240 GBAPHIDEI [OPEGKAPHA 



Malvern and JTorton, Worcestershire; BirMand, Xottinghamshire ; 

 XessclifF, Skropshire ; Bnilth, Brecknockshire ; Stanton Park, Derby- 

 shire ; Ingleby and Kildale, Cleveland, Yorkshire ; Craig Forth, near 

 Stirling ; Blair Athole, Perthshire ; Ardnim Demesne, Cork ; BaUy- 

 nagarde, limerick. 



Tar. luteseens Mudd Man. p. 230 (1861). — Margins of 

 apothecia greenish or yellowish pruinose, otherwise similar to 

 the species. — F. ochrocheila Leight. Lich. Fl. ed. 3, p. 406 (1S79). 

 O. culveUa var. luteseens Ach. Syn. p. 77 (1814). 



Hab. On trees and branches. — Distr. N. England and W. Ireland. 

 — -B. il. Ayton and Ingleby, Cleveland, Yorkshire ; Doughruagh Mts.. 

 Connemara, Galway. 



Var. notha Fr. Lich. Eur. p. 364 (1831). — ^Apothecia oblong 

 or roundish, difformed, small or large, disc plane or convex, the 

 margins often obliterated, otherwise as in the species. — Leight. 

 in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, xiii. p. 95 (1854) ; Mudd Man. 

 p. 230 ; f. noiha Cromb. Lich. Brit. p. 97 (1870) ; Leight. Lich. 

 Fl. p. 381 ; ed. 3, p. 404. Lichen nothus Ach. Lich. Suec. Prodr. 

 p. 19 (1798). Opegrapha notha Ach. Meth. p. 17 (1803) pro 

 parte ; Sm. Engl. Bot. t. 1890 ; Grev. Fl. Edin. p. 352. Alyxoria 

 notha S. F. Gray Nat. Arr. i. p. 504 (1821). 



Exsicc. Leight. n. 66. 



Connected with the species by intermediate forms, but generally 

 distinguished by the broader and more rounded apothecia. 



Mab. On trees ; rarely on old paUngs. — Distr. Coextensive with 

 the species. — B. M. Lustleigh, Devon ; near Bartley Lodge, Xew 

 Forest, Hants ; MUlhill, Middlesex ; Epping Forest and Ulting, 

 Essex ; Fishguard, Pembrokeshire ; Malvern and Tibberton, Wor- 

 cestershire ; Bardon Hill, Leicestershire ; Montford Bridge, near 

 Shrewsbury and LlanyblodweU, Shropshire ; Llangollen, Denbigh- 

 shire ; near Yarmouth, Norfolk ; BUsdale, Ayton and near Guisbrough, 

 Cleveland, Yorkshire ; Muckruss Demesne, Killamey, Kerry ; Eos- 

 tellan, near Cork ; Adare and near Limerick ; near Ballinakill. 

 Connemara, Galway. 



Var. rimalis Fr. Lich. Eur. p. 365 (1831). — Apothecia short 

 or elongate, simple, straight or flexuose, narrow ; disc narrow : 

 margins elevated, inflexed ; spores usually 5- sometimes 4-septate. 

 — Mudd Man. p. 231 pro parte ; Leight. Lich. Fl. p. 383 : ed. 3. 

 p. 406. O. rimalis Ach. Lich. Univ. p. 260 (1810). 0. varia 

 t. herbicola Leight. Lich. Fl. ed. 3, p. 406 (1879). 0. diaphora 

 var. herhicola Nyl. in Flora Ix. p. 463 (1877). 



Exsicc. Leight. n. 192 ; :Mudd n. 207. 



Hab. On trees, shrubs or ferns ; raiely on wood. — Distr. Common 

 and coextensive with the species. — B. jV.'Withiel, Cornwall; Crawley, 

 Sussex ; Epping Forest and Stansted ilountfitchet, Essex ; GopsaJl, 

 Leicestershire; Kildale and Cleveland, Yorkshire; Malvern, Wor- 

 cestershire ; Craig TuUoch, Blah- .\thole, Perthshire ; Canigogunnel, 

 Limerick ; Doughruagh Mts., Connemara, Galway. 



