OF GREAT BRITAIN. 469 



numerous, semi-immersed, prominent, internally pale; ostiolum 

 hemispherical, dull or polished, rugulose ; epithecium poriform, 

 minute, impressed, ultimately lacero-dehiscent ; perithecium thiokish, 

 black, entire ; paraphyses very long, slender, distinct ; spores 8, 

 colourless, lineari-ellipsoid, 1-septate, cells with one or two nuclei ; 

 gelatina hymenea red with iodine. 



On trees, ash, gorse, elm, oak, willow, common. 1829. 



Syn :— Borr. in E. Bot. Suppl. 2617. (1829.) Leight. Ang. Lich. 37. Nyl. 

 Pyren. 54. Mudd Man. 297. 



Fig :— B. Bot. Suppl. t. 2617. f. 1. Leight. Ang. Lich. t. 16. f. 2. & 3. 



Exs :— Leight. 100. Zw. 36. Nyl. 91. Mudd 286. Hepp 953. 



Geog. Distbib : — France, Germany, Switzerland, America. 



Bot. Pkov:— 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8...10...19...31. 



England : — Sussex ! Mr. Borrer. Torquay ! Devon. Dr. Deakin. Gopsall ! 

 Leicestershire. Rev. A. Bloxam. Yoxall ! Staffordshire. Prof. Oh. Babington. 

 Malvern. Mr. Lees. Airyholme Wood I Ayton ! Cleveland. Mr. Mudd. Clayton 

 near Brighton. Mr. Larbalestier. Stoke Wood, Exeter. Mr. Parfitt. Kelvedon ; 

 Witham, Essex. Mr. Varenne. New Forest. Rev. J. M. Crombie. near Ciren- 

 cester. Mr. W. Joshua, near Compton place, Eastbourne. Mr. Roper. Shelton 

 Hough ! Weir Coppice ! near Shrewsbury ; Haughmond Hill ! Loppington ! 

 BagHth ! Shropshire. 



Ireland : — Ardtully ! co. Kerry. Dr. Taylor. 



Wales : — Barmouth ! Gwydir woods ! Bettws-y-coed, Builth ! Capel Arthog ! 

 Fishguard ! Pembrokeshire. 



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



"Spores .0025 to .00325 in. long, by .001 to .0015 in. broad." (Mudd.) 

 "Spores .010—16 mm. long, .005—7 mm. broad." (Nyl.) Spores .012 -.016 

 mm. long, .005 — .006 mm. broad. 



63. V. Salweii, Leight. white or greyish-white, thin, tartareo- 

 farinose, nearly evanescent ; apothecia black, very large and pro- 

 minent, hemispherico-conical, sessile ; ostiolum rugulose ; epithecium 

 very large and open ; perithecium entire ; paraphyses distinct, long, 

 slender, flocculose ; asci linear ; spores 8, colourless, broadly and 

 obtusely oblong, 1-septate, in size and form similar to those of V. 

 gemmata. 



On calcareous rocks, mortar, &c, not common. 1851. 



Syn :-Y. Salweii, Leight. in litt. 1851. Nyl. Prodr. 189. Mudd Man. 293. 



Geog. Distrib : — France. 



Bot. Peov:— 2. ..5.. .7. ..19. ..26. 



England : — Llanf orda ! near Oswestry, Shropshire. (1851. ) Shanklin 

 Church ! Sandown ! Isle of Wight. Rev. T. Sahoey. Malvern. Mr. Lees, near 

 Uckfield, Sussex. Mr. Davies. 



Ireland : — Kiverstown ! Cork. Mr. Carroll. Dawros river ! co. Galway, Mr. 

 Larbalestier. 



Wales :— Harlech Castle ! Rev. T. Salwey. 



" Spores .005 to .006 in. long, by .002 to .0025 in. broad." (Mudd.) Spores 

 .0235 mm. long, .011 mm. broad. 



64. V. spilobola, Nyl. Mack, thin, evanescent ; apothecia black, 

 small, somewhat prominent, crowded or submaculari-aggregate, 

 perithecium entire, black ; spores 8, colourless, oviform or oblongo- 

 oviform, slightly 1-septate; paraphyses none; gelatina hymenea 

 not tinged with iodine. 



On calcareous stones. 1871. 



Syn :— Nylander in Flora 1872, p. 368. 

 Bot. Prov :— 15. 



Scotland :— Craig Tulloch. Rev. J. M. Crombie. (1871.) 

 "The green gonidia are often 4-connate. Spores .015 — ,020 mm. long, ,007—8 

 mm. broad." {Nyl.) 



