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tundatis, vertice haud impresso, sporis sec. Nyl. long. O.019 0.023, crass. 

 0.003—0.011 mm. Specimina aliis locis lecta hucque relata ad alias species 

 pertinent. 



15. V. epilithea Vain. (n. sp.). 



Thallus epilitheus, sat tenuis, continuus rimulosusve, 

 laevigatus, osseo-albidus aut impure albidus, hypothallo 

 indistincto. Apothecia crebra, thallo immersa aut demum 

 semiimmersa. Perithecium subglobosum, lat. 0.3— O.2 mm, 

 fuscescens aut subviolaceo-fuscescens, integrum, basi tenuius, 

 lateribus rotundatis, vertice convexo, nigro, nudo, margine 

 ostiolari nee prominente nee impresso, ostiolo parvo. Nucleus 

 jodo caerulescens. Sporae ellipsoideae oblongaeve, long. 

 O.021 — O.025, crass. O.007 — O.012 mm. 



Distr. In rupe calcaria. Regio Aboensis: Kalkkimaen- 



nokka ad Ristisalmi inter terram firm am et Isosaari in par. 



Karjalohja (C. E. Boldt). 



Thallo bene evoluto a V. integrella differt. Paraphyses in 

 gelatinam diffluxae. Sporae 8:nae, distichae, decolores, simplices. 

 Gonidia pleurococcoidea, globosa, simplicia diam. O.005 — O.oos mm, 

 .etiam 2-cellulosa et glomerulosa visa. 



16. V. pyenosticta Vain. (n. sp.). 



Thallus endolitheus et levissime epilitheus, macula alba 

 indicatus, hypothallo indistincto. Apothecia crebra, semiim- 

 mersa aut primum subimmersa. Perithecium globosum, lat. 

 O.2 aut rarius — 0.3 mm, fuscescenti- aut subrubricoso- 

 fuligineum, integrum, sat aequaliter incrassatum, lateribus 

 rotundatis, vertice convexo, nigro, nudo, margine ostiolari 

 nee prominente nee impresso, ostiolo minutissimo. Nucleus 

 jodo dilute caerulescens. Sporae ellipsoideae aut subglo- 

 bosae, long. circ. O.010— O.006, crass. O.ooe— O.005 mm. 



Distr. In latere praerupto rupis' calcariae. Regio Abo- 

 ensis: Kaukasalo in pag. Finby (Vain.). 



V. integrellae affinis et habitu subsimilis, at macula thallina 

 albissima, sporis minoribus et reactione jodetica ab ea bene diffe- 

 rens. Apothecia saepe numerosissima, nigra, interdum demum 

 verrucas formantia hemisphaericas, basin versus strato thallino 

 calcario obductas. Perithecium plectenparenchymaticum, cellulis 



