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THE LICHEN-FLORA 



forma fallax, Nyl. similar to analepta, but with very distinct 

 paraphyses. 



On oak, mountain-ash, crab, birch, sweet-chestnut, &c, 

 common. 



Stn :— Nyl. Obs. Holm. 1852. p. 178. Scand. 281. Mudd Man. 303. 



Exs :— Fellm. 221. 222. Leight. 29. Mudd 292. Bohl. 66. Korb. 295. 



Geog. Distrlb : — Europe, Scandinavia. 



Bot. Pbov :—l, 2, 3 5. 7...10...31. 



England : —Sussex ! Mr. Borrer. Hobhole ! Cleveland. Mr. Mudd. Lei^'h 

 Woods, Clifton. Mr. Larbalestier. Stoke Wood, Exeter. Mr. Parfitt. Mile End 

 near Colchester, Essex. Mr. 'Tarcnnt. Nesscliffe Hill! Haughmond Hill! 

 Norton Camp ! Shropshire. 



Wales : — Moel-y-Golfa ! Montgomeryshire ; Capel Curig ! Gwydir woods ! 

 Bettws-y-coed. Trefriw ! Beddgelert ! Dolgelley ! 



Channel Islands : — Jersey. Mr. Larbalestier. 



"Spores .005 to .006 in. long, by .00175 to .002 in. broad, t. 5. i. 126." 

 {Mudd.) Spores .020— .022 mm. long, .007 mm. broad. 



Var. cinereo-pruinosa, Schaer. cinereo-rufescent or cream-coloured, 

 thin, effuse ; apothecia hemispherical, minute, innate, thinly covered 

 with the thallus, giving them a cinereo-pruinose appearance, some- 

 times naked ; perithecium dimidiate ; paraphyses slender, distinct ; 

 spores 8, colourless, in form and size as in V. epidermidis. 



On various trees, elder, holly, not common. 



Stn :— Schser. Spiral 342. (1836.) Enum. 221, Mudd Man. 305. 



Fie :— Hepp Sporen t. 13. f. 105. 106. 107. 



Exs :— Arn. 133. 373. Hepp 105. 106. 107. Mudd 297. Anzi Langob. 437. 

 Venet. 129. Zw. 420. Leight. 197. 



Geog. Distbib : —Switzerland, France, Pyrenees, Italy, Germany. 



Bot. Pbov :— 1...5...7...10...(19— 30.) 



England :— Near Ayton ! Cleveland. Mr. Mudd. Hsham Wood near Torquay, 

 Devon. Dr. Deakin. Malvern. Mr. Lees. Cirencester. Mr. Joshua. 



Ireland : — Frequent. Mr. Carroll. 



Wales — Near Dolgelley ! Trefriw ! 



Spores .020 — .021 mm. long, .006 mm. broad. 



4:9. V. analeptella, Nyl. Similar to V. epidermidis f. analepta, 

 but with the paraphyses soft, distinct, though but slightly evolute. 

 Distinguished from V. fallax by the smaller apothecia and different 

 thecee and spermatia. 



On trees, frequent. 



Stn :— Nylander in Flora 1872. p. 363. 

 Exs : — Sagedia csnea, Anzi L. min. r. 395. 

 Ireland : — Mr. Carroll. 



50. V. analeptiza, Nyl. very similar externally to analepta ; 

 spores 1-or spuriously 3-5-septate ; paraphyses lax. 



On trees, rare. 1867. 



Stn :— V. analeptiza, Nyl. in Flora 1873. p. 300. V. analeptica, NyL in Flora 

 1876. p. 578. V. ajialeptoides, NyL in Flora 1867. p. 180. Carroll in Seem. Journ. 

 Bot. 5. 260. 



Geog. Distbib : — Europe. 



Bot. Pbov :— 19... 26, 27. 



Ireland : — Turk Mount, Killarney : Loughcooter, co. Galway. Mr. Carroll. 

 (1867.) Doughruagh Mountain ! Mr. Larbalestier. 



" Spores .036—50 mm. long, .009— .010 mm. broad." (Nyl.) 



51. V. cinerea, (Pers.) greyish-olive, thin, continuous, smooth; 

 apothecia black, small, numerous, innato-sessile, hemispherico-con- 

 vex ; pei-itheciwm dimidiate, incurved at the base ; paraphyses disr 



