OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



465 



tinct ; spores 8, colourless, elongato-oblong, slightly tapered towards 

 each, extremity, 1-septate, constricted, large, 4 times the size of 

 those of V. epidermidis. 



On trees, holly, elm, ash, not frequent. 1808. 



Syn :— Pers. in Ust. Ann. st. 7. p. 28. (1794.) Leight. Ang. Lich. 39. Mudd 

 Man. 305. 



Fig :— E. Bot. t. 1891. Leight. Ang. Lich. t. 17. f. 2. 



Exs :— Leight. 343. Mudd. 295. 



Geog. Disthib :— Europe. 



Bot. Prov :— 1, 2, 3. ..5.. .7. ..10.. .19. 



England :— New Forest, Hants. Mr. Lyell. (1808.) Sussex. Mr. Borrer. Essex. 

 Mr. Piggott. Oswestry ! Rev. T. Salwey. Kildale ! Newton Wood ! Easby I 

 Lanbraughrigg ! Westerdale ! Cleveland. Mr. Mudd. Whitstone, Exeter. 

 Mr. Parfitt. near Kemble ! Glostershire. Mr. Joshua. Haughmond Hill ! 

 Shropshire. 



Ireland : — Glengariff ! Cusquinny Goat Island ! Old Court ! near Cork. 

 Mr. Carroll. 



Wales :— Torrent Walk ! Dolgelley. Moel-y gest! 



"Spores .005 in. long, by .001 in. broad." (Mudd.) Spores .030— .0335 mm. 

 long, .010 mm. broad. 



52. V. Labumi, Leight. brown or broionisli-blach, thin, smooth, 

 effuse ; apothecia black and shining, minute, semi-immersed, hemi- 

 spherical ; perithecium dimidiate ; epithecium minute, poriform ; 

 paraphyses indistinct; spores 8, colourless, linear, \-septate, con- 

 stricted, cells binucleolate ; gelatina hymenea yellow with iodine. 



On laburnum, oak and alders, rare. 1854. 



Syn :— Leight. Exs. 254. (1856.) 

 Exs :— Leight. 254. 

 Geog. Distrib :— Europe. 

 Bot. Prov :- 5.. .7. .10.. .19. 



England :— Ayton ! Cleveland. Mr. Mudd. (1854.) Stableford ! near Bridg- 

 north, Downton Castle woods ! Shropshire. 

 Ireland : — Dromore ! Kerry. Mr. Carroll. 



Wales :— Craig Breidden, ! Montgomeryshire. Trefriw ! Capel Arthog ! 

 Spores .020— .025 mm. long, .005 mm. broad. 



53. V. antecellens, Nyl. albido-ciner ascent, thin, smooth and 

 shining, effuse ; apothecia blade, numerous, minute, crowded, hemi- 

 spherical, surrounded at the base with the thallus ; ostiolum more or 

 less naked ; perithecium dimidiate ; paraphyses none ; spores 8, 

 colourless, elongato-lineari-oblong, 1-septate, large ; asci and spores 

 red with iodine. 



On trees, oak, sycamore, beech, ivy, holly, rare. 1865. 



Syn :— Nyl. in Flora 1866. p. 86. Crombie En. 119. 



Fig :— Grevillea 1. t. 4. f. 2. 



Exs :— Zw. 363. A. Hepp 954. 



Geog. Distrib :— Europe. 



Bot. Pbov:— 1,2.. .7.-9.. .26. 



England — Ivy Bridge, Devon ; Tllgate Forest ! Sussex. Mr. Larbalestier. 

 (1865.) New Forest, Hants. Rev. J. M. Crombie. Parkgate ! Cheshire. 



Ireland :— Between Clifden and Eoundstone ! Doughruagh ! co. Galway. 

 Mr. Larbalestier. , T , _ , 



Wales :— Gwydir woods ! Bettws-y-coed. Llyn Gwernan ! 



"Spores .032— 35 mm. long, .009-. 011 mm. broad." (Nyl.) Spores .0275— 

 .028 mm. long, .0075 mm. broad. 



54. V, cinerella, Flot. pale-whitish-brown or albido-cinerascent, 

 thin, ' smooth, effuse ; apothecia black, minute, sub-innato-sessile, 

 hemispherico-conoid ; perithecium dimidiate, black; epithecium a 



