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opacus et fruticescens frulicibiis contiiiuis, altitudinc fero toqualibus 

 sicqiir c;i'spitem superficie fci'c ii'(piatam et latissime cxpansam f'ormans ; 

 IVuliccs (i-IO iiiill. hili aiit Ini'saii majores. ii-(i mil!, alti, podetii specic 

 eadeni loni;i(udiiie iii lena iiniiieisa lumiiti, siipenie laciiuilati laoiniilis 

 compressis aiit tci'etil)us, iiudulosis, vaille i-ainusis laiiiis iiitricalis alque 

 in apice rolundatis; iiitus albidi, liiiic iiide fiiscu vel alrato maeulali, 

 hydrate Ualico auranliaci et passiiii ruhentcs atque hypochiorilc calcico 

 iodoiiue iiniiudati. Cortex tutaiii laeiniaiii vesticns, albidiis vel siiperiie 

 auguste rufescens, 20-60 y. crassus et piectcnchyinaticiis, cellulas 

 sphaîroideasobloiigasve lO-l 2 y. latas, pari(de satis crasse, pra^bensaczona 

 20-40 [i crassa cellulas protoplasinate expertes continente tectus. Gonidia 

 phycochromate coiorata, in nodis seu in lacinularum apicc cœrulea, in 

 liisniediis lerruginea, nostocacea, i-f» y. lata, rotundata, passim in parvis 

 monilibus af^gregala, sut) toto cortice vigentia, sed in parte infera rares- 

 centiaatqu*' in nodis cohinmas hyphis verticalibus separatas elficientia. 

 IIypha> medullares snperlîciei |)arallel;e, ."i-Ty. crassa>, articulatfe articulis 

 cylindricis sat longis, pariet<' tenui ; inter eas niagni meatus conspicui. 

 In podetii specie hypIiM' i-Gy. crassa', brevitei'cylindricoarticulata', luniino 

 trienteni crassitudinis occupante, verticales, raro l'asciculafa', sa'pe 

 raniosa^ et inler eas paivnbe silicis el lerra' |iai-licul;e pra'sontes. Apo- 

 theciaO, Ki- i niill. latu. lecanorina, rara, rotunda, supra Ihalluni sessiiia, 

 in basi plus niinusveconsti'ictn, e])luriliuslaciniiscoa(dis non raro formata, 

 cxcipulo la-vi sed verticaliler snicato, niargine crassa, saqx'. elevata et 

 etiam |)Mruni inins l'ellexa ai(pie diseo rnfo, demum fuscoatrato piano 

 nudoque exornaja. l']xci[)uli cortex 30-10 y. crassus et ejus c(dlula' 

 minores ac in tlialli coi'lice. l'erilliecium non coloratum, materia nigra 

 aspersum, iodonon linclum, hydrate kalico aurantiacnm, in niargine 100, 

 laleraliler 2<l et subtils 100 y. crassum ; illius hypha- in margine fastigiala.' 

 acHahellata', laleraliter horizontales al(|ne inferiu' stralum pleclenchynia- 

 li<M 'Ilicienles. Inter hoc el excipuli corliceni h\pliieel numerosa goni- 

 dia. l'ai'aphyses hyalina', superne rufescenles aul ahala', granulis onusla.' 

 el, bis hydrate kalico depulsis, zona hyalina et continua, 10 y. crassa liini- 

 tala', I l'O-KiO y, alta", .'i-O y. crassa', reche. arcte coha'reiUcs, articulata' 

 ai'ticulis !l-l 1 y. longis, septis crassis et lamine 2-3 y. lato, ultime articule 



