496 THE LICHEN-FLORA 



149. V. perpusilla, (Nyl.) apothecia very minute, immersed, 

 globose-depressed, black ; epithecium large ; perithecium entire ; 

 spores 8, fuscous, oblong, 1-septate. 



Parasitic on Lecanora cinerea, rare. 1869. 



Syn i—Endococcus, Nyl. Prodr. 193. (1861.) Crombie En. 123. 

 Geog. Distbib :— Prance. 

 Bot. Pkov:— 5...7...15...26. 



England :— Bisley, Gloucestershire. Mr. Joshua. 

 Scotland :— Ben Cruachan. Bev. J. M. Crombie. 



Ibeland :— Summit of Kylemore Mountain, co. Galway ! Mr. Larbalestier. 

 Wales :— Llyn-y-Cae ! Cader Idris. (1869.) Craig Aderyn ! 

 "Spores .014—19 mm. long, ,006—7 mm. broad. Spermatia oblongo-cylin- 

 dricaL" (Nyl.) 



150. V. erratica, (Mass.) apothecia minute, semi-immersed or 

 sub-emersed, globose, black ; perithecium entire ; spores numerous, 

 fuscous, broadly-elliptical, naif the size of those of V. gemmifera. 



Parasitic on Lecanora calcarea, Lecidea lapieida, Lecanora poly- 

 tropa, Lecidea geographica, &c, not unfrequent. 1851. 



Stn -.—Tichothecium, Mass. ! Neag. p. 9. (1854.) Endococcus, Nyl. Scand. 

 283. Verrucaria gemmifera var. Leight. Ang. Lien. 47. Microthdia pygnvm, 

 Kbr. Mudd Man. 307. 



Fig :— Leight. Ang. Lich. t. 20. f. 4. 



Exs : — Am. 247. Anii Langob. 289. Ansi Venet. 161. 



Geog. Distbib : — France, Italy, Pyrenees, Germany, Bavaria, Asia Minor. 



Bot. Peov:— 5, 6, 7...10, 11...15...18, 19...26...28. 



England : — Durham ! Rev. J. Harriman. (1851.) near Battersby, Cleveland. 

 Mr. Mudd. Cowcombe Wood, Gloucestershire. Mr. Joshua. Long Mynd ! near 

 Church Stretton ; Caer Caradoc ! Shropshire. 



Scotland :— Loch Coriskin ! Skye. Rev. Prof. Churchill Babington. Head of 

 Loch-na-Cat ; Braemar. Adm. Jones. Grampians, Breadalbane, and Braemar. 

 Bev. J. M. Crombie. 



Ibeland : — Sheep walk, Armagh ; Killiney ; Dublin ; Cusqnniny ; Cork 

 Harbour. Adm. Jones. Mangerton. Mr. CarroU. Twelve Pins ! Galway. Mr. 

 Larbalestier. 



Wales : — Crib Coch ! Snowdon ; Corwen ! very summit of Snowdon ! 

 Barmouth ! Cader Idris north side ! Trefriw falls ! Llanbedrog ! Fort Hill ! 

 near Fishguard. Pembrokeshire. Great Orme's Head ! 



"Spores .001 in. long, by .005 in. broad." (Mudd.) " Spores .007— .010 

 mm. long, .004—6 mm. broad." (Nyl.) Spores .007— .008 mm. long, .004— .005 

 mm. broad. 



151. V. rimosicola, Leight. thallus none ; apothecia black, 

 minute, sessile, hemispherical, somewhat shining; perithecium 

 entire, black ; epithecium a very minute pore ; paraphyses none ; 

 filamenta ostiolaria none ; spores 8, fuscous, oblong or lineari-ob- 

 long, ^-septate, constricted, minute ; gelatina hymenea vinous-red 

 with iodine. 



Parasitic on Lecidea excentrica, frequent. 1856. 



Stn :— Leight Exs. 253. (1856.) Mudd Man. 308. V. advenula, Nyl. in Flora 

 1865. p. 606. 



Fig :— Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2. vol. 13. t. 3. f. 10. 



Exs :— Leight. 253. Mudd 301. Anzi Langob. 370. Arn. 379. Hepp 947. 



Geog. Distbib : — Germany, Italy. 



Bot. Pbov :— 5...10...15, 16...19...26, 27. 



England :— Carlton Bank ! Cleveland! Mr. Mudd. PenhiU, Yorkshire. Mr. 

 Baker. Wrekin Hill ! Shropshire. (1856.) 



Scotland : — Ben Lawers ! Adm. Jones. Appin. Bev. J. M. Crombie. 



Ibeland : — Killarney. Adm. Jones. Loughcooter, Galway. Mr. CarroU. 



" Spores .0035 to .004 in. long, by .00125 to .0015 in. broad, t. 5. f. 129." 

 (Mudd.) " Spores .015—20 mm. long, .006—8 mm. broad." (Jfyl.) 



