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THE LICHEN-FLORA 



Syn— Stirton in Trans. Glasgow Soc. Nat. p. 90. (1875.) 

 Bot. Pbov:— 15. 



Scotland : — Near KilliecranHe. Dr. Stirton. (1875.) 

 Spores .014— .021 mm. long, .006— .008 mm. broad. 



26. A. pruinosa, Ach. whitish or pale-yellow, thin, tartareous, 

 cracked and uneven, somewhat pulverulent, indeterminate ; ardellce 

 brownish or lead-coloured, rough, albo^pruinose, immersed, ro*undish 

 or irregularly oblong or difformed, plane or slightly convex, inter- 

 nally pale ; spores 8, colourless, lineari-obovate, rounded at the 

 extremities, generally 4-septate, (sometimes 5, sometimes 3-sep- 

 tate.) 



On old oaks, ivy, elm, yew and old timber, frequent. 1831. 



Syn :— Aoh. L. U. 147. (1810.) Syn. 7. Nyl. Scand. 258. A. impolita, Leight. 

 Br. Graph, p. 55. 



Fig:— E. Bot. Suppl. 2692. f, 1. Leight. Br. Graph, t. 8. f. 35. 

 . Exs :— M. & N. 1159. Scheer. 506. Leight. 131. Zw. 149. Nyl. 83. a. & b. 

 Hepp 535. Anzi Etr. 51. Stenh. 147. 



Geog. Distbib : — Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, Sweden, Normandy, 



Bot. Pkov:— 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.. .7, 8.. .10, 11...19...24...31. 



England : — Kelvedon, Essex. Mr. Varenne. Plymouth. Mr. Holmes. Hen- 

 field, Sussex ! KenilwDrth Castle ! Warwickshire ; Livermore ! Suffolk. Mr. 

 Borrer. (1831.) Midland Counties. Mr. Purton. Cambridgeshire. Rev. R. Relhan. 

 Iugleby ! Mr. Mudd. Oswestry ! Shropshire. Rev T. Salwey. New Forest. Rev. 

 J. M. CromMe. Teesdale, Durham. Mr. Winch. Twycross Churchyard, Leices- 

 tershire. Rev. A. Bloxam. Old Eastbourne. Mr. Roper. Devonshire. Messrs. 

 Jones & Kingston. Brampton Brian Park ! Herefordshire. High Rock ! near 

 Bridgnorth ; Udlington ! Batchcot ! Hey Forest ! near Ludlow ; Ludlow 

 Castle ! Shropshire. 



Ireland : — Cledaneanure, Kerry. Dr. Taylor. Adare Abbey near Limerick. 

 Mr. Carroll. 



Wales : — Bettws-y-coed Churchyard ! Gwydir ! 



Channel Islands : — St. Ouen's, Jersey. Mr. Larbalestier. 



" Spores .003 to .00325 in. long, by .001 in. broad." (Mudd.) " Spores .013 

 — 17 mm. long, .005—7 mm. broad." (Nyl.) Spores .016 mm. long, .005 Trim , 

 broad. 



27. A. astroidestera, Nyl. nearly similar to A. astroidea, but 

 having the apothecia more distinctly astroid, brownish ; spores 

 3-5-septate, usually 4-septate. .0021 — 26 mm. long, .007 — 8 mm. 

 broad. 



On holly and beech. 1873. 



Syn :— Nyl. in Flora 1874. p. 13. 



Bot. Pbov :— 2... 7. 



England : — Viney ridge, New Forest near Lyndhurst ! Mr. Larbalestier. 

 (1873.) 



Wales : — Trefriw ! 



This appears to me to be only a more diffuse or scattered state of A. astroidea. 

 Although I do not find this identical state in the herbarium of the late Mr. 

 Borrer, yet I do find there specimens which are intermediate between the typi- 

 cal state of astroidea and astroidestera. 



**** Spores 6-septate. 



28. A. Uicina, Tayl. cream-colour, thin, membranaceous, smooth, 

 shining, scaly, limitate ; ardellce brownish-black, plane, shining, 

 sub-immersed, scattered, irregularly rounded or oblong, internally 

 pale ; spores 8, colourless, very large, obovato-clavate, 6-septate, 

 upper cell largest ; gelatina hymenea persistently -blue with iodine. 



