OF GREAT BKITAIN. 377 



Exa:— Lindig. 159. 



Geog. Distkib : — Nova Granada. 



Bot. Pbov :— 2...5...7...20, 



England : — Beechy Head ! Mr. Borrer. (1800.) Craietforda ! Rev. T. Salwey. 



Ieeland : — Kilcully ! Cork. Mr. Carroll. 



Wales :— Drwsynant ! Cwm Cywion ! Moel-y-gest ! 



356. L. geminata, (Fw.) Th. Fr. griseo-rufescent or albido- 

 cinereous, areolate, areolae more or less angular, plane or slightly 

 tumid ; hypothallus black ; apoihecia black, arising from the hypo- 

 thallus, larger than the areolce, subsessile, plane, naked viith a thin 

 persistent margin, at length obliterated ; hypothecium thick, 

 nigro-fuscous ; paraphyses slender, apices fuliginous ; spores 1 or 2, 

 at first colourless, then green, ultimately fusco-nigricant, murali- 

 locular. 



On alpine rocks, rare. (1871). 



Stn :— Flot. in Korb. Syst. 259. (1855.) Nyl. Soand. 234. Rhizocarpon, Th. 

 Fries L. Scand. 623. Lecidea Montagnei, Flot. in Korb. Syst. 258. Nyl. Scand. 

 235. Mudd Man. 219. 



Fig :— Hepp Sporen t. 5. and 6. f. 28. and 37. 



Exs :— Schser. 443. Hepp 28. 37. Zw. 201. Anzi Ital. S. 306. 



Geog. Disteib : —Sweden, Norway, Finland, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, 

 Germany. 



Bot. Pkov:— 7...15. 



Scotland :— Craig Guie, Braemar ! Rev. J. M. Crombie. 



Wales :— Cwm Ffynnon Llugwy ! (1871.) 



" Spores .040—57 mm. long, .025—32 mm. broad." (Nyl. ) " Spores .040— 

 72 mm. long, .025—34 mm. broad." [Th. Fries.) Spores .053 mm. long, .023 

 mm. broad. 



357. L. obscurata, (Ach.) (Korb.) pallido-fuscescent or rufo- 

 fuscescent, thin, subcontiguous, minutely areolate, areolae nearly 

 plane, (K pale-yellow C — ) ; apoihecia black, moderate, plane, 

 naked, innato-sessile or adnate, with an obtuse, thick, prominent, 

 paler margin ; hypothecium thick, fuscous-black ; spores 8, colour- 

 less, ellipsoid or ellipsoideo-oblong, murali-locular. 



On subalpine rocks, frequent. 1866. 



Syn :— Rhizocarpon obscuratum, Korb. Syst. 261. (1855.) T. M. Fries L. 

 Seand. 628. Lecidea obscurata, Schser. Spicil. 130. Lecidea concreta, Leight. L. 

 G. B. ed. 2. 351. 



Exs:— Schier. 180. Hepp 756. Anzi Ital. S. 307. 309. 



Geog. Disteib : — Sweden, Norway, Finland, Italy, Austria, Switzerland. 



Bot. Peov :— 6, 7. 



Wales :— Dolgelley ! Moel-y-gest! Mr. Calcott. Cader Idris ! (1866.) Glyn! 

 near Capel Curig, between Fishguard and Llanachar ! Pembrokeshire. Trefriw 

 Falls! 



"Spores .024 — 50 mm. long, .010—50 mm. broad. Gelatina hymeneal in- 

 tense-blue. Paraphyses gelatinoso-conglutinate, apices subfuliginous or darkly 

 fuscescent." (T. M, Fries.) Spores .033— .034 mm. long, .014— .015 mm. 

 broad. 



forma ferrata, Nyl. ferruginms ; apothecia slightly ferrugineo- 

 mffused, sometimes slightly umbilicate in the middle ; spores 4 — 8, 

 generally colourless, murali-locular. 



On rocks. 1872. 



g TN : _]sryl. Seand. 234. (1861.) Crombie in Journ. Bot. n. s. 2. 135. 



Geog. Disteib : — Scandinavia. 



Bot. Peov :— 15. 



Scotland: — Ben Lawers. Rev. J. M. Crombie. (1872.) 



" Spores .032—48 mm. long, .015—18 mm. broad." (Nyl.) 



