Sticta. 191 



rius obtusis.] Cyphello-hlasti globosi, diam. 0,oio 0,oo5 millim., 

 membrana laevigata. Pycnoconidia subcylindrica aut apicibus le- 

 vissime incrassatis, obtusis, long. 0,oo3, crass. 0,ooo5 millim. 

 Sterigmata circ. 0,0 4 millim. crassa, constricte articulata, cellulis 

 subglobosis. 



Sect. 3. Eusticta Wainio. Gonidia palmellacea. Apothecia 

 gonidiis destituta. 



4. St. damaecornis (Sw.) Ach., Meth. Lich. (1803) p. 276 



(hb. Ach.); Del., Hist. Stict. (1822) p. 105, tab. 9 fig. 39; NyL, 

 Syn. Lich. (185860) p. 35 (pr. p.); Tuck., Syn. North. (1882) p. 

 94 (pr. p.). Lichen Sw., Prodr. Fl. Ind. (1788) p. 146. 



Thallus dichotome increbreque repetito-Iaciniatus, laciniis 

 circ. 15 3 miUim. latis, apicibus obtusis aut subtruncatis, axillis 

 latis rotundato-obtusisque, superne sat laevigatus aut leviter im- 

 presso- vel ruguloso-inaequahs, olivaceo-glaucescens aut olivaceo- 

 vel testaceo-fuscescens aut glaucescens [albidusve], sorediis isi- 

 diisque destitutus, subtus fuscescens aut ambitum versus palle- 

 scens, tomento rhizineo sat brevi et vulgo sat crebro, cyphelHs 

 0,5 0,2 miUim. latis. Apothecia marginaha aut rarius supra thal- 

 lum sparsa. Sporae fusiformes, 1 3-septatae, long. 0,0 2 4 O,0 3 8, 

 crass. 0,0 5 0,oo8 millim. 



Ad truncos et ramos arborum in Carassa (1400 metr. s. m.) 

 in civ. Minarum, n. 377, 1183, 1185, 1212. Thalliis foetidus, 

 late expansus, superne glaber et nitidiusculus opacusve. Stratum 

 corticale superius pseudoparenchymaticum, circ. O,0 2 2 millim. cras- 

 5um, e seriebus 3 ( 4) cellularum formatum, serie summa mi- 

 nute cellulosa, seriebus inferioribus grosse cellulosis. Stratum 

 medullare passim cephalodia immersa, ab algis caeruleo-virescen- 

 tibus formata, continens. Stratum corticale inferius grosse cellu- 

 losum, e seriebus cellularum vulgo duabus formatum. Rhizinae_ 

 x hyphis formatae fasciculatis, cohaerentibus, apice vulgo liberis, 

 circ. 0,0 08 millim. crassis, cellulis cylindricis, apicem versus bre- 

 vibus, haud constrictis, membrana circ. 0,oo2 0,ooi5 millim. 

 crassa. Oonidia protococcoidea, globosa, simpHcia, diam. circ. 

 0,0 7 0,0 5 milhm., membrana sat tenui. Apothecia circ. 1,5 4 

 miUim. lata, disco fusco-atro nigrove aut rufo, excipulo extus to- 



