OF GREAT BRITAIN. ( 309 



hypothecium colourless ; hymenium colourless,' 1 ■ dirty-lutescent ; 

 paraphyses distinct, apices colourless ; spores 8, colourless, ellip- 

 soid, simple. 



On stones, rare. 1876. 



Syn ;— Nyl. in Flora 1876. p. 573. 



Bot. Pkov :— 26. 



Ibeland : — Delphi ! Connemara. Mr. Larbalestier. (1876.) .' 



" Somewhat generally similar in character to L. coarctata. Spores .014—18 

 mm. long, :007 — .010 mm. broad. lodo gelatina hymenialis vinose ful'vo- 

 rubescens." (Nyl.) Spores .019 mm. long, .009 mm. broad. 



178. L. grumosa, Leight. evanescent; apothecia nhfo-fuscescent, 

 minute, scattered, adnato-sessile, plano-convex, the slight margin 

 soon obliterated ; hypothecium colourless ; hymenium yellow, 

 grumous ; paraphyses altogether indistinct, apices colourless ; spores 

 8, in lineari-obovate asci, colourless, oblong, simple, filled with very 

 minute spherical granules. 



On pine bark, rare. 1877. 



Stn :— Leight. in Linn.- Trans. 2d. ser. 1. 242. 

 Fig :— Linn. Trans. 1. c. t. 33. f . 7. 8. 9. 

 Bot. Peov :— 26. 



Ibeland : — Ballinahinch ! Glendalough ! Galway. Mr. Larbalestier. (1877. ) 

 A very singular species. Gelatina hymenea I blue, then fulvescent. Spores 

 .013—015 mm. long, .007—009 mm. broad. 



179. L. antiloga, Stirt. nearly evanescent ; apothecia, black, 

 minute, adnate, plane, margin somewliat shining, internally obscure 

 especially upwards ; hypothecium colourless ; paraphyses very in- 

 distinct, apices nigricant or virescenti-nigricant ; spores 8, colour- 

 less, spherical, simple. 



On decorticated wood, rare. 1877. 



Stn :— Stirton in Scottish Naturalist 4. p. 164. (1877.) 

 Bot. Paov :— 15. 



Scotland : — Aviemore, Elgin. Dr. Stirton. (1877.) 



" Gelatina hymenea I blue then dark- violet. Spores .004 — .0055 mm. broad." 

 (Stirt.) 



tf Hypothecium dark'. 



180. L. diducens, NyL evanescent ; apothecia aggregate, black, 

 moderate, plane, margin elevated, flexuose, lobate, dark within; 

 hypothecium fuscous, lateral excipulum horny and black ; spores 8, 

 colourless, ellipsoid or oblong, small, simple; paraphyses thick, 

 distinct, with black clavate apices ; gelatina hymenea cserulescent 

 with iodine. 



On felspathic rocks, rare. 



Stn :— Nyl. in Flora 1865. p. 148. Crombie Enum. 85. 

 Exs :— Larbal. 39. 

 Geog. Distrib : — Europe. 

 Bot. Peov:— 26. ..31. . ., 



Ibeland : — Dawros Bridge ! co. Galway. Mr. Larbalestier. 

 Channel Islands : — Noirmont ! Le Fret Common ! Jersey. Mr. Larbalestier. 

 Spores .008— 9 mm. long, .0035— .0045 mm. broad. (Nyl.) Spores .008— 9 

 mm. long, .004 mm. broad. 



181. L. obsoleta, Nyl. evanescent; apothecia black, minute, 

 opake, margin obtuse or indistinct, concolorous within ; hypothecium 



