82 Transactions. — Botany. 



scale and in better-defined bullge. There are besides large 

 cephalodia of a light colour on the upper surface. 



Aspidelia •wattii, Strn. 



Thallus late expansus, pallidus vel pallide lutescens, laci- 

 niatus laciniis hinc inde imbricatis, margine saepe fimbriato- 

 dissectis, subtus niger, fere nudus ; medulla alba K— C, ery- 

 thrinosa et C, seorsum, erythrinosa; sterilis. 



In the two examples examined I failed to detect spermatia. 



Physcia incavata, Strn. 



Thallus orbicularis flavus adpressus, late lobatus lobis 

 crenatis, intus albidis, arachnoideis et interdum cavis (K pur- 

 purascentibus) ; apothecia rufo-aurantiaca, mediocria, plana 

 dein convexula, margine tenui pallidiore, demum depresso 

 cincta; sporae Suae, incolores, polari-biloculares, ellipsoideae, 

 0-013-0-02 X 0-0075-0-009mm., paraphyses distinctae, fili- 

 formes, supra 2-3-articulat8e et amplo-clavatae. Gonidia 

 flavescentia, diam. 0-009-0-02 mm. Corticola, Canterbury, 

 New Zealand {T. W. N. Beckett). 



Physcia laciniatula, Strn. 



Thallus albidus vel pallido-albidus (K flavens), laciniosus 

 laciniis ssepe margine adscendentibus, crenatis et sorediosis, 

 subtus pallidus, nigro-fibrillosus ; medulla alba (K fi. C 11.) ; 

 apothecia fusca vel fusco-nigra, plana, majuscula, leviter 

 elevata, margine elevato folioso-coronato vel laciniato vel 

 coralloideo-diviso cincta ; sporjE 4-8n£e fuscae, l-septatae, 

 saepissime 2-nucleatae, 003-0-0i2 x 0014-002 mm. Supra 

 muscos prope lUawarra, New South Wales [Kirton). 



I cannot associate this with any other. 



Physcia sublurida, Strn. Proc. Eoy. Soc. Yict., 1880. 



Thallus parvus pallidus vel virescenti-pallidus, demum 

 pallide cervinus, adpressus, laciniatulus laciniis imbricatis 

 multitidis, subtus pallidus et rhiziuis pallidis munitus ; me- 

 dulla rufescens vel rubescens, K— C— ; apothecia caesio-prui- 

 nosa, margine pallido vel carneo, fere integro cincta ; sporae 8, 

 ellipsoideae, fuscae, l-septatae, 0014-0-018 x0-0065-0-008mm. 

 hypothecium incolor. Ad ramulos prope Brisbane (^^ M. 

 Bailey) . 



