33% THE LICHEN-FLORA 



physes distinct, apices nigro-fuscous ; spores 8, colourless, lineari- 

 oblong, 1-septate. 

 On siliceous rooks. 



Syn:— Tayl. in Maok. Fl. Hib. pt. 2. p. 115. (1836.) Mudd Man. p. 180. 

 Bot. Pbov :— 19. 



Ibeland .-—Near Dunkerron ! oo. Kerry. Dr. Taylor in herb. Borrer. 

 Gelatina hymenea I blue. Spores .015 — .016 mm. long, .0045 — .005 mm. 

 broad. With a general external resemblance to L. svbviridis, Nyl. 



241. L. scotinodes, Nyl. dark-greyish, thin, unequal, areolato- 

 rimose, sub-determinate ; apothecia black, convex, immarginate, 

 whitish within ; hypothecium colourless ; spores 8, colourless, oblong, 

 simple or 1-septate; paraphyses moderate, incrassate at the apices, 

 dark-bluish-black ; epithecium K — , faintly violet ; gelatina 

 hymenea I bluish and then vinous-red. 



On micaceous rocks, rare. 1871. 



Syn :— Nyl. in Flora 1873. p. 289. 300. 

 Bot. Pbov :— 15. 



Scotland : — Craig Tulloch, Blair Athole. Bev. J. M. Crambie (1871.) 

 "Allied to L. scotina, (Krbr.) but differs as above. Spores .014— 18 mm. 

 long, .005— 6 mm. broad." [Nyl.) 



242. L. sub-conficsa, Nyl. darkly virescent, slightly granulato- 

 concrescent, areolato-diffract ; apothecia black, opalce, innate, convex, 

 internally concolorous ; paraphyses thickish, somewhat indistinct, 

 apices Cceruleseenti-infuscate ; hypothecium colourless ; spores 8, 

 colourless, oblong, 1-septate. 



On rocks, rare. 1876. 



Syn :— Nyl. in Mora 1876. p. 307. 



Geog. Distrib : — Scandinavia. 



Bot. Prov :— 26. 



Ireland: — Tullywhee Bridge! Kylemore, Connemara. Mr. Larbalcstier. 

 (1876.) 



" Spores .007 — 8 mm. long, .0035 mm. broad. Gelatina hymenea I blue then 

 vinous-red. Spermatia oblong, straight. Somewhat resembling L. fuliginosa, 

 Tayl. but with a thallus darkly-cineraseent above and smaller spores." (Nyl.) 

 Spores .012 -.0135 mm. long, .105— 6 mm. broad. Gelatina hymenea I dark- 

 blue. 



243. L. cohannatula, Nyl. darkly-virescent, granulato-concrescent, 

 areolato-diffract; apothecia black, innato-sessile, plane or plano-con- 

 vex, slightly margmed, soon obliterated, somewhat shining ; hypo- 

 thecium colourless, opake, subtended by a pale-brownish horny excipu- 

 lam ; hymenium cinerascent, paraphyses cohserent, apices nigres- 

 cent ; spores 8, colourless, lineari-oblong, slenderly 1-septate ; gelatina 

 hymenea I dark-dirty-blue. 



On rocks, rare. 1877. 



Syn :— Nyl. in Flora 1877. p. 228. 



Bot. Pbov :— 26. 



Ireland : — Kylemore ! Mr. Larbalcstier. (1877.) 



" Spores .012—16 mm. long, .004 mm. broad. Spermatia oblong .0030 — .0035 

 Trim , long, .0006 mm. broad. Sterigmata articulate and branched." (Nyl.) 

 Spores .012 — .0145 mm. long, .004 — .005 mm. broad. 



244. L. biformigera, Leight dirty-whitish-subvirescent, thick, 

 tartareous, verrucoso-areolate, rimoso-diffract, (K yellow G yellow) ; 

 apothecia very variable in size, black or bluish-black, eit/ier small, 

 conglomerate, plane and slightly margined, or large, simple, sessile, 



