Bb —— NEW LICHENS. 
Has. Casapí, Peru; Mathews, Hook. herb.—Thallus flaccid. 
The podetia are remarkable for being covered with short 
white villi, resembling those of the under side of a Sficía 
This reminds one of C. rangiferina, Ach., growing, as 
it does, in rounded tufts: but the ultimate branches 
are not drooping; whilst the villose podetia are very 
distinctive. ( 
` 8. C. diatrypa, Tayl.; thallo cæspitoso, erecto, fistuloso, 
dichotomo, ramosissimo, cinereo-fuscescente, ràmis fora 
minulatis, ultimis acuminatis, fertilibus explanatis ; apothe- 1 
ciis confertis, minutis, disco rufo-fusco, margine tenul, 
demum undulato. 2 
Has. Macquarrie River; Mr. R. Balls herb. —Podetia in 
rounded, brownish, rigid tufts, from 2-3 inches high. 
Fertile branches flattened and variously wrinkled. The 
border of the aged res at length assumes the colour 
of the disk. 
4. C. acuta, Tayl. ; thallo acces minuto, crenulato ; 
. podetiüs subulatis, brevibus, ramosis, teretibus, fusco- 
. . einereis, subpellucidis ; gemmis confertis rufescenti-albidis. 
Has. Islands of the Pacific; Hook. Aerb.— Tufts 
brown, rigid, scarcely 1 S high. The buds | 
observed expanding into minute crenulate scales at 
bases of the podetia; these resemble i in colour and ser 
ey shreds of Re ae are much "'umr 
