OF GREAT BRITAIN. 491 



130. V. pallida, (Ach.) pallido-rufescent or fuscesoent, squamu- 

 lose, squamse imbricate, flexuose, lobate, sub-crenate ; apothecia 

 minute, immersed ; ostiolum protruded, prominent, brownish-black.; 

 epithecium a simple pore ; perithecium entire, dark-brown ; spores 

 2, pale-yellow, Uneari-oblong, 1-septate, murali-locular, large. 



On earth-covered rocks, very rare, 1813. 



Stn :—Endocarpon, Ach. L. U. 301. (1810.) Syn. 100. Leight. Ang. Lich. 19 

 Verrucaria, Nyl. Prodr. 178. Pyren. 20. Scand. 268, Mudd Man. 269. 



PIG :— E. Bot. t. 2541. Leight Ang, Lich, t. 5. i. 3. 



Geog.' Distrlb :— Europe, Sweden, Algeria, N. America. 



Bot. Pbov :— 19. 



Ireland : — Southern portion ! Sir T. Gage. (1813.) 



"Spores .008 to .009 in. long, by .0025 to .003 in. broad." {Mudd.) "Spores 

 .034—50 nun. long, .014—19 mm. broad." (Nyl.) Spores .054 mm. long, .018 

 mm. broad. 



131. V. Garovaglii, Mnt. fuscesoent, crustaceo-concrescent, 

 squamulose, squamules small, closely adnate, slightly elevated, lobed, 

 and crenate at the circumference; apothecia minute, immersed; 

 ostiolum prominent, naked, black ; epithecium a simple pore ; 

 perithecium entire, black ; paraphyses none ; filamenta ostiolaria 

 minute, slender, crowded ; spores 2, green or pale-yellowish-brown, 

 lineari-oblong, 1-septate, murali-locular, large. 



On earth-covered maritime rocks, very rare. 1809. 



Syn :— Mnt. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser, 3. vol. 11. p. 59. (1849.) Nyl. Pyren, 20. 

 V. sorediata, Borr. in E. Bot. Suppl. 2612. Leight. Apg. Lich. 18. 



Fig :— E. Bot. Suppl. t. 2612. f. 2. Leight. Ang. Lich. t. 5. f. 2. 



Exs :— Nyl. 90. Hepp 100. Zw. 210. Arn. 99. Th. M. Pr. 22. 



Geog. Distrib : — Prance, Switzerland, Germany, Bavaria, Sweden, Hun- 

 gary. 



Bot. Prov:— 2.. .4. 



England :— Thetford. Mr. Turner. (1809.) Eottingdean Cliffs ! Sussex. Mr. 

 Borrer. 



"Spores .008 to .011 in. long, by .00275 to .0035 in. broad, t. 5. f, 111." 

 (Mudd.) Spores .049— .050 mm. long, .018— .019 mm. broad. 



132. V. diminuta, Arn. cinereo-albescent, thin, tartarepus ; 

 apothecia black, entirely immersed, very minute ; ostiolum slightly 

 prominent ; epithecium minutely poriform ; perithecium entire, 

 globose ; paraphyses none; spores 8, colourless, then fuscous, 

 ellipsoid, or broadly oblong, murali-locular. 



On" moist rocks, rare. 1876. 



Stn :— Arn. in Flora 1861. p. 264. Kplhbr. Lich, Bay. 294. 

 Exs :— Am. 200. & 200.' b. ' ' ' ' 



Geog. Distrib ^Germany. 



Bot. Prov :— 26. 



Ireland : — Recess Road ! Connemara. Mr. Larbalestier. (1876.) 

 " Spores .022—26 mm. loDg, .012 mm. broad." (Kplhbr.) Spores .0245— .030 

 mm. long, .013^.015 mm. broad. 



§§ Spores colourless. 



133. V. hymenogonia, Nyl. whitish or pale-grey, very thin, 

 leproso-tartareous or evanescent ; apothecia moderate, prominent, 

 semi-immersed, convex ; perithecium entire, black ; paraphyses none ; 

 spores 8, colourless, lineari-oblong, murali-locular, often 1-septate ; 

 gonidia hymenea oblong, green ; gelatina hymenea vinous-r.ed with 

 ipdine.. .. ... ... 



