445 
broad, its 5 segments very low, obtuse, several times shorter than 
the tube ; corolla globose-campanulate, greenish-white or tawny- 
red, about 4-5 mm. long, its segments triangular, acutish, recurved, 
revolute; filaments dilated, pubescent, incurved at the apex, longer 
than the anthers which have short tubes at the apex; drupe glo- 
bose, 10-12 mm. in diameter, black, shining, sweet. 
In deep forests on the mountains, North Carolina to northern 
Georgia. Spring; matures its fruit in the late summer. 
7. GAYLUSSACIA RESINOSA (Ait.) T. & G. 
Vaccinium resinosum Ait. Hort. Kew. 2: 12. 1789. 
Gaylussacia resinosa T. & G.; Torr. Fl. N. Y. 1: 449. 1843. 
A rigid branching shrub 3-12 dm. tall, its twigs and foliage 
more or less pubescent and sticky with a resinous secretion when 
young, leaves firm, the blades elliptic, oval or oblong, sometimes 
broadest above the middle, firm, obtuse or apiculate, entire, cilio- 
late, short petioled ; flowers in lateral drooping racemes; pedi- 
cels 2-8 mm. long, usually with two narrow bracts; calyx about 
2 mm. broad, its 5 segments ovate, obtuse, about as long as the 
tube ; corolla obconic, red or reddish-green, 5-6 mm. long, more 
or less constricted near the apex, the segments ovate, spreading or 
recurved, revolute, obtuse; filaments winged, pubescent, shorter 
than the anthers, each cavity of which is prolonged into a tube; 
drupes globose, 6-10 mm. in diameter, black or rarely white, 
Sweet. 
In rocky woods and hillsides, Newfoundland to the Saskatche- 
wan, south to Georgia. Spring; matures its fruit in the summer. 
New Species of Lichens from Southern California as determined by 
Dr. W. Nylander and the late Dr. Stizenberger. 
By H. E. HASSE. 
PARMELIA SUBOLIVACEA Nyl. 
Thallus similar to P. olivacea (L.) Ach., but differing in size of 
Spores, these being 8-9 by 5 mic., and also in the spermatia. 
On rocks, San Gabriel Mountains at 1500 meters alt. July, 
1894. 
: HEPpPIA TERRENA Nyl. 
Thallus monophyllous, round, olive green, with repand border ; 
apothecia single in the fronds, circular, depressed, dull red ; spores 
colorless, globular, 4 mic. in diameter. 
