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8:nae, distichae, decolores, simplices, ellipsoideae aut oblongae, 

 apicibus rotundatis aut obtusis, long. O.ou — O.023, crass. O.007- 

 O.011 mm. Paraphyses in gelatinam diffluxae. 



Var. cataleptoides (Nyl.) Vain. 



Adj. Lich. Lapp. II (1883) p. 176. Verrucaria margacea var. cata- 

 leptoides Nyl. Prodr. Lich. Gall. (1857) p. 428 (1-82), Exp. Pyrenoc. (1858) 

 p. 26. V. margacea *V. cataleptoides Nyl. Lich. Scand. (1861) p. 272. 

 V. cataleptoides Nyl. in Norrl. Fl. Kar. Oneg. II (1876) p. 39, Symb. Fl. 

 Ladog. (1878) p. 32; Havaas Beitr. Westnorw. Flecht. (1909) p. 35; 

 A. Smith Mon. Brit. Lich. II (1911) p. 287; Jatta Fl. It. Crypt. Lich. 

 p. 806. Lithoicea cataleptoides Arn. Lich. Tirol XXI (1880) p. 145, XXX 

 (1897) p. 35, Lich. Frank. Jur. (Fl. 1885) p. 247. Verrucaria catalepta 

 (Schaer.) Koerb. Parerg. Lich. 4 Lief. (1863) p. 368. 



Exs. Zwackh Lich. Exs. (1852) p. 150. — Hepp Flecht. Eur. II 

 (1857) n. 433. - - Lojka Lich. Hung. Exs. IV (1884) n. 197. - - Arn. Lich. 

 Exs. (1885) n. 1133. (Conf. Arn. Lich. Frank. Jur. p. 243.) 



Thallus crassus aut sat crassus, areolato-diffractus, 

 griseus aut cinereo-fuscescens aut obscure fuscescens, opa- 

 cus, hypothallo parum evoluto. Perithecium lat. circ. 0.3— 

 0.4 (O.25) mm, verrucae thallinae thallove immersum deinde- 

 que vulgo semiirnmersum aut basin versus late amphithecio 

 thallino obductum. Sporae long. O.015 — O.02G, crass. O.oos — 

 O.016 mm („sec. annot. Nyl." — O.32 mm). 



Distr. Tavastia austr. : In saxis ad Letku in Tammela 

 et in Forssa (A. Kullhem). Karelia Ladogensis: In Lapicidina 

 marmorea in Ruskeala (J. P. Norrlin). Karelia Onegensis: 

 In latere rupis calcariae ad Lischmajarvi („V. umbrinula" 

 sec. Nyl. in Norrl. Fl. Kar. Oneg. II p. 39). Ostrobotnia 

 Kajanensis: In saxis chloritico-schistosis haud inundatis ad 

 cataractam Saarikoski in Kianta (Vain.). 



Proxima est var. griseocinerascenti, sed amphithecio thallino 

 saepe demum bene evoluto ab ea differt, quae nota tamen in- 

 constans est. " Perithecium globosum, fusco-nigrum, crassum, in- 

 tegrum. Nucleus jodo violascens aut raro (in specim. Norveg. 

 n. 8) basi primum caerulescens. Sporae oblongae aut ellipsoideae 

 aut ovoideae. Specim. orig. hujus varietatis est n. 2865 in herb. 

 Nyl. e Bareges in Gallia. 



