488 THE LICHEN-FLORA 



120. V. subviridicans, Nyl. albido-virescent, thin, ruguloso-con- 

 tinuous ; apothecia black, imbedded in large hemispherical thalhne 

 tubercles; ostiolum black, small, depressed; epithecium a minute 

 depressed pore; perithecium black, thin, papillate, dimidiate ; 

 paraphyses none; spores 2 or 4, colourless, oblong, large, murah- 

 locular. 



On stones in torrents, very rare. 1877. 



Sra :— Nyl. in Flora 1877. p. 566. 



Bot. Pbov :— 26. , , , „_, 



Ibeland:— Near Kylemore! Mr. Larhalestier. (1877.) _ 



"Like V. inwmbrata, NyL of which it may be a subspecies. Thallus 



gonimiose. Spores .046-70 mm. long, .024—30 mm. broad." (Nyl.) Spores 



.066 mm. long, .027 mm. broad. 



** Perithecium entire. 

 § Spores fuscous. 



121. V. tristieula, Nyl. fuscous, slightly granulose, effuse ; 

 apothecia black ; perithecium ellipsoid, entire, black, firm, rugulose, 

 subconically prominent ; epithecium punctiformi-impressed ; para- 

 physes none ; spores 1, fuscous, oblong, murali-locular ; gelatina 

 hymenea vinous-red with iodine. 



On mosses, very rare. 1864. 



Syn :— Nyl. in Flora 1865. p. 356. Carroll in Seem. Journ. Bot- 4. 24. 

 Geog. Distbib : — Europe. 

 Bot. Peov :— 19. 



Scotland : — Aviemore in Strathspey. Adm. Jones. (1864.) 

 "Spores .070—0120 mm. long, .023—36 mm. broad." (Nyl.) "Spores 

 .060—132 mm. long, .021—51 mm. broad." (T. M. Fr.) 



122. V. terebrata, (Mudd.) dirty-white or smoky-brown, tar- 

 tareous, thin, contiguous or evanescent ; apothecia deeply immersed 

 in the rock, small, plane or sub-convex ; perithecium entire, black, 

 inner tunic dark-brown ; paraphyses none ; spores 4-8, fuscescent 

 or fuscous, oblong or ovate, murali-locular. 



On calcareous mountain rocks, rare. 



Syn -.—Sphteromphale, Mudd Man. 281. [(1861.) Terr, umbrina var. calcarea, 

 Nyl. Pyren. 21. in part. 



Geog. Distbib : — France. 



Bot. Pbov:— 10.. .15.. .26. ..30. 



England : — PenhilL Yorkshire. Mr. Baker. 



Scotland : — Near Castleton ; Morrone, Braemar. Adm. Jones. 



Ibeland:— Glenarm, Antrim. Adm. Jones. Ballynakill Bridge! Galway. 

 Mr. Larbalextien: 



" Spores .008 to .012 in. long, by .004 to .005 broad." (Mudd.) 



123. V. rupifraga, (Mass.) darkly-cinereo-albescent, tartareo- 

 farinose, pulverulent, effuse ; apothecia black, entirely immersed in 

 the rock, . spherical ; perithecium entire, black ; ostiolum plane or 

 plano-convex ; epithecium a minute pore ; paraphyses none ; spores 

 4 ( — 6 — 8 Mass.) fuscous, ovoid or ellipsoid, murali-locular, large ; 

 gelatina hymenea vinous with iodine. 



On calcareous rocks, rare. 1869. 



Syn :— Mass. Symm. p. 100. (1855.) Crombie En. 102. 

 Exs :— Am. 199, 



