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THE LICHEN-FLORA 



Stk :— Nyl. Scand. 270. (1861.) Mudd Man, 282. 



Geog. Distrlb : — Europe. 



EOT. PEOV :— 7...15...26. 



Scotland : — BenLawers ! Head of Loch-na-Cat. Adm. Jones. (1860.) Summit 

 of Craig-na-Calliach. Dr. Maingay. 



Ireland.: — Kylemore Castle ! co, Galway. Mr. Larbalestier. 



Wales :— Snowdon. Mr. Holmes. Cwm Cywion, ! Glyder fach ! Crib Coch ! 

 Snowdon. 



" Spores .030—34 mm. long, .013—16 mm. broad." (Nyl.) " Spores .026—40 

 .mm. long, .013—21 mm. broad." (T. M. Fr.) " Spores .007 to ,008 in. long, 

 by .004 to ,0045 in. broad." (Mudd.) Spores .035 mm. long, .02Q mm. broad. 



' 114. V: isidioides, Borr. yellowish-brown, crustaceous, rimoso- 

 areolate, areolce verrucose, convex, protuberant, crowded and dif- 

 formed, smooth, opake ; apothecia dark-brown, immersed in the 

 depressed apex of the thallodal verrucas ; ostiolum plano-convex, 

 denuded, dark-brown ; epithecium a simple pore ; perithelium 

 dimidiate, dark-brown, inner tunic pale-brown ; paraphyses con- 

 glutinate ; spores 8, colourless, lineari-oblong, tapering towards 

 each obtuse apex, 7-septate when young, ultimately fuscous and 

 murali-locular, large ; gelatina hymenea untinged with iodine. 

 On subalpine rocks, very rare. 1830. 



Stn :— Borr. ! in E. Bot. SuppL t. 2622. (1830.) Leight. Ang. Lioh. 20. Mudd 

 Man. 270. 



Eig :— E. Bot. SuppL t. 2622. f. 1. Leight. Ang. Lich. t. 6. f. 4. 



Geog. Distrlb :— Europe. 



Bot. Pbov : — 19. 



Ireland : — GlengarifE ! near Bantry. Miss Hutchins. (1830.) 



" Spores .007 to .009 in. long, by .003 to .004 in broad." (Mudd.) Spores 

 .046 mm. long, .016 mm. broad. 



115. V. subpyrenophora, Leight. tawny-cinereous, crustaceous, 

 thin, rimulose, minutely granulato-areolaie, (K — C — ) ; apothecia 

 large and conspicuous, black, conical or conico-hemispherical, the. 

 base only enveloped by the ihallus, papillate or with a small pore ; 

 perithecium dimidiate, black; paraphyses very slender, distinct ; 

 spores 8, at first colourless, ultimately fuscous, elliptico-oblong, 

 murali-locular, large. 



On subalpine rocks, rare. 1671. 



Geog. Distbd3 .-—Europe. 



Bot. Peov :— 7. 



Scotland : — Ben Lawers. Dr. Soil. 



Ireland :— Kylemore Castle ! co. Galway. Mr. Larbalestier. 



Wales : — Snowdon ! Mr. Holmes. Cwm Cywidn, ! Glyder fach. (1871.) 



Somewhat externally like V. verrucoso-areolata, but distinct in having para- 

 physes and in the spores being two-thirds less in size. Spores .066 mm long 

 .033 mm. broad. "Spores .048—57 mm. long, .028—39 mm. broad." (T M 

 ' Fr.) \ • ■ 



116. V. peltophora, Strn. squamulose, squamvlae green, thin, 

 smooth, approximate or scattered, recurved at the margins; 

 apothecia black, large, prominent ; perithecium dimidiate; spores 8, 

 fuscous, ellipsoid, muraliform, rather large; paraphyses few, 

 slender, interspersed with oily globules ; filamenta ostiolaria numer- 

 ous ; gelatina hymenea I vinous-red. 



On the earth. 1874. 



Stn :— Stirton in Grevillea 3. p. 37. (1874.) 



Bot. Pbov : — 15. 



Scotland :— Ben Lawers. -Dr.. Stirton.. (1874.) 



"Spores .045— .038 mm. long, .02— .03 mm. broad." (Stirt.) 



