CI. delicata. 469 



Distributio s^eoi^raphica. In maxime parte Europae pas- 

 sim suisque locis quoque satis frequenter distributa, septentrio- 

 nem versus rareseens et in zona arctica rarissima; in Suecia: 

 adhuc ad Aberget et Edefors prope flumen Lulea (circ. ^^'^ 1. s.: 

 Hellb., Norrl. Lafv. p. 72); in Fennia: ad Hailuoto in Uleaborg 

 (leg. E. Nyl. teste Th. Fr., Lich. Scand. p. 78), ad Kitkajoki in 

 in paroecia Kuusamo {^^^ 1. s.; leg. Silen), ad Inarijarvi in Lap- 

 ponia Fennica (69° 1. s.; ipse legi); in Rossia: ad Yli-Kuittijarvi 

 in Karelia Rossica (65^30' 1. s.: Wainio, Adj. I p. 114): quoque 

 in Italia (Anzi, Catal. Sondr. p. 16, Mass., Lich. Exs. Ital. n. 217, 

 Bagl., Prosp. Lich. Toscan. p. 251) et in Pyrenaeis (Lamy, Exp. 

 Lich. Cauter. p. 11). In Asia: pluribus locis prope flumen Konda 

 in Sibiria, velut ad Tumijnvatski, Satiga, Leunski, Amin&ki, Nach- 

 ratsch (ipse legi). Africa: in regione occidentali Algeriae parce, 

 ut ajunt Bor. et Dur. in Expl. Alg. p. 261 (sed a Nyl. in ^tud. 

 Lich. Alg. non commemoratur). In America septentrional I: in 

 civitatibus septentrionalibus et mediis (Muhlenberg), Ohio (Miss 

 Biddlecome), lUinois (Hall), Indiana (V. d. Bosch), Carolina Me- 

 rid. (Ravenel), Alabama (Peters), Louisiana (Hale), teste Tuck., 

 Syn. North Am. p. 247. In America meridionali: ad Carissi prope 

 Para in Brasilia legit R. Spruce teste Leight., Not. Lichenol. XII 

 (1867) p. 109. — Babingt. et Mitten ajunt in Hook. Fl. Tasm. II 

 (1860) p. 350 banc speciem quoque in Tasmania (ad Cheshunt) 

 in Australia ab Archer lectam esse, sed determinatio incerta est. 



Stationes. Ad lignum cariosum in- pinetis et ceteris lo- 

 cis umbrosis siccisque raro quoque in paludibus turfosis provenit. 



Gonidia in t hallo primario zonam subcontinuam, strato 

 corticah obductam, formantia, alia major a anguloso-globosa, dia- 

 metro 0,oi4— 0,oi6 milUm., protoplasmate flavescente, parum gra- 

 nulosa, nucleo instructa, membrana 0,002— O,oo25 millim. crassa, 

 alia minora, diametro circiter 0,oio— 0,oo8 millim., globosa, mem- 

 brana 0,0 01 millim. crassa, ceteris notis similia majoribus et for- 

 san quoque eadem origine ac ea; in podetiis in strato medul- 

 lari abundanter sparsa, gonidiis minoribus thalli primarii similia. 



Obs. 1. Duae formae hujus speciei distingui possunt, quae 

 men parum constantes sunt et inteadum in eodem specimine 

 inveniuntur. 



