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311. L. lierbidida, Nyl. pale-yellow, thichish, areolato-diffract, 

 pulverulento-granulate ; apoihecia rufo-fuscous, minute, subinnate, 

 scattered, plane, with a thin darker margin ; hypoihecium colour- 

 less ; spores 8, colourless, lineari-oblong, 3-septate, small. 



On damp cliffs, very rare. 1877. 



Syn :— Nyl. in Flora 1877. p. 563. 



Bot. Prov:— 26. 



Ireland : — Glencorbot ! Mr. Larbalestier. (1877). 



Spores .0115 mm. long, .0025 mm. broad. Nylander 1. c. describes the apores 

 as " fusiformes, 1-3-septatae, .011 — 18 mm. long, .0025 mm. broad," andgelatina 

 hymenea I blue. Of the thallus he says, "Thallus omnino est pecufiaris et 

 facile proprium genus conformans (si proprius), nam sistit Gongrosvram, Ktz. et 

 format stratum e filamentis intricatis Drevinsculis articulatis subchroolepoideis, 

 articulis pariete incolora crassulo strata nonnulla offerente et contento e granulis 

 flavoviridibus rotundatis numerosis constituto, articulis his rotundis aut oblongis 

 (latit. .015 — 35 mm.), majoribus facile discretis, divisione transversa sese multi- 

 plicantibus ; sed adsunt simul gonidia parva sparsa inter filamenta gongrosirea 

 et cellulas diseretas gongrosireas, cur subincertum manet quinam verus thallus 

 sit huius Lecideaa." 



312. L. sphaeroides, (Dicks.) albo-virescent, granulose, sub-pul- 

 verulent ; apothecia pale-whitish or pale-yellow-flesh-colour, congre- 

 gate, convex, sub-globose; hypoihecium pale ; spores 8, colourless, 

 oblongo-fusiform, 3-septate. 



On trees and mosses, not common. 1785. 



Syn :— Dicks. Crypt. Brit. 1. p, 9. (1785). Smrflt. Lapp. 164. Nyl. Scand. 

 204. Crombie En. 70. 



Fig :— Dicks. 1. c. t. 2. f. 2. 



Exs :— Fellm. 158. Anzi Langob. 261. 



Geog. Distrib : — Scandinavia, Italy, Switzerland, Germany. 



Bot. Prov:— 1, 2, 3.. .15.. .26.. .28. 



England :— Lustleigh Cleeve ; Barrack wall, Topsham road, Exeter. Mr. 

 Parfitt. Kelvedon, Feering, Essex. Mr. Varenne. Toy's Hill, Seven Oaks, Kent. 

 Mr. Howse. 



Scotland : — Midland parts. Rev. J. M. Crombie. Aberfeldy. Dr. Holl. 



Ieeland : — (f . rediens, Nyl. ) Florence court, Fermanagh. Adm. Jones, (f . 

 vacillans, "apotheciis rufescentibus, sporis 1-3-septatis.") Armagh demesne. 

 Adm. Jones, near Letterfrack ! Mr. Larbalestier. 



" Gelatina hymenea I slightly blue then vinous-red, Spores .015 — 23 mm. 

 long, .005 — 8 mm. broad." (Nyl.) 



313. L. carneo-lutea, (Turn.) whitish, glaucescent, thin, smooth' 

 effuse, (K — C — ) ; apothecia numerous, minute, innato-emergenti 

 at first veiled by the pale hypoihecium, which afterwards is irregularly 

 stellato-dehiscent, disclosing the plane yellow-flesh-coloured disk, 

 margin albicant, lacerate or crenate ; spores 8, colourless, lineari- 

 oblong, 3-septate. 



On trees, especially elm, rarely on ash. 1808. 



Syn :— Turn. Trans. Linn. Soc. 9. 145. (1808.) Nyl. Prodr. 101. Mudd Man. 

 140. 



Fig :— Trans. Linn. Soc. t. 12. f. 2. E. Bot. 2010. Leight. Brit. Ang. Lich. t. 

 14. f. 2. 



Exs :— Fries 342. Larbal. 30. Leight. 363. 



Geoo. Disteib : — Sweden. 



Bot. Pbov:— 1, 2, 3, 4.. .31. 



England :— Sussex ! and Isle of Wight. Mr. Borrer. (1808.) Torquay ! 

 Devon. Dr. DeaMn. Shoreham, Sussex. Mr. Larbalestier. near Ventnor, Isle of 

 Wight; Ilsam, Torquay. Dr. Holl. Cawick fields, Exeter. Mr. Parfitt. Beeding 

 Priory, Sussex ! Rev. A. Bloxam. Penzance. Mr. Gurnow. Eastbourne ! 

 Suffolk. Mr. Roper. Lewes, Sussex ; Brading and St. Lawrence, Isle of Wight. 

 Mr. Holmes. 



