— 5 — 



inclusas, oclonas, binas, quaternas v. duodenas et paraphysi- 

 bus stipatas; ni, fructu abortivo, in tubercula, maculas solidas 

 V. pulveraceas aut massas paraphysophoras, asporas deformen- 

 tur. Sporae simplices (vesiculae granuhferae c. gutta oleacea) 

 V. compositae, 2-16-celIulatae et muriformes, germinantes 

 integrae, fila edunt, quse solo arcle adhserent v. illud pene- 

 tranl et hypothallum paeformant ( proembryon durabilius ). 

 Familias 4 (ab auctoribus ad 15 multiplicatse) sequentes: 



FAM. 5. ARTHONIACEJE. noh. {Coniopsorae Rchb. -<). 



Lichenes rudimentarii, enigmatici, simplicissimi , cortici- 

 saxicolse. Thallus obsolet. v. indefinitus, pulvereus, floccosus, 

 tcnuissim.v.cruslaceus. Sporae simpl.v.compositae, pulverulentae 

 v. coacervatae in caespitulos v. maculas reticulatas, denudatas. 

 v, in tuberculis hypophlaeis v. emersis, nigris v. albis, asci- 

 geris? nidulantes; (hypolhecium et perithec. nulla): Pulve-' 

 raria , f Varlolaria — vix genus autonomum 7J Artlionia , 

 Incillaria , Arthonaria ; — Coniocarpon. . . . 



F A M. 6, H M B O R 1 A C E ^. nob. [Gasteropsorae Rchb. <). 



Lichenes exigui v. majores, saepius corticicolae, quidam ligni- 

 saxi-terricolae (heterobii). Thallus tenuis, crust., leprosus, ad- 

 natus, rarius liber, membranac. et discolor v. obsoletiis. Apo- 

 thecia (fructus) thallo immersa v. prominula, globosa, an- 

 gulata, elongata ( lirellae ), ramosa v. gyrosa, discrela v. con- 

 fluentia ( multilocularia ) et strato meduUavi protuberante 



inclusa, dein -\ aperta v. papilla ostiolata , passim hete- 



rogenea, praedita, excipulo proprio v. thallode ( verruca ) , 

 perithecio ( sporangio ) nuUo v. dimidiato , supero , infero v. 

 laterali saepins carbonaceo, quibusdam rostrato et poro com- 

 muni hiante. Nucleus globosus, linearis, anfractuosus v. la- 

 minaris, gelatinosus, dein induratus, diffluens v. fatiscens, 

 quibusd. primitus velatus, sporas nudas compositas, coloratas 

 <! ? emittcus v. asciger : 



