^22 THE LICHEN-FLORA 



On old trees, frequent 



Syn :— Wallr. Crypt. Germ. 320. (1831.) Nyl. Scand. 257. Leight. Br. Graph. 

 58. Mudd Man. 249. 



Geog. Distbib :— Normandy, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, Pyre- 

 nees, Prance, Ceylon, Calcutta, Amazons, S. America. 



Bot. Peov :— 1, 2, 3...5...10, 11...19...24...31. 



" Spores .004 to .0055 in. long, by .002 in. broad." (Mudd.) "Spores .020— 

 23 mm. long, .006—8 mm. broad." (Nyl.) Spores .020— .023 mm. long, .007— 

 008 mm. broad. 



A very variable lichen of which the chief varieties and forms may be distri- 

 buted as follows : — 



Var. Icermesina, Nyl. ardellce and thallus vermilionrcoloured, 

 Nyl. Scand. 257. 



f. cinnabarina, T. & B. ardellse somewhat convex, pulverulent, 

 vermilion-coloured. Leight. L c. 59. 



Exs :— Leight. 249. M. & N. 651. Schaer. 239. Am. 150. Welw. Lusit. 25. 

 Anzi It. S. 318. Hepp 162. 



Fig :— E. Bot 2151. Leight. Br. Graph, t. 8. f. 40. 



Bot. Pbov:— 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.. .10, 11...31. 



England : — Sussex ! Mr. Borrer. New Forest. Rev. J. M. CromMe. Airy- 

 holme Wood ! Yorkshire. Mr. Mudd. Haldon, Exeter. Mr. Parfitt. Easthorpe ; 

 Bivenh all ; Woodham Walter, Essex. Mr. Varenne. Plymouth. Mr. Holmes. 

 Great Glenham, Suffolk. Rev. E. N. Bloomfield. 



Scotland : — Pease Bridge ; Berwickshire. Dr. G. Johnston. 



Channel Islands : — Common on all the Islands. Mr. Larbalextier. 



f. rosacea, T. & B. ardellaa collected into clusters, lobate, pulveru- 

 lent, vermilion-coloured. Leight. L c. 59. 

 England :— Poyning's Common, Sussex. Mr. Borrer. 



f. marginata, T. & B. ardellse somewhat convex, parti-coloured, 

 chiefly powdery on the margins. Leight L c. 59. 



Exs :— Leight. 250. BohL 53. NyL 146. Zw. 11. B. Kdrb. 289. Anzi Venet. 

 87. Mudd 233. 



England : — Sussex ! Mr. Borrer. Ingleby Park ! near Ayton ! Yorkshire. 

 Mr. Mudd. Kelvedon, Essex. Mr. Varenne. Polegate, Eastbourne. Mr. Roper. 

 Abdon ! Shropshire. 



Ireland : — Dunscombe's Wood ! Cork. Mr. Carroll. Lough Derryclare ! co. 

 Galway. Mr. Larbalestier. 



Wales : — Edderton ! Montgomeryshire. 



Var. pruinata, DeL ardellce entirely albo-suffused. Nyl. Scand 

 257. 



f. concolor, T. & B. ardellae convex, of the same colour with the 

 thallus, albo-pruinose. Leight. 1. c. 60. 



Exs :— Leight. 251. 



England : ^-Sussex ! Mr. Borrer. New Forest, Hants. Mr. Lyett. near 

 Dorking. Mr. Joshua. Paradise, Eastbourne. Mr. Roper. 



f. dubia, T. & B. ardellse rather convex, lurid, dark-purple, 

 pruinose. 

 England :— Sussex ! Mr. Borrer. Kelvedon, Essex. Mr. Varenne. 



f. microstigma, T. & B. ardellse minute, solitary, depressed, albo- 

 pruinose. Leight 1. c. 60. 



England : — Sussex ! Mr. Borrer. 



Ireland : — Glamnon ! Blarney ! Cork ; Ballynegarde co. Limerick. Mr 

 CarroU, 



