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THE LICHEN-FLORA 



65. V. Utoralis, Tayl. pale-greenish-grey, thin, tartareous, con- 

 tinuous ; apothecia black and shining, numerous, crowded, sessile, 

 the base only immersed in very slightly elevated portions of the 

 thallus, very prominent, sub-globose, truncato-conical ; epitheeium 

 large, depressed, umbilicate ; perithecium thick, entire ; paraphyses 

 distinct; spores 8, colourless, oblong, 1 -septate. 

 On maritime rocks, rare. 



g TN ;_f. muralis var. Tayl. Fl. Hib. 2. 92. (1836.) V. litoralis, Leight. Ang. 

 Lich. 46. 



Fig :— Leight. Ang. Lich. t. 20. f. 2. 



Geog. Distrib : — Europe. 



Bot. Pbov :— 1... 7.. .19.. .30, 31. 



England : — Mudstone, Devon. Dr. Hott. 



Ireland -.—Kerry ! Dunkerron ! Dr. Taylor. (1836.) Glenarm, Antrim. Adm. 

 Jones. Sunday's Well Weirs and Ballinhassy, Cork. Mr. Carroll. 



Walks : — Aber-Ty-Gwyn near Dolgelley; Aberhamfre, Barmouth. Rev. T. 

 Salwey. 



Channel Islands : — St. Aubins Fort, Jersey. Mr. Larbalestier. 



Spores .021 mm. long, .008 mm. broad. 



66. V. bryospila, Nyl. fuscous-black, thin, opake ; apothecia 

 b'ack, prominent, sub-conical ; epitheeium impressed ; perithecium 

 entire, black ; paraphyses slender ; spores 8,4 or 2, colourless, 

 oblongo-ovoid, 1-septate ; gelatina hymenea untinged with iodine. 



On schistose earth, very rare. 1864. 

 Syn :— Nyl. in Flora 1864. p. 257. 

 Geog. Distkib : — Norway. 

 Bot. Prov: — 15. 



Scotland : — Ben Law-era. Mr. Carroll. (1864.) 

 " Spores .030—44 mm. long, .011—12 mm. broad." (Nyl.) 



67. V. arenicola, Leight. gelatinous when wet, dusky-olive- 

 green, evanescent when dry ; apothecia black, opake, hemispherical, 

 semi-immersed, internally colourless ; ostiolum hemispherical, slightly 

 depressed ; epitheeium a minute depressed pore , perithecium black, 

 entire; paraphyses few, slender; spores 8, colourless, oblongo-ovoid, 

 1-septate, cells filled urith minute splierical granules. 



On wet sand-banks, rare. 1877. 

 Bot. Prov : — 5. 



England: — Shelton Bough ! near Shrewsbury. (1877.) 



Spores .021 — .022 mm. long, .008 mm. broad. Theoee and spores I pale- 

 fuscescent. 



68. 7. rugulosa, (Borr.) apothecia small, crowded, prominent' 

 semi-immersed, hemispherico-conical, brownish-black ; epitheeium 

 round, simple ; perithecium entire ; spores 8, dark-brown, oblong, 

 1-septate, minute. 



On old walls, rare. 1850. 



Syn :—Verrucaria, Leight. Ang. Lich. 47. (1851.) Endococcns, Nyl. Prodr. 

 193. Microthelia, Mudd Man. 306. 



Fig :— Leight. Ang. Lich. t. 21. f. 1. 



Exs :— Arn. 250. 



Geog. Distrib : — Pyrenees, Bavaria. 



Bot. Prov :— 1, 2.7. 



Enoland :— Near Lewes ! Sussex. Mr. Borrer. (1850.) Star Cross. Devon. 

 Mr. Parfi.lt. ' 



Wales : — Barmouth ! 



"Spores .00225 to 003 in. long, by .001 in. broad.'" (Mudd.) "Spores 

 .007—011 mm. long, .004—6 mm. broad." (Nyl.) Spores. 011 mm, long, ,006 

 mm. broad, 



