460 



THE LICHEN-FLORA 



large, internally pale-brown ; epithecium depresso-concave, surrounded 



by a narrow edge and central papilla ; perithecium very thick, black, 



dimidiate, inner tunic brown ; paraphyses distinct ; filamenta 



ostiolaria distinct, short, minute ; spores 8, colourless, broadly or 



rotundo-oblong or elliptical, 1-septate, coarsely granular. 



On calcareous rocks, rare. 1833. 



Syn :— Leight. Ang. Lich. 76. & 51. (1851.) Mudd Man. 296. 

 Fig :— E. Bot. SuppL 2793. Leight. Ang, Lich. t. 22. f. 4. 

 Geog. Distbib :— Europe. 

 Box. Pbov :— 1...15. 

 England :— Chedder ! Mr. Borrer. 



Scotland :— Ben Lawers. Adm. Janes. Morrone. Bern. J. M. Crombie. 

 " Spores .005 to .006 in. long, by .002 to .00275 in. broad." (Mudd.) Spores 

 .030— .034 mm. long, .017— .020 mm broad. 



39. V. conoidea, Fries, greyish, more or less tinged with rose, 

 tartareous, thin, somewhat powdery, continuous or rimulose, in- 

 determinate ; apothecia dull-brownish-black, pruinose, large, pro- 

 minent, hemisphoerico-conical, slightly basally immersed, internally 

 white ; ostiolum rugulose ; epithecium papillate, minutely poriform, 

 irregularly dehiscing ; perithecium black, thinnish, dimidiate, 

 spreading considerably at the base, inner tunic pale ; paraphyses 

 distinct, slender ; spores 8, colourless, oblong or broadly ellipsoid, 

 1-septate, yellow or brownish with iodine. 



On calcareous rocks, frequent. 



Syn:— Fries L. Ref. 432. (1831.) Kyi. Pyren. 53. Soand. 280, V. epipolcea, 

 Leight. Ang. Lich. 61. 



Fig :— E. Bot. Suppl. t. 2647. f. 3. Leight. Ang. Lich. t. 26. f. 2. 



Exs :-Leigbt. 31. Mass. 319. Hepp 697. Anzi Lang. 239. Zw. 246. Fries 356. 

 Mudd 284. 



Geog. Distbib :— Europe, Italy, Sweden, Hungary, Bavaria, Austria, Ger- 

 many, Switzerland, France, Algeria. 



Bot. Peov:— 1...5...7...10, 11. ..15, 16.. .(19— 26— 30). 



England :— St. Vincent's Bocks, Bristol. Mr. Borrer. North of England. 

 Rev. J. ffarriman. Craig-y-Rhiw ! Oswestry ! Bev. T. Salwey. Bath ! Mr. 

 Broome. Torquay ! Dr. Deakin. Airyholme Wood ! Ingleby ! Pinchingthorp 

 Wood ! Cleveland. Mr. Mudd. Ingleborough. Dr. Carrington. Bilsdale, York- 

 shire. Mr. Baker. Leigh Woods, Clifton. Mr. Larbalestier. Bishopstowe, Tor- 

 quay. Mr. Parfitt. near Cirencester. Mr. W. Joshua. Saltwood Castle near 

 Hythe. Mr. Holmes. Craigforda ! Llanymynech Hill ! Norton Camp ! Shrop- 

 shire. 



Scotland : — Appin ! Craig Guie. Rev. J. M. Crombie. 



Iekland : — Common. Mr. Carroll. Ballynakill ! Galway. Mr. Larbalestier. 



Wales : — Great Orme's Head ! Eglwyseg rocks ! 



" Spores .004 to .006 in. long, by .0015 to .0025 in. broad." (Mudd.) " Spores 

 .011—21 mm. long, .008— .010 mm. broad." (Nyl.) Spores .015— .018 mm. 

 long, .009 mm. broad. 



40. V. immersa, Leight. white or pale-dirty-yellow or grey-ashy- 

 white, very thin, tartareo-farinose ; apothecia black, deeply incavato- 

 immersed in the rock, moderate, internally brownish ; ostiolum de- 

 pressed ; epithecium poriform ; perithecium dimidiate, thick, car- 

 bonaceous, flattened, inner tunic black ; paraphyses none ; spores 

 8, colourless, lineari-oblong, constantly l-septate, large ; gelatina 

 hymenea red with iodine. 



On calcareous rocks, frequent. 



Syn :— Leight. Ang. Lich. 57. (1851.) Mudd Man. 295. 

 .Fig :— Leight. Ang. Lich. t. 25, f. %. 



