OF GREAT BRITAIN. 489 



Geog. Distbib :— Italy, Bavaria. 



Bot. Phov : — 15. 



Scotland :— Craig Gaie, Grampians. Rev. J. M. Grombie. (1869.) 



Spores .050 mm. long, .021 mm. broad. 



124. V. nigrata, Njl. fuscous-black, thin, areolato-unequal, sub- 

 granulose, effuse ; apoihecia black, immersed, small ; ostiolum black, 

 somewhat prominent, plano-convex ; epithecium impressed ; peri- 

 thecium entire ; paraphyses distinct, short, dissolving ; spores 8, 

 fuscous, ellipsoid, irregularly murali-locular, small; gelatina 

 hymenea dull-blue-green, then vinous-red-yellow with iodine. 



On-mossy earth in alpine places, very rare. (1860.) 



Stn :-Nyl. Prodr. 184. (1857.) Spfoeromphale, Mudd Man. 283. 



Geog. Distbib :— Pyrenees. 



Bot. Pbov : — 15. 



Scotland : — Summit of Ben Lawers. Adm. Jones. (1860.) 



" Spores .008 to .011 in. long, by .0035 to .005 in. broad. (Mudd.) "Spores 

 .029—049 mm. long, .020— .027 mm. broad." (Nyl.)- Spores .033 mm. long, 

 .016 mm. broad. 



125. V. Henscheliana, (Kbrb.) cinereo-fuscous or nigro-fuscous, 

 effuse, thin, tartareous, unequal ; apoihecia black, large, sub-globoso- 

 tuberculiform, somewhat conical, sessile ; epithecium papillate with a 

 simple conspicuous pore ; perithecium entire, nigro-fuscous ; para- 

 physes slender, diffluent ; filamenta ostiolaria distinct ; spores 8, 

 large, oblongo-ellipsoid, irregularly murali-locular, at first colour- 

 less or fuscescent, ultimately fuscous ; gelatina hymenea pale- 

 vinous with iodine. 



On micaceo : schistose alpine rocks, not unfrequent. 1869. 



Stn -.—Splicerompliale, Kbrb. S. L. G. 336. (1855.) Sporodictym, Kbrb. Parerg. 

 332. 



Geog. Distbib : — Germany, Scandinavia. 



Bot. Pbov :— 15. 



Scotland :— Ben Voirloch ! Dr. Stirton. (1869. ) Craig Tulloch ! Blair Athole. 

 Rev. J. M. Grombie. 



"Spores .046—56 mm. long, .023—33 mm. broad." (T. M. Fr.) Spores 

 .061 mm. long, .029 mm. broad. 



126. V. theleodes, Smrft. creamy-white, thick, tartareous, 

 ruguloso-areolate, with large, scattered, rugose, prominent verruca ; 

 apoihecia very large, inclosed in the ihalline verrucce ; ostiolum 

 black, more or less denuded, depresso-convex ; epithecium perforate, 

 simple ; perithecium entire, black, very thick ; paraphyses none ; 

 filamenta ostiolaria very large and distinct ; spores 8, dark-brown, 

 broadly-ellipsoid, murali-locular, very large; gelatina hymenea 

 vinous-red with iodine. 



On micaceo-schistose alpine rocks, rare. 1860. 



Sra :— Smrft. Lapp. 140. (1826.) Schser. Enum. 215. Carroll in Seem. Journ. 

 Bot. 3. 292. 



Geog. Distbib : — Norway. 



Bot. Pbov : — 15. 



Scotland : — Summit of Ben Lawers. Adm. Jones. (1860.) Craig Guie. Rev. 

 J. M. Grombie. 



" Spores .060—84 mm. long, .024—45 mm. broad." (T. M. Fr.) 



forma verrucoso-areolata, (Schser.) similar to the type, but with 

 a dimidiate perithecium and spores so dark in an old state as to 

 make the muriform divisions almost invisible. 



