LICE A 147 



Licca flcx2iosa Pers. is by Schweinitz reported from Penn- 

 sylvania. It is described as having brown spores, 10-15 /*> 

 spinulose. 



2. LICEA LINDHEIMERI Berkeley. 



PLATE XII., Figs. 6, 6 a, 6 b. 

 1873. Licea lindheimeri Berkeley, Grev., II., p. 68. 



Sporangia gregarious, sometimes closely aggregated, some- 

 times scattered, globose, dull reddish or reddish brown, -|- mm., 

 sessile; the peridium thin, transparent, smooth where exposed 

 to view, opening irregularly ; hypothallus none ; spore-mass red, 

 or brownish red, spores by transmitted light, reddish, depressed, 

 globose, coarsely warted, 5 ^. 



This species is easily recognizable by its peculiar color. 

 Berkeley describes it as brick red. The outward color is due to 

 tint of the spore-mass shining through the transparent peridium. 

 Under the lens, the spores in water are red or reddish brown ; 

 when swollen by the addition of a little potash solution, they 

 become bright violet. The spore is distinctly elliptical in one 

 section, is coarsely papillate on its flattened sides, and is sur- 

 rounded by two parallel, projecting, transparent plates lying in 

 planes, to which the shorter axis of the spore is perpendicular. 



The specimens in the herbarium are on the dead roots of 

 cotton plants. For the privilege of examining the species, 

 we are specially indebted to Mr. Morgan, who received the 

 material from Texas. 



Probably not uncommon southward ; so far reported from 

 Texas only. 



3. LICEA BIFORIS Morgan. 



PLATE XII., Fig. 10. 

 1893. Licea biforis Morgan, Jour. Cm. Sac., p. 5. 



Sporangia regular, compressed, sessile on a narrow base, gre- 

 garious ; the wall firm, thin, smooth, yellow brown in color and 

 nearly opaque, with minute, scattered granules on the inner sur- 

 face, at maturity opening into two equal parts, which remain 



