A. L: SMITH : LICHENS. 73 
GRAPHIS SUBCONTEXTA Nyl. Syn. Lich. N. Caled. 79. On bark of a tree. 
Riv. Ngoyé, May. “In Spermolepis forest on serpentine soil by river, 
350 ft.” 1098. New Zealand. 
G. scripta Ach. Lich. Univ. 265, 1810. On bark of Ficus. Baie Ouémo, 
Nouméa, Cosmopolitan. 
G. ELEGANS Ach. Syn. Lich. 85, 1814. On bark of Exotheca. Baie 
Ouémo, Nouméa. Cosmopolitan. 
The specimen is a very small one, and the furrows on the margins of the 
lirella are somewhat indistinct. 
GRAPHINA MENDAX (Nyl.) Müll.-Arg. in Journ, de Bot. vii. 108, 1893 ; 
var. BISPORA A. L. Sm. On bark of unknown tree. Baie Ouémo, Nouméa. 
Nylander and Miiller-Aargau have both recorded the species from New 
Caledonia as with one spore in the ascus, 80-100 x 26-38 4. In the 
specimen examined the spores are occasionally solitary and measure up to 
100 in length; more frequently there are two spores in the ascüs of 
smaller size, 57-80 u x 30 u. 
CHIODECTONACE, 
GLYPBIS CICATRICOSA (Ach.) A. Zahlbr. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanz.- 
Fam. 1, 1*, 103, 1905 (syn. G. favulosa Ach.). On bark of Exotheca. Baie 
Ouémo, Nouméa. 
Frequent in tropical and subtropical regions. 
CHIODECTON SANGUINEUM (Sw.) Wain. Lich. Bres. ii. 143, 1890 ; Ch. 
rubrocinctum (Ehrenb.) Nyl. Lich. Nov. Gran. 486, 1863. On bark. 
Riv. Ngoyé, 25th May. “In Spermolepis forest on serpentine soil by river, 
350 ft.” 1091. S. America, Africa. 
CHRYSOTHRICACEÆ. 
ÜROCYNIA GOSSYPINA (Sw.) Nyl. Lich. Jap. 59, 1890. On bark : sterile. 
Mont Canala, June. ‘In moist forest, 1000 ft." 1803. Tropical Asia 
and America. 
Var. MoLLIS Hue in Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherb. ser. 4, vii. 239, 1909. 
On decaying wood. Ignambi; in forest ; 2000-4000 ft. 1743. Oceania 
(Java), Tropical America. 
Crocynta sp. On branches. Riv. Ngoyé, May. “In Spermolepis forest 
on serpentine soil by river, 300 ft.” 1097. 
A sterile plant, forming small white subcontinuous scales on a dark hypo- 
thallus. Probably immature. | 
CnocvNrA sp. Riv. Ngoyé, 25th May. On bark. “ In Spermolepis forest 
on serpentine soil by river, 350 ft.” 1105. 
A sterile form, consisting of small, crowded white seales on a densecbrown 
hypothallus. 
