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Jirtiriilis r(>l(' j)i'ii'l)(Mililjiis. llyplia' modullnrfs luulip ;iut paucos ot ]»arvos 

 alialos rryslallds admitlentes, S-10 y. crassa-, ai-cU' coalita', raiiiosa- et 

 arliculala' arliculis loiiyis, luiiiiiif 1-1,2.") ;;. lalo. Allcriiis t'acici cortex 

 rufVscens aiit riifiis 20 y. crassns ; cjus hypha; sicul iii allci'd (lccoiiip()siln\ 

 st'cl relis macula' paiilo majores. 



15. In laciiiiis iii ima facie lessollalis, sub microscopio cniiliiiiium mon- 

 liiim 100-350 y. altorum ac siirsum l'otundatorum jii,i;iim |)ia'lieiitil)us, 

 cortex hos montes circiiimlans 2il-IO y. ci'assiis et ex liypliis (lecom|)Ositis 

 siciit in corlice pra'cedente, sed lumen ali(juan(lo i y. metieiis oll'erentiljiis 

 compositiis. Cioiiidia in liis montibiis interiorihus vi^(Mitia. Mednila crys- 

 tailis ali'atis parvis ant sat niagnis, sa'pe oMon-is aculis(pi(' adspersu ; 

 iiitei'dnm piymento pailide aut obscure ruto bydrale kalico laterilio ac 

 hypoclilorite calcico rubcntetincta;. Cortex faciei postica". etcanaliculata^ 

 25-30 crassus, |)assim b'\ilei' prolub(>rans ; ejus bypba' fastij^iata», apicem 

 versus niultum ramosa' attjue articuiataî articulis vel breviter cylindricis 

 vel spha^roideis. 



Apothecia b'rminalia lateraliaque, primuni 0,'i, deinde l,!)-3,;) mill. 

 bala, rotunda, pbuia ac saipe subtus recurva, excipulo thalb» coni'obji'e, 

 aborii,nne rugoso sulcato, deinde la^vi, in liiie aut nervoso, aut ru|j,oso, 

 mari^ine inlei^errima, non |)rominente atque disco primum l'ul'o, deinde 

 j)allide vel obscui'c castaneo passinique nigro, [)lano, hevi nudoqne ins- 

 tructa. Excipuli cortex 30-iO y. crassus, rut'us aut rufescens, ex hyphis 

 decompositis constans. Perithecium incoloratum SO-IOO y. etiam in mar- 

 gine crassuni ; ejus hypiifi' fastigiata;, arcte coadunataî, raniosa; ramis 

 anastomosantibus reteque efficientibus et articulata» articulis sphaM'oideis, 

 lumine 2 y. lalo ; interhoc paraphysesque stratum medullarc in ([uo liypha- 

 liorizontales, rainosa' ramis anastomosantibus, lumine I y. lato; snb eo 

 gonidia glomerulos i'ormantia, in margine copiose ascendentia, sed 

 iiilerduni deiicienfia ac l'arissime sub excipuli corlice descendenlia. Inler 

 stratum gonidiale el excipuli corticem medulla in laminis commissnra' 

 punctum non secantibus parum ac in ca'ieris iiiuKuni evolnla. l'aiapbyses 

 liyalina', superne rula- au! obscure fuseau, alicjiiando onmino l'uscescentes, 

 00 y. alla', i-5 y crassa-, ai'licnlala' arlicnlis 7- 10 y crassis, sepiiiienlis sal 

 crassis et lumine 1,5 y. lalo, siirsum capilala' el nienibiana incrassala^ 



