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THE LICHEN-FLORA 



"Spores .013 — 18 mm. long, .005 — 7 mm. broad. Somewhat like L. badia.'' 

 (Nyl.) "Spores .010—15 mm. long, .005—6 mm. broad. Spermatia long, 

 aeicular, curved." (T. M. Fries.) 



153. L. semipallens, Nyl. dirty-whitish, or albido-glaucous, thin, 

 rimulose ; apothecia livid or in part pallescent, convex, immarginate, 

 internally colourless ; epithecium and hypothecium colourless ; 

 spores 8, colourless, shortly ellipsoid, minute, simple ; paraphyses 

 indistinct ; gelatina hymenea I vinoso-fulvo-rubescent. 



On quartzose rocks, rare. 1876, 



Stn :— Nyl. in Flora 1876. p. 234. 

 Bot. Pbov :— 26. 



Ireland : — Lough Inagh, Kylemore river, Connemara. Mr. Larbalestier. 

 (1876.) 

 " Spores .006—9 mm. long, .0035— .0045 mm. broad." (Nyl.) 



154. L. confusior, Nyl. dark-greyish, rimoso-areolate, inde- 

 terminate ; apothecia black, con/vex, immarginate, when young plane, 



• obsoletely margined, white within ; spores 8, colourless, ellipsoid 

 or oblong, simple ; paraphyses thickish, not very well discrete, 



, blackish, at the apices ; hypothecium colourless ; gelatina hymenea 

 I intensely bluish and then vinous-red. 



On micaceous rocks, in alpine places. 1874. 



Stn :— Nyl. in Flora 1874. pp. 305—318. 

 Bot. Peov :— 15. 



• Scotland :— Craig Tulloch, Blair Athole. Rev. J. M. Crombie. (1874.) 



" Allied to L. confusula, Nyl. but differing in character of thallus and spores. 

 Spores 0.010—17 mm. long, 0.004—6 mm. broad." (Nyl.) 



155. L. restricta, Strtn. nigro-cinereous, rugose, thin ; apo- 

 thecia black, adnate, small, plane, obtusely margined; spores 8, 

 colourless, ellipsoid, binucleate, simple ; thecse saccate ; paraphyses 



■ distinct, filiform, thick ; epithecium fuscescent, rosy-purple with 

 nitric acid ; hypothecium colourless ; gelatina hymenea I blue 

 then fulvescent, especially the thecse. 

 On rocks, rare. 1875. 



Syn :— Stirton in Trans. Glasgow Soc. Nat. p. 88. (1875.) 



Bot. Pbov : — 15. 



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



"Spores .013— .017 mm. long, .008— .01 mm. broad." (Strtn.) 



156. L. Breadalbanensis, Strtn. black or fuscous-black, thin, 

 somewhat rugulose ; apothecia black or fuscous-black, small, convex, 

 rugose, immarginate, often conglomerate, internally pale or rather 

 pallido-rufescent; spores 4 — 8, colourless, ellipsoid, simple, with a 

 double epispore ; paraphyses indistinct, conglutinate, apices rufo- 

 fuscescent ; hypothecium pale, or in a thin section under a lens 

 rufous ; gelatina hymenea I intense-blue. 



On mosses and jungermannise, rare. 1875. 



Stn : -Stirton in Trans. Glasgow Soc. Nat. p. 87. (1875.) 



Bot. Pbov :— 15. 



Scotland : — Benl/awers. Dr. Stirton. (1875.) 



"Spores .016— .022 (rarely .025) mm. long, .011— .014 mm. broad. Allied to 

 L. Tornberms, Nyl. K reveals the paraphyses as slender, somewhat irregular 

 threads." (Strtn. ) 



157. L. Henrica, Larbal. white, tartareous, thin, continuous* 

 smooth, slightly rimulose, (K yellow C yellow); apothecia pale' 



