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THE UCHEN-FLORA 



229. L. atroalbicans, Nyl. whitish, granvlato-areolate, thin, tar- 

 tareous, effuse, areola minute, more or less scattered, convex or 

 plane, (K — C — ) ; apoihecia black, small, innato-sessile, plane, 

 margined ; hypothecium nigro-fuscous ; paraphyses distinct, 

 coherent, apices nigro-fuscous ; spores 8, colourless, broadly-oblony, 

 1-septate, epispore distinct. 



On rocks, rare. 1876. 



Stn :— Nyl. in Flora 1875. p. 363. 



Exs:— Am. 559. o r 



Bot. Pbov:— 26. 



Ireland : — Ruins at Cleghan ! Lettermore ! Connemara. Mr. Larbaiestier. 

 (1876). 



Gelatina hymenea I pale-blue then darkly-fuscescent. Spores .021— .0245 

 mm. long, .01 — .012 mm. broad. 



230. L. alpicola, (Schser.) like L. geographica, but with spores 

 colourless, 1-septate. 



On alpine whinstone rocks, very rare. 1869. 



Stn : — L. geographica var. alpicola, Schser. Spic. 124. (1833.) Nyl. Prodr. 

 143. Crombie in Seem. .Tourn. Bot. 8. 99. 

 Exs :— Schser. 173. Hepp 151. 



Geog. Distbib : — Switzerland, France, Pyrenees, Sweden, Asia. 

 Bot. Peov :— 15. 

 Scotland : — Summit of Ben Nevis. Rev. J. M. Crombie. (1869). 



231. L. grossa, (Pers.) cinerascent or cinereo-virescent or 

 cinereo-albicant, thin, continuous or rimose, unequal, indeter- 

 minate, (K — C — ) ; apoihecia, large, scattered, sessile, plane, 

 black, disk minutely papillate, margin thickish, more or less 

 flexuose and polished; excipulum lateral, thick, internally and 

 externally bluish-black with a central paler stratum, hypothecium 

 black ; spores 8, colourless, oblong or ellipsoid, 1-septate, very large. 



On trees, elm, ash, oak, not uncommon. 



Stn: — Persoon in Herb. Mougeot fide Nyl. Prodr. 139. Nyl. Scand. 239. 

 Lecidea premnea, Fr. L. S. Exs. 26. Lecidea Uucoplaca, Chev. Fl. Paris. 1. 572. 

 Mudd Man. 181. 



Fig :— Hepp Sporen t. 73. f. 647. 



Exs :— Fries L. S. 26. fide Nyl. Hepp 647. Mudd 147. Leight. 125. Rabh. 

 869. Zw. 423. Nyl. 66. Arn. 436. 



Geog. Distrib : — Europe, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France, Germany, 

 America, Australia. 



Bot. Prov:— 1, 2, 3. .5, 6, 7.. .10, 11. ..13.. .15.. .19, 20... 24... 26... 30, 31. 



England :— Airyholme Wood ! Kildale ! Cleveland. Mr. Mudd. Torquay! 

 Devon. Dr. Deakin. The Lodge! near Ludlow, Shropshire. Rev. T. Salwey. 

 Sussex ! Mr. Borrer. Durham ! Rev. J. Harriman. near Malvern ; near Newton 

 Bushell ; near Shanklin. Dr. Hott. Stoke Wood, Exeter. Mr. Parfitt. RivenhalL, 

 Essex. Mr. Varenne. New Forest. Rev. J. M. Crombie. South Cerney near 

 Cirencester. Mr. W. Joshua. Abdon ! Shropshire. 



Scotland : — Invercauld ! Braemar. Dr. Lindsay. Glencoe ! Mr. Borrer. 

 Crumroach! Ayrshire. Mrs, Dobie. Kenmore, Perthshire. Dr. HoU. Braemar! 

 Tri llin. Rev. J. M. Crombie. 



Ireland :— Derriquin ! co. Kerry. Dr. Taylor. Blarney, Cork ; KiUarney. 

 Kerry ; and Dromoland, Clare ; Loughcooter, Galway. Mr. Carroll, near Bel- 

 fast. Mr. Templeton. Castletaylo'r, Galway. Dr. Moore. Curraghmore, Water- 

 ford. Adm. Jones. Lord Sligo's demesne, Westport ! co. Mayo. Mr. Larbaiestier. 



Wales :— Hendreforion ! near Barmouth. Rev. T. Salwey, Fronfraith, 

 Aberystwith. Miss Attwood. Llanbedrog ! 



Channel Islands : — Bozel, Jersey. Mr. Larbaiestier. 



" Spores .024—03 mm. long, .012—19 mm. broad, Gelatina hymenea I blue 

 then vinous-red. Spermatia oblongo-ellipsoid .002^ — 3 mm. long, ,001 mm 

 broad." {Nyl.) "Spores .02--.03 mm. long, .008—18 mm. broad." (T, M. 



