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minent margin. Internally L. verruculosa has a nigro-fuseous lateral excipulum 

 whilst in kakula and oceUata this excipulum is colourless ; the hypothecium 

 being dark-brown in both and the spores of the same size. 



Var. prosponens, Nyl. yellow, areolato-verruculose or slightly granu" 

 lato-verruculose, (K yellow C red) ; apothecia sub-innate, not mar 

 gined by thallus, rugulose, immarginate ; spores as above. 



On maritime rocks, rare. 1868. 



Sin :— NyL in Mora 1868. p, 347. Crombie Ennm. 94. 

 Geog. Distbib : — Europe. 

 Bot. Pbov: — 15. 



Scotland : — Portlethen ! Kincardine. Rev. J. M. Orombie. 

 Merely a state of L. verruculosa not worth distinguishing. "Spores .015 — 17 

 mm. long, .008-^-. 010 mm. broad." (Nyl.) 



199. L. stellulata, Tayl. white or albo-cinereous, thin, sub- 

 orbiculari-determinate, minutely areolato-rimulose, plane, smooth, 

 (K yellow C — ) ; hypothallus thin, black ; apothecia minute, nume- 

 rous, crowded and confluent, sub-innate, black, plane, margin 

 thin, entire; lateral excipulum nigricant, hypothecium brownish- 

 black ; spores 8, fuscous, oblong, 1-septate, small. 



On maritime rocks and stones, frequent. 1836. 



Stn :— Tayl. Fl. ffib. 2. 118 ! (1836.) Mudd Man. 216. 



Exs :— Leight. 276. Zw. 402. LarbaL 38. 



Fig :— Hepp Sporen t. 34. f. 313. 



Geog. Distbib : — Germany, Switzerland, Falkland Islands. 



Bot. Pbov:— 1, 2...5, 6, 7...12...19...24...30, 31. 



England : — Lynmouth. Miss Attwood. near Torquay ! Dr. Deakin. Carlisle ! 

 Mr. Heysham. near Brighton ! "Ventnor, Isle of Wight ; S. Devon and Corn- 

 wall. Dr. Soil. Plymouth. Mr. Holmes. Haughmond Hill ! Shropshire. 



Ibeland : — Carig Mountain ! Dr. Taylor. Ardglass co. Down. Dr. Maingay. 

 near Cork ; Carrigogunnel near Limerick. Mr. CarroU. 



Wales : — Aberdovey ! Rev. A. Bloxam. Barmouth ! Moel-y-GoIfa ! Mont- 

 gomeryshire ; Borth ! Cardiganshire ; Dolgelley ! Crib Coch ! Snowdon. Capel 

 Curig ! Llyn Dinas ! near Beddgelert. Gimlet Bock ! Pwlhelli. Fort TTill ! near 

 Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. Tremadoc ! 



Channel Islands :— Portelet Bay ! La Moye ! Jersey ; Guernsey. Mr. Lar- 

 balestitr. 



" Spores .002 to .00275 in. long by .001 to .0015 in. broad. I blue." (Mudd.) 

 " Spores .009—12 mm. long. .004—5 mm. broad. I blue." (T. M. Fries.) 



This is Buellia minutula, Hepp 313, according to Arnold in Flora 1872. p. 4. 

 TTia B. stelhtfata, (Tayl.) L c. is evidently made up, according to the Exs. 

 quoted, of L. verruculosa, (Borr.) and L. afroalbeUa, NyL Confer Leight. 

 Lich. Fl. p. 303. and 310. Paraphyses laxly cohaerent, apices nigro-fuscous. 

 Spores .009-. 011 mm. long, .005-.0055 mm. broad. 



forma confiuens, Leight. apothecia very numerous and in such 

 close juxtaposition as to appear confluent. 

 On rocks, rare. 1876. 



Bot. Pbov :— 6, 7. 



Wales : — Fort Hill ! near Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. (1876.) near Tremadoc ! 



forma dispersa, Leight. areolce of thallus dispersed and scattered. 

 On rocks, rare. 1876. 



Bot. Pbov : — 6. 



Wales:— Goodwick Bay! (1876.) 



200. L. scabrosa, Ada. citrine or flavo-mrescent, thin, areolaie or 

 areolato-granulose, (K yellow C — ) / apothecia small, scattered, 

 black, opake, somewhat convex, concolorous within; hypothecium 

 black ; spores 8, fuscous, ellipsoid, 1-septate, small. 



