^" THE LICHEN-FLORA 



44. V. elceina, Borr. greenish-olive, very thin, tartareous, smooth 

 or rimulose ; apothecia innate and covered by the thaUus, eventually 

 erumpent, innato-sessile, hemisphserico-conicai ; ostiolum black, more 

 or less denuded; epitheeium rather large, poriform, umbdicate ; 

 perithecium dimidiate, spreading and acutely incurved ai the base ; 

 spores 8, colourless, linear-oblong, 1-septate. 



On maritime slaty rocks, rare. 1812. 



Syn:— Borr. under E. Bot. Suppl. 2623. f. 2. (1830.) Leight. Ang. Inch. 63. 

 Mudd Man. 296. 

 Fig :— E. Bot. t. 2455. Leight. Ang. Lich. t. 27. f. 2. 

 Geog. Distbib :— Europe. 

 Bot. Pbov .—7.. .24. ..26. 



Ibeland :— Western parts ! Miss Hutching. (1812.) 

 Wales :— Aber Ty Gwyn ! near Dolgelley. Rev. T. Salwey. 

 Spores .017— .019 mm. long, .006— .007 mm. broad. 



45. V. fluctigena, Nyl. fuscous, sub-opake, thin, continuous or 

 rimose ; apothecia scarcely prominent, depressed ; perithecium 

 black, dimidiate ; spores 8, colourless, oviform, 1-septate ; para- 

 physes moderate, irregular, (not crowded) ; gelatina hymenea I — . 



On maritime calcareous rocks washed by the waves. 187-1. 



Syn :— Nyl. in Flora 1875. p. 14. 



Geog. Distbib : — Western France. 



England : — Rev. J. M. Crombie. 



"Spores .013 — 15 mm. long, .006 — 7 mm. broad. Distinct by the smaller 

 spores and paraphyses from V. consequens, Nyl. of which, however, it may be 

 a subspecies." {Nyl.) Spores .016 mm. long, .007 mm. broad. Ascus lineari- 

 oblong, suddenly contracted and curved into a short narrow base. Paraphyses 

 few, floccose or branched. 



46. V. gemmata, Ach. white or whitish, thin, continuous, nearly 

 smooth, sometimes rimulose ; apothecia black, large, slightly im- 

 mersed at the base, very prominent, hemispherical, convex, rugged, 

 internally whitish ; epitheeium minute, poriform ; perithecium 

 thickish, black, dimidiate, inner tunic pale-brown ; paraphyses dis- 

 tinct, long and slender ; spores 8, colourless, very broadly oblong, 

 1-septate, large ; spores and contents of asci yellow with a vinous 

 tinge with iodine. 



On trees, ash, sycamore, elm, holly, common. 1829. 



Stn :-Ach. Meth. 120. (1803.) L. U. 278. Syn. 90. Nyl. Pyren. 53. Leight. 

 Ang. Lich. 43. Mudd Man. 297. 



Fig :— E. Bot. Suppl. t 2617. fig. 2. Leight Ang. Lich. 1. 18. f. 4. & 5. 



Exs :— Leight 136. Zw. 31. NyL 93. M. & N. 1064. Mudd 285. Hepp 104. 

 BohL 114 Schaer. 105. 



Geog. Distbib : — Germany, France, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Hungary, 

 Italy, N. America, Algeria, Brazil. 



Bot. Pbov :— 1, 2, 3...5...7...11...19 ..31. 



England : — Sussex ! Mr. Borrer. (1829.) Plymouth. Mr. Holmes. Ragley 

 Woods, Warwickshire. Rev. W. S. Rufford. Malvern. Mr. Lees. Ayton ! Airy, 

 holme Wood ! Cleveland. Mr. Mudd. on the Derwent, Durham and Northum- 

 berland. Mr. Winch. Llanforda, Shropshire. Rev. T. Salwey. Hartshill Hays 

 Warwickshire. Rev. A. Bloxam. Kings Kerswell near Torquay. Mr. Parfttt. 

 Kelvedon, Essex. Mr. Varenne. New Forest. Ren. J. M. Crombie. near Ciren- 

 cester. Mr. W. Joshua. Otford, Halstead, Kent. Mr. Holmes. Abdon ! Lopping 

 ton ! Holly Park ! near Stokesay, Shropshire. 



Ireland : — Goat Island ! Dyke ! Dunkettle ! Cork. Mr. Carroll. 



Wales : — Near Dolgelley ! Gloddaeth ! Carnarvonshire. Llanbedrog ! 



Channel Islands : — Jersey and Guernsey. Mr. Larbalestier. 



