CtF GliBAT BRITAIN. 46? 



On trees, rare. 1867. 



Stn :— Nyl. in Flora 1868. p. 164. Crombie En. 120. 

 Geog. Distbib : — Europe. 

 Bot. Pbov :— 19. 



Ireland : — Dinis, Killarney. Mr. Carroll. (1867.) 

 " Spores .023- 33 mm. long, .005—6 mm. broad." (Nyl.) 



forma diminutula, Nyl. apothecia most minute ;. spores oblong, 

 1 -septate. 



On trees, rare. 



Syn :— Nyl. in Elora 1868. p. 164. Crombie En. 120. 

 Geog. Distbib : — Europe. 

 Bot. Pkov :— 19. 



Ireland :— Turk Mountain, Killarney. Mr. Carroll. (1867.) 

 " Spores .016 — 22 mm. long, .003 — 4 mm. broad." (Nyl.) 



56. V. nitescens, Salw. pale-brownish-white, thin, shining, smooth. 

 or subrimulose, subdeterminate ; apothecia black, very minute, 

 numerous, semi-immersed, hemispherico-globose ; perithecium dimi- 

 diate, incurved at the base ; epithecium minute, poriform ; para- 

 physes indistinct ; spores 8, colourless, linear, 1-septate, constricted, 

 cells with 2 nuclei; gelatina hymenea yellow with iodine. 



On holly, rare. 1853. 



Stn :— Salw. Obs. Penz. Licb. 140. (1853.) Mudd Man. 303. 



Geog. Distbib : — Europe. 



Bot. Pbov :— 1, 2—10. 



England: — Trevayler ! Cornwall; New Forest. Rev. T. Salwey. (1853.) 

 Hoggarts Wood ; Ingleby ; Westerdale, Cleveland. Mr. Mudd. 



"Spores .004 to .005 in. long, by .001 to .00125 in. broad." (Mudd.) Spores 

 .020 mm. long, .006 mm. broad. 



57. V. aphorisasa, Strn. fuscous-black, macular, determinate > 

 apothecia black, almost innate and hemispherical, congregate and 

 crowded ; perithecium dimidiate ; spores 4-8, colourless, at length 

 fuscous, oblong, 1-septate, rather large ; paraphyses not very 

 distinct, divaricato-ramoae ; gelatina hymenea I slightly blue or 

 violet. 



On bark and elm. 1874 

 Stn :— Stirton in Grevillea 3. p. 36. (1874.) 

 Bot. Pbov : — 15. 



Scotland :— Near Grantown, Inverness. Dr. Stirton. (1874.) 

 " Spores .020— .028 mm. long, .005—7 mm. broad." (Slirt.) 



' 58. V. atomaria, D.C. cinerascent, thin ; apothecia very minute, 

 Subglobose, emerso-sessile, somewhat shining; epithecium umbilicate ; 

 perithecium dimidiate ; spores 8, fuscous, broadly-oblong, l-^eptate. 

 On hazel, probably not uncommon. 1876. 



Syn:— D.C. Fl. Franc. 315. (1805.) Korb. S. L. 373. Par. 397. 



Exs :— Arn. 147. Hepp 710. 



Geog. Distbib : — France, Germany, Switzerland. 



Bot Pbov :— 26. 



Ibeland : — Kylemore. Mr. Larbalestier. (1876.) 



Spores .0135 mm. long, .006 mm. broad. 



** Perithecium entire. 



59. V. Taylori, Carroll, olivaceo-fuscescent, thin, continuous or 

 rimulose, rugulose, macular ; apothecia black, minute and very- 

 numerous, semi-immersed, acutely conical, internally pale ; epithe- 



