. 216. 

 Fig :— E. Bot. 1450. in part. 



Geog. Distbib : — Europe, Sweden, France, Switzerland, Hungary, Italy, 

 Germany, Pyrenees, Portugal 

 England : — Common. 

 Scotland : — Common. Bev. J. M. Crombie. 

 Ireland : — Common. Mr. Carroll. 

 Wales :— Common, 



