490 



THE LICHEN-FLORA 



On micaceo-schistose alpine rocks, rare. 1860. 



Syn :— Lecanora atra var. venmcoso-areolata, Schser. Enum. 37. (185 0) 

 Verrucaria, Nyl. Pyren. 34, Scand. 270. SphcerompkaU, MuddMan. 282. Carroll 

 in Seem. Journ. Bot. 3. 292. 



FlG :— Mudd Man. t. 5. f. 119. 



Exs : — Schaer. 538. Anzi Langob. 236. 



Geog. Distrib : — Switzerland, Hungary. 



Bot. Pbov:— 7...15...26. 



Scotland : — BenLawers! Adm. Jones. (1860.) 



Ireland :-^-Doughruagh Mountain ! eo. Galway. Mr. Larbalestier. 



Wales :— C wm Clyd ! 



" Spores .015 to .017 in. long, by .008 to .009 in. broad, t. 5. f. 119." {Mudd.) 

 "Spores .064—82 nun. long, .038—45 mm. broad." (Nyl.) Spores .080 mm. 

 long, .041 mm. broad. 



A forma inundata, Nyl. in Cromb. L. Brit. p. 110, with an obsolete crust, 

 occurs on sandstone rocks, rare, at Ballaghbeama Gap, Kerry. Mr. Carroll, and 

 in a stream at Cromaglown, Killarney. Adm. Jones. 



127. V. gothica, (T. M. Fr.) evanescent ; apothecia black* 

 moderate, scattered, hemispherieo-conoid, sessile, prominent; peri- 

 thecium entire, black ; paraphyses indistinct; spores 8, fuscous, 

 elliptico-oblong, 5-septate, murali-locular ; gelatina hymenea 

 vinous-red with iodine. 



On larch poles, rare. 1861. 



Syn :— Polymastia, T. M. Fr. Bot. Nat. 1865. p. 112. Spitz, p. 48. Polybl. 

 Scand. 26. Ym-venria pitvphloia, Leight. L, Fl. ed. 2. p. 458. 



Geog. Distrib :— Europe. 



Bot, Prov :— 5. 



England : — Shrewsbury, Shropshire. (1861.) 



"Spores .018—28 mm. long, .007—9 mm. broad." (T. M. Fr.) Spores 

 .025— ,026 mm. long, .008-. 010 mm. broad. 



128.. V. pyrenuloides, (Mnt.) var. Hibernica, Nyl. similar to 

 7. nitida, but with aggregate apothecia and multilocular fuscous 

 spores 4-8, cells in 12 or more plurilocular series ; gelatina hymenea 

 and asci slightly vinous-red with iodine. 



On hazel, veiy rare. 1867. 



Syn :— Nyl. in Flora 1868. p. 163. Crombie En. 118. 

 Geog. Distrib :— Europe. 

 Bot. Phov :— 19. 



Ireland :— Turk Mountain and Eagle's Nest, Killarney. Mr. Carroll, 

 (1867.) 

 " Spores .070— .110 mm. long, .025— .038 mm. broad." (Nyl.) 



129. 7. Sendtneri, (Kphbr.) albido-cinereous, cartilaginous, 

 incrusting, contiguous, squamuloso-effigurate, smooth and unequal ; 

 apothecia black, minute, globose, immersed, then emergent ; 

 epithecium umbilicate ; perithecium black, entire ; spores 8, 

 pallido-fuscescent, ovoid, murali-locular ; paraphyses none ; gela- 

 tiua hymenea vinous-red' with iodine. 

 ' On mossy earth in alpine regions, rare. 1865. 



Syn :— Polymastia, Kphbr. in Flora 1855. p. 67. Verrucaria, Nyl.' Pyren. 33. 

 Carroll in Seem. Journ. Bot. 3. 292. 



Fig :— Hepp Sporen t. .51. f .. 447. 



Exs :— Hepp 447. Arn. 130. Anzi Langob. 220. 



Geog. Distrib : — Switzerland, Bavaria, Italy, Scandinavia. 



Bot. Prov :— 15. 



Scotland :- Summit of Ben Lawers. Messrs. Jones & Carroll. (1865.) 



"Spores .015 — 30. mm. long, .009— 14 mm. broad." (T. M. J?r.) "Spores 

 .027—32 mm. long, .012—13 mm. broad." (Nyl.) Spores .028 mm. longf .013 

 mm. broad, - . 



