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97. CI. squtamosula Miiii Arg. 



Diagii. Thallus primarius squamis minoribus, vix aut 

 parcissime sorediatis. Podetia brevia, ascypha, fertilia aut steri- 

 lia, subsimplicia, decorticata, saepe sparse granulosa, squamulosa 

 aut squamuloso-isidiosa, semipellucida, KHO lutescentia. Stra- 

 tum chondroideum distincte limitatum, (verisimiliter) baud 

 laceratum. Apotbecia parva, convexa, conglomerata, pallide 

 lusca. 



HjYl, Cladonia sqnamosula Miill. Arg., Lich. Beitr. (Fl. 1883 p. 19) 

 n. 553 (secimd. specim. orig. in herb. Miill.), n. 1061 (Fl. 1887 p.. 56), erronee 

 „C. squamulosa". — Shirley, Lich. Queensl. I (1888) p. 96, Victorian Natura- 

 list 1887, oct. („squamulosa"). 



Descr. Tb alius primarius constans ex squamis sat par- 

 vis mediocribusve, „cinerascentibus, subtus albis", tenuibus, „pro- 

 funde subpalmatim 3— 5-partitis, ambitu latis, laciniae eleganter 

 pluries crenato-incisae", vix vel parcissime sorediatae. „Pode- 

 tia vix semipollicaria (11 millim.), V^ millim. crassa, simplicia, 

 raro superne breviter bifida, erecta, fertilia undique aequilata, 

 sub fructu baud dilatata, semper undique clausa, undique pro 

 parte decorticata et usque ad apicem foliigera nee non partim 

 granuloso-aspera, sterilia simplicia, subulato-acuminata et pulve- 

 rulenta, foliola inferiora sat ampla et copiosa, retrorsum spec- 

 tantia et thallinis subconformia aut pauUo minora, superiora gra- 

 datim minora. Apotbecia peltatim insidentia, madefacta pallide 

 tusca, plus minusve syncarpica. — Proxime affmis CI. lepidulae 

 (b. e. CI. elegantulae), sed multo minus rigidula, pallidior et foliola 

 omnino alia. — Prima fronte quasi formam macrophyllinam simu- 

 lat CI. delicatae, sed podetia sterilia subulata (similia iis CI. fim- 

 briatae v. tenellae) superne albida semper clausa, aliam affmita- 

 tem indigitant." 



Loca natalia. Ad truncos putridos prope Too^voomba in 

 Australiae pro v. Queensland (Hartmann). 



Obs. Secundum specimen originale podetia sunt ascypha 

 squamulosa vel squamuloso-isidiosa, decorticata, semipellucida, 



