A. L. SMITH : LICHENS, 83 
STICTA DAMÆCORNIS Ach. Meth. Lich. 275, 1803. 1735. Tropical countries. 
Rare in Europe. 
Var, CANARIENSIS Ach, Syn. Lich. 231, 1814. Mont Canala. Bark of 
trees in moist forest, 1000 ft. 1296. W. Africa, W. Indies, Brazil. 
Lighter in colour than the species and with blunt-tipped laciniz. 
S. VARIABILIS Ach. Lich. Univ. 455, 1810. Tgnambi. “In forest, 
2000-4000 ft." 1740. S.and E. Africa, Oceania. 
S. HYPOSPILOIDES Nyl. Exp. Lich. N. Caled. 42, 1861. On bark. Large 
grey-surfaced, diehotomising thallus, drooping outwards from trunks. 
Valley forest, 600 ft, 715. Oceania. 
S. CoLensor Bab. ex Hook. Fl. N. Zeal. part 2, 274, 1855. On bark. 
Mont Canala, June. In moist forest, 1000 ft. 1300, N. Zealand, Tasmania, 
S. AURATA Ach. Meth. Lich. p. 277, 1803. On dead branches, valley 
forest, 600 ft. 716. Mont Canala, June. In moist forest, 1000 ft. 1294. 
Cosmopolitan, 
A secon® specimen is a deep rose-red, but differs from the similarly 
coloured S. elathrata De Not. and S. aurora De Not. in the presence of 
isidiose soredia on the margins of the laciniæ. 
Var, PALLENS Nyl. Syn. Lich. i. 361, 1860. On bark. Ignambi. In 
forest, 2000-4000 ft. August. 1731. New Zealand. 
Distinguished by the paler colour and by the coating of short white hairs 
on the under surface and, more sparsely, on the upper surface. 
S. DISSIMULATA Nyl. subsp. MULTIFIDA Nyl. Lich. N. Z. 37, 1888. On 
bark. Tgnambi. In forest, 2000-4000 ft. 1742. New Zealand. 
S. DEMUTABILIS Krempelh. form Lævis Krempelh. in Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, 
xiv. Heft 4, 6, 1873. On bark. Ignambi. In forest, 2000-4000 ft. 1729. 
Oceania (Samoa). 
S. FREvcixETII Del. Stict. 124, 1825. On branches. Grey surface, but 
yellowish, with black spots. 716. Valley forest, 600 ft. 740. Mont 
Canala, June. “In moist forest, 1000 ft." 1304. Oceania, Antarctica, 
S. America. 
PERTUSARIACEJE. ` 
PERTUSARIA VELATA Nyl. Lich. Scand. 179, 1861. On bark of Æxothrea. 
Baie Ouémo, Nouméa. Cosmopolitan. 
P. VELATOIDES A. L. Sm., sp. nov. 
Thallus albidus, tenuis, minate rugulosus et sparse granulatus (K —, vel + - 
obscure flavescens, K(CaCl) 4 rubens, CaCl—). Verrucæ fertiles numerosa, 
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