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THE LICHEN-FLORA 



Scotland : — Morrone, Braemar ! Adm. Jones. Cairn Turc, Braemar. Bev. J. 

 M. Crombie. 



Wales :— Twll Du, Cwm Idwal ! Cwm Efynnon Lloer ! 



" Systematically near L. gyrizans, NyL spermatia cylindrical straight. Spores 

 .011—14 mm. long, .006-8 mm. broad." {ITyL) Spores .014 mm. long, .0055 

 mm. broad. 



166. L. melaphana, Nyl. nigricant, thin, opake, diffracto-un- 

 equal ; apothecia black, smallish, convex, immarginate, dusky 

 within ; hypoihecium slightly infuscate in lower portion ; epithecium 

 caerulescent ; spores 8, colourless, oblong, simple ; thalamium 

 caerulescent upwards ; paraphyses indistinct ; gelatina hymenea 

 caerulescent, then partly violet with iodine. 



On calcareous mountain rocks, rare. 1869. 



Stn :— NyL in Mora 1869. p. 83. Crombie En. 84. 



Geog. Distbib :— Europe. 



Bot. Pbov : — 15, 



Scotland : — Craig Gnie, Braemar. Bev. J. M. Crombie. (1869). 



"Naturally near L. aphanoides, but distinct by the black thallus, the infus- 

 cate hypothecium, &c. approaching L. paraphana, NyL Spores .011 — 13 mm. 

 long, .0045— .0055 mm. broad." (JTyl.) 



167. L. interjecta, NyL whitish or cinerascent, unequal, thin> 

 rimoso-diffract, indeterminate (C red) ; apothecia black, moderate, 

 plane, margined, dusky within ; hypothecium fuscous ; epithecium 

 nearly colourless or slightly lutescenti-fuscescent or dusky ; 

 paraphyses slender, not well distinct ; spores 8, colourless, ellipsoid, 

 simple ; gelatina hymenea caarulescent, then vinous-red with iodine. 



On sandstone rocks in sub-alpine places, rare. 1866. 



Stn :— NyL in Flora 1866. p. 418 ; Lapp. Or. 177. Crombie En. 81. 



Geoc. Distbib : — Europe. 



Bot. Pbov : — 5. 



England : — Oswestry, Shropshire. Rev. T. Salu-ey. 1866. 



" Spores .010—12 mm, long, .006—7 mm. broad." (Nyl.) 



168. L. nitescens, Leight. white, thin, continuous, minutely 

 and irregularly rimulose, effuse, indeterminate, (K yellow, C yellow), 

 often overspread, more or less, with a dark-brown alga ; apothecia 

 numerous, small, planoconvex, polished and shining, immarginate; 

 hypothecium very thick, black j paraphyses distinct, but conglu- 

 tinate, apices pale ; spores 8, colourless, oblong or lineari-oblong, 

 simple, moderate in size ; gelatina hymenea I. fulvescent. 



On rocks. 1875. 



• Stn :— Leight. in Grevillea 4. 79. (1875). 

 Bot. Pbov :— 26. 



IbelAnd:— Salrock Road ! Connemara. Mr. Larbalestier. (1875). 

 Spores .017 mm. long, .0055 mm. broad. 



169. L. subumbonata, Nyl. white, subopake, thin, unequal, 

 (K — C — ) ; apothecia black, opake, somewhat plane, umbonate in 

 the centre, margined, internally concolorous ; hypothecium thick, 

 nigro-foscous ; spores 8, colourless, oblongo-ellipsoid, simple ; 

 paraphyses distinct, apices fuscous ; gelatina hymenea I blue, 

 afterwards the thecae vihoso-fulvo-rubescent. 



On micaceo-schistose rocks, rare. 1876. 



Stn :— NyL in Flora 1876. p. 236. 

 Bot. Pbov :— 26. 



