78 PLANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA, 
vel latiora et lobulata, subimmersa, nigro-marginata, disco plano, olivaceo- 
viridi-pruinosa ; hypothecium nigro-brunneum, crassum ; hymenium usque 
ad 100 p alt. fuscescens; paraphyses tenues, septate, apicibus parum incras- 
satis, ramosis ; asci clavati, ca. 60 wx 15 p; spore ellipsoideæ aut fusiformes, 
fusew, 1-septæ, 15-22 u x 7-10 u. 
Ad corticem Ewotheew. Baie Ouémo, Nouméa. 
The specimen is a very small one, but so distinctive that it has seemed 
worth while to give the diagnosis. In section, the epithecium is not coloured, 
though if the section be thick the pruina forms a dark line. 
PHYLLOPSORACEZÆ. 
PHYLLOPSORA PARVIFOLIA (Pers.) Müll-Arg. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. 
App. 1, 45, 1894. On bark. Mont Koghi ; stream-valley forest, 1000 ft., 
April. 802. Tropical countries, New Caledonia, &c. 
EPHEBACEE. 
TukRMUTIS sp. A dense felt of the lichen but no fructification. On 
rocks, Mont Montravel, Noumca. 
COLLEMACE AS. 
LEPROCOLLEMA NOVA-CALEDONIANUM A. L. Sm., sp. nov. 
Thallus erustaceus, tenuis, continuus, non corticatus, furfuraceus, fulvo- 
virescens. — G'onidia nostocacea, e cellulis ceeruleo-virescentibus 6-7 u cr., 
glomeruloso-concatenatis, familias globosas formantia. Apothecia sessilia, 
0:5-8 mm. lat., disco ochraceo, margine proprio pallidiore, intus albida ; 
hypothecium incolore vel flavum;  paraphyses arcte cohærentes, apice 
clavate, interdum ochraceæ ; asci oblongo-clavati usque ad 60 ux 14; 
sporæ octonæ ‘simplices, ellipsoideo-fusiformes, 10 u x 2-3 a. 
Ad lignum vetustum. Mont Koghi ; stream-valley forest, 1000 ft., April. 
805. 
The only other species, L. americanum, recorded by Wainio from Rio de 
Janeiro, differs in the form of the thallus and in the much larger spores. 
SYNECHOBLASTUS BELENOPHORUS Miill.-Arg. Lich. Beitr. n. 166 in Flora 
Ixiii. 259, 1880. On bark. Nouméa (two specimens). Oceania. 
b 
S. NEMATOSPORUS A. L. Sm., sp. nov. 
Thallus sabmonophyllus, irregulariter erispato-lobatus, virescens. Gonidia 
moniliformi-catenulata, ca. 5-6 px 3u. Apothecia immersa ca. 0°5-6 mm. 
lat., disco rufo-brunneo, margine thallino crasso, incurvo, integro ; asci clavati, 
apice membrana incrassato, ad basim attenuati, ca. 85 ax 12 p; spore aciculi- 
forme, ca. 65 wx 2-25 p. 
Plaine des Lacs. Gelatinous masses on trunks in valley forest, 1000 ft., 
Feb. 215. 
