312 THE LICHEN-FLORA ' 



less, ellipsoid, simple ; epithecium obscurely-bluish ; paraphyses 

 moderate, bluish-green towards the apices ; gelatina hymenea 

 intensely-blue or dark-blue with iodine. 

 On calcareous stones. 1871. 



Syn :— Nylander in Flora 1872. p. 361. 

 Bot. Pbov :— 15. 



Scotland : — Summits of Ben-y-gloe and Cairn Gowar. Rev. J. M. Crombie. 

 (1871.) 



" Spores .009—12 mm. long, .005—7 mm. broad." (Nyl. ) 



188. L. confcederans, NyL thallus scarcely any visible; 

 apothecia black, plane, obtusely margined, verrucoso-congested, (ver- 

 rucae composed of 20 — 30 or more apothecia), blackish within ; 

 hypothecium thick, brownish-black, (K 'purplish) ; spores 8, colourless, 

 linearioblong, simple, minute ; paraphyses moderate or thickish, 

 clavato-incrassate and bluish-black or greenish-black at the 

 apices. 



On quartzose boulders in alpine regions, rare. 1872. 



Syn :-Nyl. in Mora 1873. p. 289—300. 



Bot. Pbov : — 15. 



Scotland : — Morrone, Braemar ! Rev. J. M. Crombie. (1872.) 



"A very distinct species. Spores .010—11 mm. long, .003— 4 mm. broad." 

 (Nyl.) Spores .0105 mm. long, .003 mm. broad. The structure of the apothe- 

 cium is very peculiar. The very thin narrow hymenium of a pale-bluish colour, 

 surmounted with a thickish violet-black epithecium, rests on a thick nigro- 

 fuscous hypothecium, beneath which is a pale colourless stratum, and the 

 whole included in a violet-black thickish excipulum. 



189. L. phylliscocarpa, Nyl. brown, very thin or evanescent ; 

 apotheciablack,phyUiscoid i.e.umbUicately affixed, rosulato-compound, 

 rotundato-difforrned, large, above with the margins thin, subradiately 

 and irregularly disposed, slightly costate and at the circumference 

 sub-crenato-effigurate, within blackish, the hymeneal stratum whitish; 

 spores 8, colourless, ellipsoid or oblong, simple ; epitheciurhbluish- 

 blackish ; paraphyses thickish, bluish-black at the clavate apices ; 

 hypothecium sordidly dark ; gelatina hymenea I intensely-bluish. 



On quartzose stones in alpine places, rare. 1874. 



Syn :— Nyl. in Flora 1874. p. 314. 



Bot. Pbov : — 15. 



Scotland : — Summit of Morrone, Braemar. Rev. J. M. Crombie. (1874.) 



" Spores 0.009—0.011 mm. long, 0.0035—0.0045 mm. broad." Qfyl.) 



190. L. sarcogyniza, NyL greyish, thin, ^determinate, opake, 

 evanescent ; apothecia black, plane, margin often flexuose, dusky 

 within; hypothecium sub-hymeniale distinctly fuscescent, its 

 middle stratum nearly colourless, lower stratum nigricant or black ; 

 epithecium black ; spores 8, colourless, oblong, simple ; thalamium 

 colourless ; paraphyses moderate, distinct but coherent, nigrioanti- 

 clavate at the apex ; gelatina hymenea intensely-blue with I. 



On mountain and maritime granitic rocks, rare. 1868. 



Syn :— Nyl. in Flora 1868. p. 475. Crombie En. 82. 

 Exs:— Zw. 22. Schar. 187. 

 Geog. Disted3 : — Switzerland. 

 Bot. Pbov :— 15. 



Scotland :— Morrone ; near Nigg, Kincardine ; Cairn Gowar ; Ttjll f Ardo. 

 Rev. J, if, Crombie. (1868.) 



