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velata, deraum nigra, depresso-hemisphaerica, 

 basi non peculiariter dilatata ; paraphyses copiosae, 

 tenellae, firmae, subdivaricato-rimosae et con- 

 nexae; sporae 12-16 p longae et 5-6 f/. lalae (cl. 

 Nyl. cas leviter majores vidit). — Corticola 

 (comm. D r Knight). 



47. Arthopyreoia (s. Mesopyrenfa) subatomaria 



Mùll. Arg.; Verrucaria subatomaria Nyl. Lich. 

 Nov. Zel., p. 134, juxta proximam americanam 

 A. leucochloram Mùll. Arg. inserenda est, a 

 qua differt apotheciis paullo minoribus, superne 

 omnino nudis et nigerrimis et dein ascis obovoi- 

 deis. — (comm. D r Knight). 



48. — (s. Mesopyrenia) stiffasa Mùll. Arg.; Verru- 



caria su/fusa Kn.On the Lichenogr.of NewZeal., 

 p. 356, fig. 12; Nyl. Lich. Nov. Zel., p. 133; 

 juxta A. pyrenuloidem Mùll. Arg. Pyrenoc. 

 Féean., p. 27 locanda est, a qua differt peritheciis 

 dimidiatis et sporis majoribus. Paraphyses in 

 muco spumoso laxe connexae. (comm. D r 

 Knight). 



49. _ ( s> Anisomeridinm) snbbiformls Mùll. 



Arg. ; Verrucaria subbiformis Knight Contrib. to 

 theLichenogr. of NewZeal., p. 279, t. 37, fig. 22. 

 Fere A. limitantem Mùll. Arg. simulans, sed 

 apothecia paullo minora et sporae minores et aliter 

 divisae, se. articulus inferior superiore distincte 

 brevior,hinc inde tamen in iisdem ascis occurrunt 

 sporae medio divisae. — Perithecium globosum, 

 basi tamen tenuius ; paraphyses laxe connexae; 

 sporae in ascis linearibusregulariter imbricatiml- 

 seriales, fusiformi-ovoideae, 16-20 p longae et 



