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3. Alectoria divergens (Ach.), Nyl. 

 Cape York, sterile. 



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4. Steeeocaulon paschale (Z.), Fr. 

 Hayes Sound, sterile fragments. 



5. Stereocatjlon tomentostjm {Fr.) (3. alpinum (Laur.), Th. 



Fr. 



Winter-quarters of ' Discovery ' and Mount Discovery, sterile. 



6. Stereo caulon eyoluttjm, Grcewe, /3. eastigiatum (Anzi), 

 Th. Fr. ? 



Alexandra Haven. ' The specimen being sterile, exact de- 

 termination is impossible. 



7. Stereocaulon denudatum, FV6rk.,fi. ptjlvinattjm (ScJtar.), 

 Fw. 



Cape Sabine, sterile. 



8. Clabonia coccieera (Z.), Schwr., f. phyllocladiis strami- 

 neis, squamseformibus et dein verrucoso- vel subpulverulento-dis- 

 solutis, confertis, crustam crassiusculam formantibus ; podetns 



pyxidatis, verrucosis ; apotheciis non evolutis. 



Cape York, on mouldering mosses. The hydrate of potash pro- 

 duces a yellow reaction, which colour is rendered permanent by the 

 immediate application of hypochlorite of lime. 



9. CLADONIA PYXIDATA (i.) /3. POCILLUM (Ach.), Fr. 



In the neighbourhood of the winter-quarters of ' Alert ' (also 

 at an altitude of 400-500 feet) and ' Discovery ;' Norman-Loek- 

 yer Island ; Alexandra Haven ; Cape Sabine. Only phyllocladia 

 and podetia : no apothecia. 



10. Thamnodia vermicularis (Sw.) 9 Ach. 

 Winter-quarters of ' Alert ' and 'Discovery ;' Hayes Sound. 



Var. /3. taurtca ( Wulf.\ Schter. 82° 27' 33" N. ; Walrus 

 Island, Franklin-Pierce Bay ; Cape Sabine. 



11. Cetraria islaxbica (Z.), Ach. 



In the vicinity of Floeberg Beach ; Port Foulke. Sterile. 



12. Cetraria hiascens (Fr.\ Th. Fr. 



Cape Sabine, a very miserable and sterile fragment. 



13. Cetraria nivalis (L.\ Ach. 



The neighbourhood of Floeberg Beach ; Cape Union, at an alti- 

 tude of 1200 feet (low-grown) ; Discovery Bay ; Alexandra Haven. 

 Always sterile. 



