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BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 



erossophylla Tuck. 

 molyhda'ii,vdv. cvonia Tuck, 

 cum fructu. 



13. Pannaria nigra (Iluds.) Nyl. 



14. Syiiidisfia Schmreri (Mass). 

 Coliemn micropkyllum Ach. 



flaccid mil Ach. 

 pul2)oswn (Bcrnli.) Ach 

 puntulatum Ach. 

 Leptoyium subtile Nyl. 



pidchelluin (Ach.) N^i. 

 myochroum, var., saturni- 

 num (Dicks.) Tuck. 



22. PlacoiJium cerinuvi (Iledw.) Nfeg. 



23. Placodiumau)'antiaciuit(L\g\i{L)l^teg. 



24. ferrugineuvi (Huds.)Hepp. 



25. Lecanora- muralis (Schreb.) Schaei 



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15. 

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26. 



27. 

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31. 

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36. 



tartarea (L.) Ach. 

 suhfusca (L.) Ach. 

 cinerea (L.) Ach. 

 cervinaf clavis DC. 



87. uncialia (L.) Fr. 



38. Biatora rufo-niyra Tuck. 



39. parcifolia Pers. 



40. exigtia (Chaub.) Fr. 



41. rubella (Ehrh.) Rabeuh. 



42. chlorosticta Tuck. 



43. Lecidea oiteroleuca Ach. 



44. tessellina Tuck. 



45. Bitellia lactea Mass. 



46. ((tro-alba, var. rlUorcspora Nyl. 



47. Opeyrapha vulgaia (Ach.) Nyl. 



48. Graphis seripUv (L.) Ach. 



49. Arthom'n pnnctiformis Ach. 



50. ttpdiom Nyl. 



51. MycDporuiii pyowcarpum. Nyl. 



52. Calicium iwpidiieumX De Brogn. 



53. Caliciam tn-bifonjie jNIass. — Parasitic 

 on Pertusaria pertusa on rocks. 



54. Eiidocarpa. miniatum (L.) Schser., 

 and var. Manitense Tuck. 



^„, „„,.„^ ... 55. Eiidocarpon liepaticum h.(^\^. 



Riiiodina sophndes, var. coiifraf/osa, 56. Saycdia Laureri (Flot.) Tuck. — On 

 Nyl. rocks. 



Pertusa ria pertusa (L.) Ach. 

 ylobu'aris* Ach. 

 Cladonia alciconiis Fr. 



f areata (Huds.) Fr. 

 squamosa, var. ccespiticia 



Nyl. 

 rangiferi)ia (L.) Hotfm. 



57. Staurothele difracteUa (Nyl.) Tuck. 



58. Sayediu Cestrensis Tuck 



59. Vcrruearia fuscella Fr. 



60. rupestns Schrad. 



61. Pyrenitla ylabmia (Ach.) Mass. 



W. 



lura. 



*Perhaps this .species is onl}' a form of P. lelopk 



fThis species has not before been found in this country, except, perhaps, in a very 

 scanty specimen from New Bedford. The specimen is scanty, and, perhaps, not 

 altogether certain. 



MoRTAT,iTY .\MOXG IIiCKOKiES. — Being in Lisle, Illinois, in September, I was told 

 that the hickories, the ''l)itternut" and the "shagbark," had been gradually dying for 

 several years, and I saw many dead trees to confirm the statement, lias this mortality 

 been observed to prevail extensively at the West, and luis any cause been assigned for 

 it? " ' W. 



A FEW RESPONSES TO Mil. COLEMAN'S QUERY IN THE JaN. No. OF VoL. III., PAGE 



7. — Chiuujes ill Veyetatioii. — It would be a good service to vegetable biology if any 

 who have "authentic" facts in regard to the long continued vitality of seeds, would 

 kindly res]iond to Mr. Coleman's request, and communicate. I have watched for many 

 years, and have seen no account that went beyond a mere guess. The "mummy wheat" 

 is Imt an Egyiitian trick. Mr. Ernst's Caraccas experience, which was recently given 

 in European periodicals, can be accounted for in other ways than on the "large vitalitj'" 

 guess which he oft'ers. Tlie strongest (.ase is thought to be the Glaiiriinn at the Lauren- 

 tian mines, where a "new species" turned up from under the buried scori.-e (.'f a thou- 

 sand years. But we must remember that in countries where they will make you a 



