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100. L. aniptiza, Strtn. nigro-cinereous or nigro-virescent, 

 granulose, thin ; apothecia black, small, prominent, convex, immar- 

 ginate, papillose (as it were glomerate), internally entirely 

 cinerascent ; spores 8, colourless, oblong or oblongo-cylindrical, 

 simple ; paraphyses irregular indistinct : gelatina hymenea I bright- 

 blue ; thalamium K slightly but distinctly purpurascent. 



On decorticated wood, rare. 1875. 



Stn :— Stirton in Trans. Glasgow Soc. Nat. p. 86. (1875.) 



Bot. Pbov : — 15. 



Scotland :— Near Killieorankie. Dr. Stirton. (1875.) 



" Spores .0075 — .011 mm. long, .0025 — .003 mm. broad. The paraphyses are 

 rendered distinct by K when they are seen, as slender, irregular, and occa- 

 sionally branching filaments. Gonidia often conglomerate." (Strtn.) 



101. L. relicta, Strtn. nigro-cinereous, rugose, almost granulose ; 

 apothecia black, small, adnate, plane, obtusely marginate, at length 

 convex immarginate and rugose; spores 8, colourless, oblong, 

 simple ; paraphyses few, slender, distinct, pellucid, apices clavate, 

 fuscous ; hypothecium fuscous -black ; gelatina hymenea I slightly 

 blue then vinous-red. 



On rocks, rare. 1875. 



Stn :— Stirton in Trans. Glasgow Soc. Nat. p. 89. (1875.) 



Bot. Prov :— 15. 



Scotland :— Blair Athole. Dr. Stirton. (1875.) 



" Spores .009— .013 mm. long, .005—006 mm. broad." (Strtn.) 



102. L. meiococca, Nyl. pale-yellowish-sulphur- colour, coarsely 

 granulate, areolato-diffract, thickish, (K yellow O — ) ; apothecia 

 brownish-black, moderate, at first somewhat concave and with a 

 thinnish margin, then plano-convex and depressed and immarginate, 

 adnato-sessile ; hypothecium thickish, bright-fuscous, subtended by a 

 pale cartilaginous excipulum, slightly tinged with brown ; hymenium 

 pale, paraphyses distinct, apices colourless ; spores 8, colourless, 

 oblong, simple. 



In deep recesses of maritime rocks, rare. 1876. 



Stn :— Nyl. in Flora 1876. p. 578. 



Bot. Prov :— 26. 



Ireland : — Lettermore ! Connemara. Mr. Larbalestier. (1876.) 



Externally very similar in appearance to Lecidea protrusa, Fr. but with diffe- 

 rent reaction, as well as different nature of the hypothecium. Spores .0155 

 mm. long, .008 mm. broad. Gelatina hymenea I dark-vinous-fuscescent, espe- 

 cially the asci. 



103. L. humosa, Ehrh. olivaceo-virescent, minutely disperso- 

 granulate; apothecia fuscous-black or black, innato-sessile, plane, 

 with a slightly prominent pale margin ; hypothecium brownish ; 

 hymenium pale-brown, paraphyses cohserent ; spores 8, colour- 

 less, oblong, simple. 



On shady rocks, rare. 1876. 



Syn :— Ehrh. PI. Cr. Dec. 14. n. 135. 



Gbog. Distrib :— Europe. 



Bot. Pkov :— 26. 



Ireland :— Lough Inagh ! Galway. Mr. Larbalestier. (1876.) 



Spores .014 mm. long, .0085 mm. broad. 



104. L. continuior, Nyl. similar to L. latypea, Ach. but dif- 

 fering only in the nearly plane, rimoso-areilate thallus (C orange). 



