164 NEW LICHENS. 
8. P. conferta, Tayl. ; thallo aggregato, albido, inciso-lobato, 
láciniis linearibus, subimbricatis, glabris, centralibus 
convexis, subtus margine concolori, medio nigrescente 
atque fixuris brevibus scabro; gemmis granulatis, com- 
pressis ; apotheciis tubuloso-stipitatis, concavissimis, mar- 
gine crenulato, demum gemmifero. 
Har. Van Diemen’s Land; Mr. Borrer’s herbarium.—Thal- 
lus scarcely an inch wide; several such, however, are 
clustered on bark and form wide patches; the laciniæ, 
especially towards the centre of a patch, tumid but not 
hollow. The buds are frequently marginal; they soon 
assume the flattened form, and expand into new thalli. 
Apothecia rise on considerable, hollow and wrinkled stalks; 
the disk is very concave and of a light chesnut colour. 
The want of inflated lobes readily distinguishes this from 
... P. phylodes, Ach. d | 
. 9. P. coralliphora, Tayl. ; thallo stellato, albido-cinereo, 
multifido, laciniis approximatis, linearibus, convexiusculis, a 
 nigro-ciliatis, subtus margine albis, centro fixuris atris — 
 devineto; gemmis sparsis, eoncoloribus, confertis, initio — 
| granulatis, statim cylindricis ; apotheciis submarginalibus, — 
concavis, disco fusco-rufescenti, margine crasso, elevato! — . 
gemmis cylindricis densissimis coronato. = 
Has. Casapi; Peru; Mathews, Hook. herb. Patch e 
inches: wide,’ with the habit of. P. Bi gata Adis iai 
|‘ planiaséa ilis, disco pognis mar 
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