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XVIII. Contribution to the Lichenographia of New Zealand. By CHARLES ыб Esq., 
F.L.S., Auditor-General of New Zealand. 
(Plates XXXVIL, XXXVIII) 
Read March 1st, 1877. 
URCEOLARIA NOVJE-ZELANDLE, Kn. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 1.) 
Thallus cinerascens indeterminatus leproso-areolatus v. quasi detritus. Apothecia parva 
immersa, disco subdepresso fusco farinaceo (margine thallode nullo) nucleo ab exci- 
pulo dimidiato-fusco cincto, paraphysibus distinetis rectis tenuibus. Spore in ascis 
cylindraceis fuscze ovatze murali-divisze horizontaliter 5—6-septate longit. 027 mm., 
crassit. 018 mm. Ай saxa. 
РЕВТОЗАВТА GRAPHICA, Kn. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 2.) 
Thallus late effusus cartilagineus albicans v. cinereo-albicans rimuloso-areolatus, verrucis 
subgloboso-difformibus crebris v. confertissimis (deinde deplanatis) obsitus, gonidiis 
per totam partem instructus. Apothecia plura in singulis verrucis thalli inclusa 
(exeipulo proprio prorsus nullo) primitus a thallo tecta, tandem aperta, discis irregu- 
laribus заре іп pseudo-discum confluentibus, epithecio fusco, paraphysibus tenerri- 
mis tortilibus. Spore 4ne simplices ellipsoideze grumo-granulose dilute luteæ, epi- 
sporio crasso, longit. "082 mm., crassit. 04 mm. Ай saxa. 
LECIDEA LITTORALIS, Kn. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 3.) 
Thallus cinereo-albidus v. cinerascens crassus continuus у. areolatus late expansus levis. 
Apothecia adnata mujuscula (latit. 2:65 mm.) sparsa atra pruinosa tenuiter margi- 
nata dein tumidula et difformia, margine atro flexuoso v. lobato inciso. Spore 
simplices ellipsoideze, longit. “013 ad 018 mm., crassit. “006 mm. Hypothecium fus- 
cum v. linea atra hypothecii latera et basin circumscribens. Ad saxa. 
LECIDEA SUBGLOBULATA, Kn. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 4.) 
Thallus cinerascens minute furfuraceo-diffractus v. squamuloso-areolatus, granulis goni- 
mis viridibus. Apothecia immarginata interdum confluentia, disco atro convexo 
tandem hemisphserieo v. subglobuloso. Sporz in ascis ventricosiusculis simplices 
ellipsoideze subhyalinz tandem dilute luteze, longit. 013 mm. ad :022 mm., crassit. 
:007 mm. Hypothecium atrum v. fuscum. Ad saxa. 
LECIDEA SUBARGILLACEA, Kn. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 5.) 
Thallus luteo-albus continuus. Apothecia subaggregata innata v. adnata concava fusca 
immarginata interdum difformia вере furfuracea. Spore in ascis cylindraceis gru- 
moso-lutes v. hyalinze longit. -016 mm., crassit. "008 mm. — Hypothecium album. 
Ad terram argillaceam. 
Syn. Lecidea meiospora, Nyl. (?). 
