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tiguous, smooth, sub-determinate ; apothecia black, deeply im- 

 mersed in the thallus and rock beneath, hemispherico-globose ; peri- 

 thecium entire ; epithecium depressed with a large pore ; paraphyses 

 none ; spores 8, colourless, elliptico-oblong or oblong, 3-septate, con- 

 stricted. 



On calcareous rocks, rare. 1859. 



Kesembling V. immersa in its habit and general external aspect. 



Stn -.—Thelidium, Mudd Man. 295. (1861.) 



Fig :— Mudd Man. t. 5. f . 122. 



Exs :— Mudd 282. 



Geog. Distrib ; — Europe. 



Bot. Prov:— 6...10, 11. ..26. 



England :— Ingleborough. Dr. Camngton. Bilsdale, Yorkshire; Castle 

 Eden Dean, Durham. Mr. Mudd. 



Ireland : — Near Letterfraek. oo, Galway. Mr. Larbalestier. 



Wales : — Walls of Crieoieth Castle ! 



" Spores .008 to .011 in. long, by .0035 to 0045 in. broad, t. 5. f. 122." (Mudd.) 

 Spores .039— .053 mm. long, 014 — .0215 mm. broad. Gelatina hymenea I red. 



86. V. marina, (Deak.) dark-greenish-black, sub-gelatinous, 

 smooth, continuous, effuse, nigro-limitate ; apothecia black, im- 

 mersed in the thallus, excessively minute and numerous ; ostiolum 

 slightly elevated ; epithecium large, impressed, umbilicate ; perithe- 

 cium entire, black, thin ; paraphyses none ; spores 8, colourless, 

 lineari-oblong, 1- or 3-septate, very minute ; gelatina hymenea 

 rubescent with iodine. 



On submerged maritime rocks, rare. 1854. 



Stn -.—Sagedia, Deakin in Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2. vol. 13. p. 40. 

 (1854). 

 Fig :— Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1. o. t. 4. f. 13. 

 Geog. Distrib ;— Europe. 

 Bot. Prov :— 1. 



England : — Meadfoot; near Torquay, Devon. Dr. Deakin. (1854.) 

 Spores .015 mm. long, . 004 mm. broad. m 



87. V. dubiella, Nyl. cinerascent, cartilaginous, granulato-un- 

 equal, sub-crenate (" an proprius" ?) ; apothecia black, small ; peri- 

 thecium entire, black ; paraphyses none ; spores 8, colourless, ob- 

 long or ovoideo-oblong, 3-septate, small ; gelatina hymenea vinous- 

 red with iodine. 



On mosses amongst mountains, probably parasitic, rare. 1864. 



Stn :— Nyl in Flora 1865. p. 356. Carroll in Seem. Journ. Bot. 4. 25. 



Geog. Distrib : — Europe. 



Bot. Prov : — 15. 



Scotland :— Loeh-na-Cat, north Side of Ben Lawers. Mr. Carroll. (1864.) 



"Spores . 016—21 mm. long, .005-7 mm. broad." (Nyl.) 



88. V. epigceoides, Nyl. pallido-virescenf, macular ; apothecia 

 black, chiefly immersed; perithecium black in the upper portion, 

 fuscescent in the immersed part ; paraphyses slender ; spores 8, 

 colourless, oblong, 3-septate. 



On the earth in sub-alpine localities, rare. 1865. 



Stn :— Nyl. in Flora 1867. p. 329. Carroll in Seem. Journ. Bot. 5. .259. 



Geog. Distrib :— Europe. 



Bot. Prov :— 24. 



Ireland :— Cliffs of Moher co, Clare, Mr. Carroll, (1865, 



