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THE LICHEN-FLORA 



Geog. Disteib : — France, Portugal, N. Granada, Canaries. 



Bot. Pbov :— 5. . .7. . .23. 



England :— Near Sharpstones Hill ! Shropshire. 



Ibeland :— Loughlinstown ! Serb. Borrer. 



Wales : — Chirk Castle Park ! Denbighshire. 



"Spores .007 in. long, by .0005 to .00075 in. broad, t. 4. f. 95." (Mudd.) 

 " Spores .024—34 mm. long, .003—4 mm. broad." (Nyl.) Spores .024— .034 

 mm, long, .003— .0035 mm. broad, 



VII. STIGMATIDIUM, Mey. 



Thallus distinct, orustaceous, thick. Apothecia punctiform or 

 elongated, slender, aggregate or single, immersed, internally en- 

 tirely whitish ; hypothecium colourless. Spores elongato-fusiform. 

 Spermatia straight, shortish. 



1. St. crassum, Dub. greyish-white, olive or brownish-olive, 

 determinate, decussate with blackish lines, crustaceous, thichishand 

 turgid, smooth and polished, contiguous or rimulose ; apothecia 

 brovmish-black, numerous, very minute, punctiform, slightly convex, 

 immarginate, solitary or confluent in flexuose radiate lines, deeply 

 immersed ; spores 8, colourless, fusiform, 5-septate. 



On trees, ash, holly, oak, not uncommon. 1807. 



Syn:— Duby Bot. Gall. p. 643. (1830.) Nyl. Prodr. 163. Mudd Man. 243. 

 Sagedia aagregata, Leight. Ang. Lich. p. 24. 



Pig :— E. Bot. 1752. Leight. Ang. Inch. t. 8. f. 1. 



Exs :— M. & N. 955. Schaer. 587. Leight. 69. Mudd 224. Bohl. 116. Larbal. 

 45. 46. Welw. Lusit. 89. (in part). 



Geog. Distblb : — Prance, Germany, Algeria. 



Bot. Pbov :— 1, 2, 3. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10...(19...26...30)...31. 



England : — New Porest, Hants. Mr. Lyell. (1807.) Sussex. Mr. Borrer. 

 Bery Castle ! Totness, Devon. Dr. Deakin. Westerdale ! Newton Wood ! 

 Cleveland. Mr. Mudd. near Thirsk, Yorkshire. Mr. Baker, near Exeter, Devon. 

 Mr. Parfitt. New Porest and Epping Forest. Bev. J. M. Crombie. near Malvern. 

 Worcester ; S. Devon and Cornwall. Dr. Holl. Stoke Wood, Exeter. Mr. Par- 

 fitt. near Twycross, Leicestershire. Bev. A. Bloxam. Plymouth. Mr. Holmes. 

 Great Glenham, Suffolk. Bev. E. N. Bloomfield. Wrotham, Ightham, Canter- 

 bury, Kent. Mr. Holmes. Parkgate ! Cheshire. Sharpstones ! Shropshire. 



Ibeland : — On old trees, common. Mr. Carroll. Lough Inagh ! Mr. Larba- 

 lestier. 



Wales : — Cherriton Church-yard ! Pembrokeshire. Bev. T. Salicey. Glodd- 

 aeth ! near Conway. Llanbedrog ! Fishguard ! 



Channel Islands : — Ann Port ! Jersey, (saxicole) Eozel ! and La Coupe ! 

 and all the Islands. Mr. Larbalestier. 



"Spores .006 to .008 in. long, by .001 in. broad." (Mud.1.) Spores .031— 

 .032 mm. long, .005 mm. broad. 



2. St. circumscriptum, (TayL) glaucous-white, thick, tartareous, 

 sub-determinate or effuse, even, sub-puherident, rimulose; apothecia 

 brownish-black, very minute, punctiform, innate, obovate or clavate, 

 crowded and congregated, solitary, distinct or lineari-co?ifluent, 

 plane or slightly convex, pruinose or naked, immarginate, inter- 

 nally pale ; spores 8, fuscous, narrowly obovate or clavate, 5-septate. 



On shaded rocks, very rare. 1836. 



Stn :—Verrucaria, TayL FL Hib. 2. 96. (1836.) Sagedia, Leight. Angioc. Lich. 

 24. Mudd Man. 253. 

 Fig :— Leight. Ang. Lich. t. 8. f. 3. 

 Exs:— Mudd 239. 

 Geog. Disteib: — France. 

 Bot. Pbov :— 1... 10. ..19.. .30, 31, 



