OF GREAT BRITAIN. 349 



Syn : — Hepp MS. in herb. Arnold ! 

 Geog. Distkib : — Germany, Italy. 

 Bot. Pkov :-6, 7. 



Wales :— Aberdovey ! North Wales. Rev. A. Bloxam. (1868.) North Cliff ! 

 Tenby ; Manorbeer ! 



285. L. deducta, Nyl. greenish, effuse, obscurely sub-gelatinous; 

 apothecia blackish, small, usually margined, reddish in a thin sec- 

 tion ; hypothecium more obscure in the middle ; spores 8, colour- 

 less or faintly blackish, elliptical or oblong, 8-septate ; paraphyses 

 indistinct ; gelatina hymenea blue, then vinous-red, -with iodine. 



On old felled holly stumps, very rare. 1869. 



Stn :— Nyl. in Mora 1869. p. 410. Crombie in Seem. Journ, Bot. 7. 233, 

 (1869.) Enum. 72. 



Geog. Distkib :— Europe. 



Bot. Pkov : — 2. 



England : — Near to Brockenhurst in New Forest ! Rev. J. M. Crombie. 

 (1869.) 



" Perhaps only a var. of L. subturgidula, Nyl. but differing chiefly in the 

 black and marginate apothecia. Spores .010 — .013 mm. long, .0035— .0045 mm. 

 broad." (Nyl.) 



286. L postuma, Nyl. cinerascent, evanescent ; apothecia black, 

 rather minute, somewhat plane, marginate, concolorous within; hypo- 

 thecium and epithecium fuscescent ; spores 6-8, colourless or fus- 

 cescent, ellipsoideo-oblong, 3-septate, generally with a few oblique 

 or longitudinal septula!. 



On calcareous stones in gravelly mountain localities, rare. 1868. 



Stn :— Nyl. in Flora 1868. p. 345. Crombie En. 87. 

 Geog. Distkib : — Europe. 

 Bot. Pkov : — 15. 



Scotland : — Morrone, Braemar. Rev. J. M. Crombie. (1868.) 

 Possibly a starved variety of L. petrcea. " Spores .015 — .016 mm. long, .006 — 

 .007 mm. broad." (Nyl.) 



287. L.triphragmia, Nyl. similar to L. disciformis in the thallus 

 (Ky then red) and general habit, but with spores 3-septate. 



On shady rocks and trees in sub-alpine districts, rare. 1870. 



Stn :— Nyl. Prodr. 141. (1857.) Scand. 236. Crombie in Seem. Journ. 9. 179. 

 Exs:— Wright 239. 



Geog. Distkxb : — Norway, Sweden, Finland, Cuba, Calcutta. 

 Bot. Pbov : — 15. 



Scotland : — Morrone, Braemar. Rev. J. M. Crombie. (1870.) 

 " Spores .025— ,034 mm. long, .009— .0011 mm. broad." (Nyl.) Spores .022 

 mm. long, .009 mm. broad. 



F. Spores 3-septate, colourless. 

 * Hypothecium dark. 



288. L. GEderi, (Web.) ochraceo-ferruginous, thin, areolate or 

 areolato-granulose, (K — C — ) ; apothecia small, umbonate or gene- 

 rally plicate or sub-gyrose, black, plane, margin thin, flexuose ; 

 hypothecium black; spores 8, colourless, oblong, 3-septate, nucleolate. 



On mountain and maritime rocks, frequent. 



Stn :-Web. Spicil. 182. (1778.) Ach. Prod. 66. Syn. 22. Nyl. Scand. 234. 

 Mudd Man. 220. 



Fig :— Hepp Sporen t. 59. f. 508. 



Exs :— Fries L. S. 384. Hepp 508. Leight. 187. Zw. 28. Korb. 285. Anzi 

 Langob. 200. 



