Lecidea. 41 



tinuus, nigricans aut griseo-obscuratus. ApotJiecia adpressa, 0,5 

 0,3 millim. lata, atra, nuda, convexa, mox immarginata aut 

 rarius primo tenuiter marginata. Hypotliecium albidum. Hyme- 

 nium sat dilute smaragdulo-caeruleum, epithecio aeruginoso-fuli- 

 gineo. Sporae 8:nae, oblongae, bene curvatae aut pro parte rec- 

 tae, pro parte simplices, pro parte demum 1-septatae, long. 0,oi4 

 0,0 9, crass. O,oo3 5 O,oo2 5 millim. 



Ad rupes itacolumiticas in Garassa (1400 metr. s. m.) in civ. 

 Minarum, n. 1199. Thallus hypothallo caeruleonigricante in- 

 structus. Excipidiim extus fusco- aut violaceo-fuligineum, intus 

 decoloratum. Hymenium circ. 0,0 5o millim. crassum, jodo cae- 

 rulescens deindeque vinose rubens. Parapliyses arcte cohaeren- 

 tes, 0,0 01 milKm. crassae, apice haud incrassatae, neque con- 

 strictae, nec ramosae. Asci clavati. Sxjorae distichae, decolores, 

 apicibus rotundatis aut obtusis, medio non constrictae. 



Stirps 2. Eucatillaria Th. Fr. Apotliecia disco atro. Hy- 

 potliecium obscuratum . 



Catillaria B. Eucatillaria Th. Fr., Lich. Scand. (1874) p. 580. 



42. L. endochroma (Fee) Nyl., Enum. Gen. Lich. (1857) p. 

 123, Lich. Nov.-Gran. ed. 2 (1863) p. 351. Lecanora Fee, Ess. 

 Lich. Ecorc. (1824) p. 114 tab. 29 fig. 1. Fatellaria Mull. Arg. 

 Lich. Beitr. (1881) n. 355, Eev. Lich. Fee (1887) p. 8. HeterotJie- 

 cium Tuck., Syi]. North Am. II (1888) p. 55. 



TJiaUus crustaceus, crassitudine mediocris, verruculoso-inae- 

 quahs aut leviter verrucoso-rugulosus, vulgo subcontinuus, albidus 

 aut glaucescenti- vel cinerascenti-albidus. Apotliecia adpressa, 

 2,5 1 milhm. lata, disco plano aut demum convexo, atro, nudo, 

 margine mediocri, hiteo aut stramineo aut albido-pahido aut sub- 

 virescenti-variegato, persistente aut demum subexchiso. Hypo- 

 tJiecium fusconigricans aut dihite fuscescens vel sordide violaceo- 

 fuscescens. Sporae 8:nae, oblongae aut subfusiformi-oblongae, 

 vulgo rectae, 1-septatae, long. 0,0 3 0,014, crass. 0,oo7 0,oo5 

 mihim. 



Ad corticem arborum passim obvia, n. 228, 244, 673, 788, 

 830, 1005, 1079, 1497, 1539. Ad species inter Psorothecia 

 et Catillarias intermedias pertinet. TJiallus hypothaho nigri- 

 cante partirn hmitatus. Excipulum proprium, gonidns destitutum, 

 strato meduhari stuppeo, lutescente aut albo, strato corticah chon- 



