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304. L. rhexoblephara, Nyl. albido-ciner ascent, very thin or 

 evanescent ; apothecia black, moderate, plane, margin thick, rhaga- 

 dioso-diffract or crenate, internally concolorous ; hymenium whitish ; 

 hypothecium dark-fuscous ; spores 8, colourless, oblongo-ellipsoid 

 or fusiformi-ellipsoid, 3-septate. 



On decaying mosses in alpine localities, rare. 1861. 



Syn:— Nyl. in Ofvers. V. Ak. Fork. 1860. p. 297. Scand. 240. and 293. 

 Grevillea 1. 134, 



Geog. Distkib : — Norway, Behrings' Straits, Finland, Greenland. 



Bor. Pbov :— 15. 



Scotland : — Ben Lawers. Adm. Jones. (1861.) 



" Spores .017—21 mm. long, .007 mm. broad. Paraphyses slender, apices 

 f uscescent, somewhat incrassate, 3-articulate, adglutinate. Gelatina hymenea I 

 pale-blue." {Nyl.) Spores .017— .02 mm. long, .0045— .005 mm. broad. 



** Hypothecium colourless. 



305. L. exanthematica, (Sm.) cinerascent, very thin or evanes- 

 cent, (K — C — ) ; apothecia pale-yellow, small, margin connivent, 

 radiato-fissured, at length exposing the epithecium ; hypothecium 

 pale-yellow ; spores 8, colourless, lineari-oblong or cylindrical, 

 3-septate, large. 



On calcareous rocks, frequent. 1791. 



Syn :— -Sm. Linn. Soo. Tr. 1. 81. (1791.) Thelotrema, Leight. Ang. Lich, 32. 

 Ach. Syn. llf>. Lecidea, Nyl. Scand. 188. Mudd Man. 278. 



Fig :— E. Bot. 1184. Leight. Ang. Lich. t. 12. f. 3. 



Exs :— Anzi It. S. 235. Zw. 211. Hepp 206. M. & N. 846. Schaer. 122. Leight. 

 256. 



Geog. Distrib : — Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Sweden. 



Bot. Prov:— 2...5...7...10, 11...19...26...28...30. 



England : — Banks of Tees, Durham. Rev. J. ffarriman. Sussex Downs ! Mr. 

 Sorrer. Ingleborough. Dr. Carrington. Durdham Down near Bristol. Miss 

 Attviood. Bokeley and Barnardcastle, Durham. Mr. Winch, near Cirencester ! 

 Mr. Joshua. Lamplugh ! Cockermouth. Mr. J. Bowman. 



Ireland : — Killarney ! Dr. Taylor, near Belfast. Mr. Templeton. Sheepwalk ; 

 Armagh. Adm. Jones, near Kylemore. Mr. Larbalestier. 



Wales : — Eglwyseg rocks ! near Llangollen. 



" Spores .005 to .006 in. long, by .0015 in. broad." (Mudd.) " Spores .015— 

 20 mm. long, .006— 7 mm. broad. Paraphyses slender." (Nyl.) Spores .023— 

 .026 mm. long, .006— .008 mm. broad. 



306. L. violacea, Crouan. albido-ciner ascent, very thin, almost 

 evanescent; apothecia pallido-livid, small, sub-convex ; hypothecium 

 colourless ; spores 8, colourless, oblong, obtuse, 3-septate. 



On maritime rocks, rare. 1860. 



Syn :— Crouan Fl. Finisterep. 93. (1867.) Nyl. in Flora 1862. p. 464. Crombie 

 En. 71. 

 Geog. Distrtb : — France, Sweden. 

 Bot. Prov :— 18. 



Scotland : — Lerwick, Shetland. Adm. Jones. (1860.) 

 " Spores .012—18 mm. long, .003—5 mm. broad." (T. M. Fries.) 



307. L. metamorphea, Nyl. green, thin, effuse ; apothecia 

 whitish or pale-flesh-coloured or sordid, small or moderate, innate, 

 somewhat plane, sometimes difformed or two confluent, internally 

 concolorous ; spores 8, colourless, oblong or oblongo-fusiform, simple 

 or 3-septate ; paraphyses none ; thecae oblong, crowded, blue with 

 iodine then vinous-red. 



On stones, rare. 1872. 



S TN :— Nyl. Prod. 113. (1857.) Crombie in Journ. Bot. n. s. 2. 134 

 Bot. Prov :— 15. 



