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Stn .— Aoh. Syn. 35. Mudd Man. L98. 



Exs :-M. & N. 1149. Anzi Langob. 175. Arn. 649. 



GrBOG. Distrib :— Europe. 



Bot. Prov:— 2, 3.. .8. ..10. 



England : — Sussex. Adm. Jones. Bilsdale ; Kildale and near Ayton, York- 

 shire. Mr. Mudd. Gopsall ! Leicestershire. Rev. A. Bloxam. Kelvedon ; Booking, 

 Essex. Mr. Varenme. Cabalin Lodge, Reigate. Mr. W. Joshua. Wrekin ! 

 Shropshire. 



Ikeland : — Near Letterfrack. Mr. Larbalestier. 



Channel Islands : — Near St. Aubins, Jersey ! Mr. Larbalestier. 



Var. humosa, Leight. cervino-lutescent, sub-squamuloso-granulate, 

 granules convex, coarse, more or less dispersed, (K — C — ) ; apo- 

 thecia concave, margined, at length convex, immarginate. 



On earth and peat walls, rare. 1869. 



Stn :— Crombie En. 67. Aoh. Syn. 26. 

 Exs :— Eeich. & Sohub. 28. Leight. 354. 

 Geog. Distrib :— Europe. 

 Bot. Pbov:— 2...5...7...15. 



England :— New Forest, Hants. Eev. J. M. Crombie. Stiperstones Hill ! 

 Shropshire. 

 Scotland : — Kincardine ! Hill of Ardo, near Aberdeen. Rev. J. M. Crombie. 

 Wales :— Dolgelley. Dr. Soil. (1869.) 



93. L. Mooreana, Carr. greyish-white or cream-coloured, thin, 

 tartareous, granuloso-verruculose, rugulose, effuse, (K yellow then 

 reddish) ; apothecia black, large, solitary or congregated, sessile, 

 plane, somewhat scabrous, margin thin, entire, flexuose ; hypothecium 

 thin, dark-brown ; spores 8, colourless, elliptico-oblong or ovate, 

 simple. 



On sub-alpine trap rocks, rare. 1859. 



Syn :-Carroll Lioh. Hib. 7. (1859,) Mudd Man. 207. 

 Geog. Distbib : — Ireland. 

 Bot. Pbov :— 30. 



Ireland : — Crowglen ! near Belfast. Dr. Moore. 



"Paraphyses very slender, flexuose, mixed with much mucoso-gelatinous 

 matter. Spores .0035 — .004 in. long by .0015 in. broad." (Mudd.) 



94. L. mesotropiza, Nyl. white, verrucose, moderate, (K yellow) ; 

 apothecia black, sometimes slightly pruinose, convex, immarginate, 

 bluish-grey within ; spores 8, colourless, ellipsoid, simple ; epithe- 

 cium dark-greenish-blue ; paraphyses not well discrete ; gelatina 

 hymenea bluish, thecee violet-coloured with iodine. 



On schistose stones. 1872. 



Stn :— Nylander in Flora 1873. p. 17—23. 



Bot. Pbov :— 15. 



Scotland : — Old wall on the hill of Ardo near Aberdeen, very sparingly. Rev. 

 J. M. Crombie. (1872.) 



"From L. mesotropoides, Nyl. its nearest ally ; it differs amongst other 

 characters by the verrucose thallus and bluish epithecium. Spores 0.011 — 12 

 mm. long, 0.007 mm. broad." (Nyl.) 



95. L. osewa, Nyl. white, thin, unequal, sub-dispersed; apothecia 

 black or livid-black, margined, often subplicate ; spores 8, colourless, 

 ellipsoid,, simple ; epithecium glaucescent ; hypothecium reddish ; 

 gelatina hymenea bluish, then tawny-wine-coloured with iodine. 



On sandstone rocks. 1871. 



Syn :— Nylander in Flora 1872. p. 356. 

 Bot. Prov :— 31. 



