A. L. SMITH : LICHENS. 77 
Distinguished by the minutely isidiose-squamulose thallus which follows 
the inequalities of the rugged bark, as well as by the apothecial characters. 
BACIDIA CROCYNIOIDES A. DL. Sm., sp. nov. 
Thallus pallido-griseo-virens (I+ flavus) plagas latas formans, squamulo- 
granulatus ; granule: minute, convexo-plane, sparse vel dense congregate, 
interdum subimbricatæ, ad substratum arcte cohærentes, non corticatæ, e 
hyphis ea. 4 cr., membranis crassis, lumine minimo, crebre coalitis, 
composite ; gonidia protococcoidea, 5-8 4 diam., sparsa vel in glomerulos 
aggregata. .lpothecia sessilia, novella minuta concava, tum fere plana, 
marginata, solitaria. vel congregata, interdum ad marginem apotheciorum 
vetustorum crescentia, ca. ‘5-1 mm. lat. margine pallide flexuoso, disco 
earneo tum ochraceo-flavo, intus albida; hypothecium e hyphis dense 
intrieatis; perithecium e hyphis radiantibus compositum; paraphyses tenues, 
concrete, apice subelavatæ ; asci oblongo-elavati, ad basim paululum 
attenuati, 40 ax 7 p; spore aciculares, pluri-septatee, 25 u x 1-2 u. 
Ad corticem arborum. Riv. Ngoyé. — Spermolepis forest on serpentine 
soil by river, 350 ft., May. 1101. 
Somewhat resembling Crocynia in the soft thallus and C. gossypina in the 
frequent ** hen and chickens” arrangement of the apothecia. It is seated 
more or less on abundant brown fungus hyphæ. 
BUELLIA DISCIFORMIS var. TRIPHRAGMIA (Nyl.) Poist. Nouv. Fl. Lich. 
pt. 2, 231, 1902 (B. Lauri-Cassie (Fée) Müll.-Arg.). On bark of Kwotheca. 
Baie Ouémo, Nouméa. Cosmopolitan. 
D. srecucrara Mudd, Man. 216, 1851. On rocks; Mont Montravel, 
N. of Nouméa. | Cosmopolitan. 
B. GLAUCO-AREOLATA A. L. Sm., sp. nov. 
‘thallus erustaceus, nigro-determinatus, glauco-cinereus, minute areolatus, 
areolæ ca. ‘3 mm. lat. plane vel subeonvexee (K + flavus dein ferrugineus). 
Apothecia nigra, prominula, ca. 0:5 mm. diam., plana et marginata vel con- 
vexa; hypothecium brunneum, superne pallide flavescens; hymenium ea. 
50-64 u alt.; paraphyses tenues, clavato-capitatæ, brunneo-pileatz; asci 
clavati, ca. 404x104; spore octonæ fuscæ, 1-sept., ellipsoideæ, 7-10 w 
x 4-5 p. 
Adsaxa. Mont Montravel, Nouméa. 
Distinguished by the bluish-grey thallus, by the rust-coloured reaction 
with potash, and by the apothecial characters. The paraphyses have a 
narrow brown cap like those of Biatorina lenticularis. 
B. ALBIDO-FLAVA A. L. Sm., sp. nov. 
Thallus crustaceus, levis, granulato-areolatus, interdum nigro-determi- 
natus, albido-flavus (K —), ca. 0°5 mm. er. non corlicatus, ad corticem arcte 
adhærens ; gonidia protococcoidea, 7-104 diam. Apothecia vulgo 1 mm. diam., 
