454 



THE LICHEN-FLORA 



which by their confluence, they often give a blotchy appearance ; 

 ostiolum plane, flat ; perithecium entire, black ; spores 8, colourless, 

 elliptical, simple, double the size of those of fuscella and polysticta. 

 On calcareous rocks and walls, frequent. 



Syn :— Ach. Syn. 94. (1817.) Mudd Man. 289. 



Exs :— Anzi ItaL S. 362. 



Geog. Distbib : — Italy, Hungary. 



Bot. Peov:— 1...3...5...7...11...19...28. 



England : — Teesdale, Durham. Bev. J. Harriiman. South side of river Wear 

 opposite Stanhope, Durham. Mr. Mudd. Plymouth ! Abbey Wood, Sevenoaks, 

 Kent. Mr. Holmes, Tetsworth Church ! Oxfordshire. Mr. Larbalestier. Grove 

 Lane near Cirencester. Mr. W. Joshua. Saltwood Castle near Hythe. Mr. 

 Holmes. Wenlock Priory ! Llanymynech Hill ! Craigforda ! Llanforda ! Shrop- 

 shire. 



Ibeland : — Near Bantry. Miss Hutchins. Sheep walk, Armagh. Adm. Jones. 

 Dawros river ! Galway. Mr. Larbalestier. 



Wales : —Bangor. Mr, Holmes. Eglwyseg Bocks ! near Llangollen ; Great 

 Orme's Head ! 



Spores .0155— .024 mm. long, .0085— .011 mm. broad. 



25. V. elachistophora, Nyl. white, unequal, rimoso-diffract, (K 

 yellow) ; apolhecia (possibly parasitic) black, only slightly emerged; 

 perithecium black, entire ; epithecium slightly impressed/ paraphy- 

 ses moderate ; spores 8, coiourless, oblongo-ellipsoid, simple (or 

 sometimes spuriously 1-septate.) 



On quartzose rocks, rare. 1877. 



Syn :— NyL in Flora 1878. p. 246. 



Bot. Pbov :— 26. 



Ireland : — Kylemore. Mr. Larbalestier. 



"Spores .007 — 8 mm. long, .0035 mm. broad. Gelatina hymenea I — ." (Nyl.) 



26. V. macrostoma, (Duf.) olive-tawny, thick, crustaceous, 

 areolato-diffract, areolae rather large, somewhat rugged, or raised 

 into small irregular warts or scaly elevations ; apothecia black, 

 tolerably large, one or several immersed in each areola ; ostiolum 

 more or less prominent, black ; p&rithecium entire, black ; spores 8, 

 colourless, elliptical, simple. 



On walls and mortar, rare. 1851. 



Syn :— D. C. FL Fr. 3. voL 2. 319. (1805.) Leight. Ang. Lich. 48. Mudd Man. 

 289. 



Fig :— Leight. Ang. Lich. t. 21. f. 4. 



Exs :— Larbal. 97. Mass. 194. Zw. 214. Nyl. 94. Mudd 278. Anzi Venet. 156. 



Geog. Distbib : — France, Spain, Italy, Germany. 



Bot. Peov :— 1, 2, 3.. .5 7, 8.. .10.. .15.. .26.. .31. 



England :— Sussex ! Mr. Borrcr. (1851.) Thringstone ! Leicestershire. Bev. 

 Ch. Babington. Guisbro' Church ! Cleveland. Mr. Mudd. Plymouth ! Saltwood 

 Castle near Hythe. Mr. Holmes. Penzance. Mr Gurnow. Breedon Hill I 

 Leicestershire ; Pulley ! near Shrewsbury, Shropshire. 



Scotland :— Craig Tulloch. Bev. J. M. Crombie. 



Ibeland : — Twelve Pins ! Connemara. Mr. Larbalestier. 



Wales :— Llanaber ! near Barmouth ; Criccieth Castle ! 



Channel Islands :— St. Aubin's ! Jersey, and on all the Islands. Mr Lar- 

 balestier. 



" Spores .005 to .0055 in. long, by .00225 to .00275 in. broad " (Mudd J 

 Spores .019—020 mm. long, .011 mm. broad. ' -* 



27. V. ochrostoma, Borr. dusky-cream or grey or olivaceous or 

 brownish-black or umber, moderately thick, crustaceous, verrucoso- 

 rugose, areolato-diffract ; apotheciabl&ck, numerous, minute, entirely 



