*90 THE LICHEN-FLORA. 



.Syn':— Fries. L. E. 306. (1831.) Nyl. Scand. 225. Nyl. ! Obs. Holm. 2. (1853. > 

 Mudd Man. 209. 



Exs :— Zw. 130. Leight. 157. 



Geog. Dibtrib : — Scandinavia, Germany. 



Bot. Pbov:— 5.. .7.. .10.. .15.. .28, 29, 30. 



England : — Cleveland. Mr. Mudd. Mynydd-y-Myfyr near Oswestry ! Bod- 

 bury Ring near Church Stretton ! Abdon Burf ! all in Shropshire. 



Scotland :— Breadalbane ; Blair Athole ; Braemar. Bev. J. M. Crombie. 



Ibeland :— North. Dr. Moore. 



Wales :— Nant Gwynant ! Crib Coch ! Snowdon. Cwm Bochlwyd ! 



"Spores .003 in. long by .001 in. broad." (Mudd.) " Spores .008— .012 mm. 

 long, .004— 7 mm. broad.' (Nyl.) "Spores .009—13 mm. long, .004— 6 mm. 

 broad." (T. M. Fr.) Spores .011— .0125 mm. long, .003—4 mm. broad. 

 Medulla I — . 



Var. ochraeea, ferruginous-red. 

 On alpine rocks, not common. 



Geog. Distbtb : — Europe. 



Bot. Pbov:— 7...15...30. 



Scotland : — Blair Athole. Bev. J. M. Crombie. 



Ibeland ; — Clogan Mountains co. Antrim. Dr. Moore. 



Wales : — Nant Gwynant ! Snowdon ; Cwm Clyd ! 



135. L. lithophila, Ach. cinerascent, tartareous, thin, rimulo- 

 so-areolate, areolae plane, (K — C — ) ; hypothallus black ; apothecia 

 numerous, small, scattered or aggregate, plane, opake, Mack, or ni- 

 gro-rufescent, soft, velvety, innate or sessile, margin thin, prominent, 

 flexuose ; hypothecium pale, slightly obscurate; epithecium rufes- 

 cent when moistened ; thalamium pale ; spores 8, colourless, 

 oblongo-ellipsoid, simple ; paraphyses distinct. 



On alpine rocks, frequent. 



Syn :— Ach. Syn. 14. (1817.) Nyl. Scand. 226. 



Exs :— Fellm. 190. 



Geog. Distbtb : — E. Lapland, Scandinavia, Madeira. 



Bot. Pbov :— 1...6, 7...12...15...20.. 26. 



England :— Stavely near Kendal. Mr. Martindale. Cornwall. Dr. Holl. 



Scotland : — Ben Lawers ; Morrone ; Glen Fender ; Blair Athole. Bev. J. 

 M. Crombie. 



Wales :— Cader Idris, north escarpment ! Nant Gwynant ! Snowdon ; 

 Drwsynant ! Llyn Geirionydd ! Gimlet Bock ! Pwlhelli. road between Fish- 

 guard ! and Newport, Pembrokeshire. 



Ibeland : — Blackrock. Mr. Carroll. Killery Bay. Mr. Zarbalestier. 



" Spores .009 — 12 mm. long, .005—6 Trim , broad. I intense-blue. Spermatid 

 acicular, nearly straight, .012 — 15 mm. long." (T. M. Fr.) "Spores .011— 15 

 mm. long, .006—7 mm. broad." (Nyl.) Spores .01—013 mm. long, .0045—006 

 mm. broad. 



136. L. plana, Lahm. cinereous, or glaucescenti-whitish, rimoso- 

 areolate, areolae plane, (K — C — ) ; apothecia black, opake, small, 

 adnate, variously angulose by confluence or compression, plane, 

 margin thin, entire or flexuose ; hypothecium colourless, with a 

 brown lateral excipulum extending about half way under the hy- 

 pothecium ; paraphyses distinct, but cohserent, apices fuscescent ; 

 spores 8, colourless, narrow-oblong or lineari-oblong, simple ; I 

 intense deep-violet-blue. 



On sub-alpine rocks, rare. 



Stn :— Korb. Par. 211. (1861.) Nyl. in Flora 1873. p. 552. T. M. Fries Scand. 

 497. L. lapicidavar. lithophilo des, Nyl. Leight. Lich. Fl. 285. 

 Exs : — Nyl. Pyren. Or. 



Geog. Distbd3 : — Sweden, Norway, Germany, Eastern Pyrenees. 

 Bot. Pbov ;— 15, 



