OP GREAT BRITAIN, 445 



Scotland : — Ardrossan. Dr. Landsborough. (1851.) Newhaven ! near Leith. 

 Dr. Grevitte. Ardrishaig ! Argyleshire. Dr. Lindsay. 



Ireland : — Woburn, co. Down ! Adm. Jones. Howth. Dr. Moore. Cork coast. 

 Mr. Carroll. Killeray Bay ! Connemara. Mr. Larbalestier. 



Channel Islands : — South coast of Jersey ! Mr. Larbalestier. 



" Spores .008—010 mm. long, .006 mm. broad," (Nyl.) Spores .010— .014 

 mm. long, .005 mm. broad. 



2. V. halophila, Nyl. olivaceo-virescent or nigricanti-virescent, 

 mucoso-gelatinous, thin, continuous, smooth, effuse or macular; 

 apothecia black and shining, numerous, crowded, moderate, hernis- 

 pherico-globose, somewhat truncate, sessile, immersed only at the 

 base ; epithecium regularly poriform, or more or less dilated and de- 

 pressed ; perithecium dimidiate ; paraphyses none ; spores 8, colour- 

 less, very minute, ellipsoid, simple, generally with 2 nuclei ; gela- 

 tina hymenea red with iodine. 



On maritime rocks, frequent. 1851. 



Syn:— Nyl. Chil. 175. (1859.) Prodr. 185. V. aq'uatUis, Mudd. V. Whichcotii, 

 Larbal. 



Exs :— Larbal. 100. Mudd 270. 271. Leight. 33. in part. 



Geoo. Distrib : — France, Normandy, Chili. 



Bot. Prov:— 6, 7.. .10.. .14.. .30, 31. 



England : — Near Ayton ! Cleveland ! Black Rocks ! near Hartlepool. Mr. 

 Mudd. 



Scotland : — Newhaven ! near Leith, Edinburgh. Dr. GreviMe. (1851.) 



Ireland : — Woburn, co. Down. Adm. Jones. 



Wales : — Black Stones ! Conway Bay ; Manorbeer ! Goodwick Bay ! Tenby ! 



Channel Islands : — St. Aubin's Bay ; Greve-au-Lancon ! Jerbourg ! Guern- 

 sey. Mr. Larbalestier. 



Spores .006 — .009 mm. long, .003 mm. broad. V. leptotera, Nyl. in Flora 

 1865. p. 212. according to specimens from Mr. Larbalestier is only a state of 

 V. halophila. 



8. V. striatula, Whlnb. black or nigro-virescent, mucoso-gelatin- 

 ous, thin, effuse, effigurato-dendritic. consisting of small elevated 

 difformed, distinct, convex, branched, dendritico-radiant lines ; 

 apothecia black and polished, minute, sessile, sub-globose, truncate ; 

 epithecium large, depressed, umbilicate ; perithecium dimidiate ; para- 

 physes none ; spores 8, colourless, very minute, ellipsoid or oblong, 

 simple ; gelatina hymenea vinous-red with iodine. 



On maritime rocks, rare. 1865. 



Stn :— Whlnb ! in Ach. Meth. Suppl. 21. (1803.) Nyl. Scand. 274. 



Geoo. Distbib : — Norway, Lapland. 



Bot. Pbov :— 31. 



Channel Islands : — Caves at Greve-au-Lancon ! ; Pliemont ! ; Noirmont, 

 Jersey ; under Fort Essex, Alderney ! Mr. Larbalestier. (1865.) 



"Spores ,008 mm. long, .004 mm. broad," (Nyl.) Spores .008— .0095 mm. 

 long, .004— .005 mm. broad. 



4. V. microsporoides, Nyl. similar to V. mucosa but with larger 

 spores ; perithecium nearly entire or dimidiate. 

 On wave-washed maritime rocks, rare. 1865. 



Syn :— Nyl. Lich. Armor, in Bull. Soc. Bot. Franc, 8. p. 759 (1861.) Carroll 

 in Seem. Journ. Bot. 3. 293. 



Geoo. Distrlb: — France. 



Bot. Pkov :— 24.. .30, 31. 



Ireland : — Glenarm and Garron Point, co. Antrim. Adm. Jones. (1865.) 

 Kilkee, co. Clare. Mr. Carroll. 



Channel Islands ; — Coast of Alderney ! Mr. Larbalestier. 



Spores .014— .015 mm. long, .008— .0085 mm. broad. 



