1G2 Acta Soeietatis pro Fauna et Flora fennica, VII. 



Graph. Feean. (1887) p. 55. A. varia var. Antillarum Nyl., Lich. 

 Nov.-Gran. ed. 2 (1863) p. 267. 



TJiallus tenuissimus, partim hypophloeodes, stramineus aut 

 albidus. Apothecia sat approximata aut sat solitaria, difformia, 

 saepe angulosa aut dentata subradiatave, circ. 2 — 0,4 millim. longa, 

 circ. 0,8 — 0,2 millim. lata, disco pallido aut stramineo-pallido. 

 Hypotliecmm pallidum. Hymenium jodo dilutissime [aut bene] 

 caerulescens, demum varie subvinose coloratum. Epithecium pal- 

 lidum. Sporae decolores, ovoideo-oblongae, 3-septatae, „long. 0,oi4 

 0,oi8, crass. 0,0 4 — 0,0 6 millim." (Mull. Arg. et Nyl., 1. a), cel- 

 lulis fere aeque longis. 



Ad corticem arborum prope Sepitiba in civ. Rio de Janeiro, 

 n. 478. — Thallus sat laevigatas, hyphis jodo non reagentibus 

 aut interdum caerulescentibus, hypothallo fusco interdum angu- 

 ste limitatus. Apothecia demum leviter elevata. Perithecium in- 

 distinctum. Hymenium dilute pallidum, in specimine nostro jodo 

 parum aut dilutissime caerulescens, demum dilutissime subvinose 

 coloratum. Hypothecium et epithecium KHO lutescentia. Pard- 

 physes ramoso-connexae, apice haucl incrassatae. Asci ellipsoi- 

 deo-oblongi aut obovoidei, apicem versus membrana incrassata. 

 Sporae 8:nae aut abortu pauciores, apicibus rotundatis aut apice 

 tenuiore obtuso, in specimine nostro long. 0,oi8, crass. 0,00 5 

 millim., cellulis fere aeque longis aut mediis levissime longioribus. 



Stirps 4. Coniocarpon (D. G.) Wainio. Apothecia varie lae- 

 tius colorata (haud persistenter nigra), materias rubras aut fulvc- 

 scentes, KHO violascentes aut raro cyanescentes continentia. 



Coniocarpon D. C, Fl. Fr. II (1805) p. 323 (pr. p.); Mass., Ric. Lich. 

 Crost. (1852) p. 46 (pr. p.). Arthonia sect. I. Coniangium et sect. II. Conio- 

 loma Almqu., Mon. Arth. Scand. (1880) p. 13 et 19. 



22. A. gregaria (Weig.) Koerb., Syst. Germ. (1855) p. 291; 



Almqu., Mon. Arth. Scand. (1880) p. 20; Mull. Arg., Fl. 1888 p. 

 524, 527; Bachmann, Yeb. Nichtkryst. Flechtenfarbst. (1889) p. 27 

 et 53, tab. I fig. 1 — 2. Sphaeria gregaria Weig., Obs. Bot. (1772) 

 pag. 43 (ex cit.). Coniocarpon cinnabarinum D. O., Fl. Fr. II (J 805) 

 p. 323. Arthonia cinnabarina Wallr., Comp. Fl. Germ. II (1831) 

 p. 320; Nyl., Syn. Arth. (1856) p. 88 (pr. p.); Kickx, Mon. Graph. 

 Belg. (1865) p. 23 (pr. p.); Leight., Lich. Great Brit. 3 ed. (1879) 

 p. 421. 



