166 Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora fennica, VII. 



tuberculosa proliferave, immarginata, interdum nitidiuscuia. Htj- 

 menium circ. 0,0 4 millim. crassum, saepe totum dilute smarag- 

 dulum. Epithecium KHO non reagens. Perithecium caeruleo- 

 smaragdulo- aut olivaceo-fuligineum, tenue. Paraphyses parcae, 

 ramoso-connexae, ad latera hymenii evolutae. Asci clavati, circ. 

 ? oio — 0,oi4 millim. crassi, apice membrana incrassata. Sporae 

 8:nae, apicibus obtusis aut rotunclatis. 



7. Melaspilea. 



Nyl., Prodr. Lich. Gall, et Alg. (1S57) p. 170, Lick. Scand. (1861) p. 

 196; Tk. Fr., Gen. Heterolich. (1861) p. 98; Tuck., Gen. Lich. (1872) p. 196; 

 Almqu., Mon. Artli. Scand. (1880) p. 8: Mull. Arg., Graph. Feean. (1887) p. 4 

 et 19, Lich. Parag. (1888) p. 20; Hue, Addend. (1888) p. 262; Rehrn in Ra- 

 benh. Krypt.-Fl. (1890) p. 300, 362 (excl. speciebus ad fungos pertinentibus). 

 Mela7iographa Mull. Arg., Lich. Beitr. (Fl. 1882) n. 535, Graph. Feean. (1887) 

 p. 19. Micrographa Mull. Arg., Lich. Beitr. (Fl. 1890) n. 1541. 



Thallus crustaceus, uniformis, epipliloeodes aut hypophloeo- 

 des, hypothallo aut hyphis medullaribus substrato affixus, rhizi- 

 nis et strato corticali destitutus. Stratum medullare stuppeum, 

 hyphis complexis, tenuibus, leptodermaticis. Gonidia vulgo chroo- 

 lepoidea, cellulis minutis, anguloso-globosis aut ellipsoideis aut 

 parcius etiam oblongis, primum concatenatis , fi.'amenta saepe 

 parce ramosa formantibus, demum saepe pro parte etiam liberis, 

 membrana vulgo sat tenui instructis, aut rarius phycopeltidea, serie- 

 bus cellularum dichotomis, e centro radiantibus et in discum coadu- 

 natis (in sect. Micrographa Mull. Arg.). Apothecia thallo substra- 

 tove innata, immersa permanentia aut vulgo demum emergentia 

 adpressave, rotundata aut elongata, disco aperto aut rimaeformi, 

 vulgo distincte marginato. Perithecium tenue aut sat bene cvo- 

 lutum, integrum aut dimidiatum (vol laterale basique deficiens) 

 obscuratum, ex hyphis tenuibus sat leptodermaticis conglutinatis 

 formatum, amphithccio nullo obductum, labiis apertis au1 conni- 

 ventibus. Paraphyses parce evolutae aut numerosae, ncque ra- 

 mosae, nee connexae. Asci anguste clavati aut rarius oblongi, 

 leptoclermatici aut rarius apice pachydcrmatici. Sporae 8:nae, 

 ovoideae aut ellipsoideae ol)longacve aul fusiformi-oblongae, bi- 

 loculares aut rarius pluriseptatae, loculis subcylindricis aul irre- 

 gularibus (haiul lenticularibus), decolores aut vulgo demum ob- 



