OF GREAT BRITAIN. 297 



apothecia fusco-rufescent, immersed or superficial, numerous, scat- 

 tered, plane or plano-convex, margin thin, entire or immarginate ; 

 hypothecium pale-yellowish-brown, prolonged downwards into the 

 thallus ; spores 8, colourless, elliptical, or elongato-elliptical, large, 

 simple, granulate ; paraphyses distinct, somewhat conglutinate, 

 apices fuscescent. 



On mountain rocks, not common. 1814. 



Syn: — Biatora Taylori, Salw. in Trans. Penzance Nat. Hist. Soc. 1853. p. 

 144. Lecidea, Mudd Man. 199. Baomyces anomaius, Tayl. Fl, Hib. 2. 79. 

 Lecidea laevigata, Nyl. Enum. 143, Crombie Enum. 65. 



Fig :— E. Bot. 2580. 



Exs :— Leight. 283. Anzi. Etr. 28. Anzi Venet. 60. 



Geog. Distrib : — France, Italy. 



Bot. Prov:— 1...5, 6, 7...19...26. 



England : — Ilfracombe. Miss Attwood. Torquay. Dr. Dealein. Gulval Cairn ! 

 Penzance. Bev. T. Scdwey. Bolt Head, Devon. Dr. Holl. Plymouth. Mr. Bolmes. 

 Spout Valley ! Long Mynd near Church Stretton, Craigforda ! Shropshire. 



Ireland : — Blackwater co. Kerry. Dr. Taylor. Glena and Glen Flesk near 

 ^KiUarney. Sir T. Gage. (1814.) near Tully! Dawros river! co. Galway. Mr. 

 Larbalesbier. 



Wales :— Barmouth. Bev. T. Sahvey. Cwm Bychan. Mr. Borrer. Cader 

 Idris ! Great Orme's Head ! Pdver Gwaine ! Goodwick Bay ! near Fishguard, 

 Pembrokeshire. 



" Spores .0025—003 in. long, by .001 in. broad." {Mudd.) " Spores .018— 

 22 mm. long, .008 — .010 mm. broad." {Nyl.) Spores .015— .019 mm. long, 

 ,0065 — .007 mm. broad, frequently filled with sphaerical globules or granules. 

 Spermogonia numerous, scattered, brownish, immersed. Spermatia cylindrical, 

 exceedingly slender and delicate, variously curved. Gelatina hymenea I bluish, 

 then fulvescent. Excipulum lateral, brown externally. 



151. L. leiotea, Nyl. fuscous or griseo-nigricant, thin, varnished, 

 smooth, determinate, continuous, obsoletely rimulose; apothecia 

 black, plane, obtusely margined or margin indistinct, adnate; 

 hypotheciwm colourless; spores 8, colourless, ellipsoideo-oblong, 

 simple ; paraphyses moderate, thicker at the fuscescent apices and 

 there generally septato-articulate ; gelatina hymenea slightly 

 cserulescent. 



On sub-alpine basaltic rocks, rare. 1867. 



STN :— Nyl. in Flora 1867. p. 328. Crombie En. 85. 



Gsoa. Distrlb : — Europe. 



Bot. Pbov:— 7...19. 



Ireland: — Crogham! Killarney. Mr. Carroll. (1867.) 



Wales : — Trefriw falls ! 



"Spores .008 — .011 mm. long, .006 — 7 mm. broad. Spermatia ellipsoideo- 

 oblong, .004 mm. long, .0015 mm. broad." {Nyl.) Spores .012 mm. long, .006 

 mm. broad. Asci linear, spores in single series. 



152. L. cenea, (Duf.) cervino-fuseescent, somewhat shining, 

 rimoso-areolate or verrucoso-areolate, (K yellow C — ) ; apothecia 

 fuscous-black, adnate, internally whitish, often rimulose; spores 8, 

 colourless, oblongo-ellipsoid, simple ; hypothecium colourless; para- 

 physes cohserent, apices fuscescent or fuliginous. 



On quartzose boulders, rare. 1872. 



gyu :— Nyl. Prodr. 134. (1857.) Crombie in Journ, Bot. n. d. 2. 135. Parmelia, 

 Frs. L. E. 108. 

 Exs : — Anzi Langob. 111. 

 Geog. Distrlb :— Pyrenees, Sweden, Norway. 

 Bot. Prov :— 15. 

 Scotland : — Near summit of Morrone, Braemar. Bev. J. M. Crombie. (1872.) 



