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STICTA MACROPHYLLA. 



Cryptogamia Lichenes. Nat. Ord. Ltchenes 



f * 



Gen. Char. Apothecia scutelliformia, subtus e thallo formata^ centre 

 affixa. Discus coloratus, planus. ThaUus foliaceus, coriaceo- 

 cartilagineus, expansus, lobatus, subtus liberus villosus vel tomen- 

 tosus, cj'phellis sorediis vel maculis interspersis. 



Sticta macropliTjlla i effusa, thallo subcartilagineo crassiusculo lurido- 

 virescente siccitate cinerascente glabro repetitim dichotomo seg- 

 mentis latis undulatis obtusissimis, subtus fusco-toiuentoso, cjpbel- 

 lis albis limbatis, apotlieciis fuscis extus tomcntosis. 



fit, apotlieciis sparsis. 



Sticta macrophylla (Delis). Fee Crijpt. des Ecorces^ p. \29. ^ 33.* 

 Spreng. Syst Veget. v. 4. p. 303. 



p. apotlieciis marginalibus. (Tab, XIII.) 



Hab. Arboribus Insulse Mauritii. Z). BqjeK Insula Franciaej et in 

 variis regionibus Americas Meridionalis, supra raraos annosos 

 Cinchonarum peruvianarum. Fee. 



Thallus late effusus^ diametro spithamaeus et ultra, suborbiculari-ex* 

 pansus, laciniato-lobatus, imbricatus^ laciniis liberis repetitim 

 dichotome divisisj segmentis latis^ subundulatis, obtusissimis; supra 

 omnino glaber, laevis, absque sorediis, madore lurido- vel subfusco- 

 viridis, siccitate pallide griseus vel cinerascens, ad marginem fus- 

 cescens : subtus ubique fusco-tomentosus, ad marginem pallidior, 

 CypliellcE numerosae, urceolatae, albae, limbatae vel marginatae. 

 Siihstantia subcartilaginea, siccitate rigida, madefacta magis flac- 

 cida. Odor fere ut in Sticta fidiginosa Europae. Apothecia pri- 

 mum globosa, demum explanata, compressa, fusca, disco piano, 

 subtus margineque tenui tomentosa, in a sparsa, in /3 omnino mar- 

 ginalia. 



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I WAS prepared to" publish this noble species of Sti 

 w hich I had received from the Mauritius more than t^ o \i 



* It is called M. macrocarpa in the textj but that name is not applicable to 

 the plant, nor is il followed in the indeXj or on the plate. Sprengelj toOj calls 

 it macrocarpa. 



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