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Spores ellipsoideo-fusitbrni, (Yl x OO-i mm., 5 septate, and 

 also longitudimilly divided. Gran. gon. oblongo globose, 

 •()()3 to OOo mm., monilironii : yellow with iodine. Gel. liym. 

 blue with iodine. 



Hab. on mosses on trees, Warbuiton. 



3. C. jarviun, Acb. 



'J'halliis dark fuscous green oi- nigro-olivaceous, membran- 

 aceous, granulate, lobate, lobes coniplicate, often undulate ; 

 blood-red with iodine. Apotheeia fuscous, plane, thalline 

 margin enti)-e. S[)ores ovoid or ellipsoid, •018 to •024' x 

 •OOIJ to •Oil mm., 3 septate, irregularly murali-locular. — B. 

 V. M., Vic. Nat., Oct. 1887, p. 88. 



4. 0. ((train, Wilson. 



Thailus black, moderate (to 1^ inch), circumference lobate, 

 eomplicato squaniose, tiiick, cartilaginous, granulato-corru- 

 gate. Apotheeia black or dark rufous or sometimes pale, 

 with entire thalline margin, attaining 1 mm. diam. Spores 

 ovate or fusiforrni ellipsoid, acuminate at one or both apices, 

 •018 to •026 X •OOo to •OOG mm., 3 to 4 loculate. Thecie 

 clavate, intensely blue vvith iodine. Paraphyses slender, 

 crowded. 



Hab. on calcareous maritime rocks, Warrnambool. 



Sirji-GENiis 2.— Synkchoblastus, s^jores elongate. 

 1. S. congestits, Wilson. 



Thailus black or atro-fuscous, small (to 1 inch) cartilagin- 

 ous, dittbi^mi-lobate, lobes i^otundate, undulate, circumference 

 elevated, incrassate, arcuate. Apotheeia black or jmllid or 

 dark red, moderate (2 mm. diam.), plane, with thickened 

 margin, at length convex, imuiarginate. Spores cylindrical 

 or ellipsoideo cylindrical, sometimes curved, often acuminate 

 at the apices, simple or 1 septate, containing two to five 

 locules, •OIT X 0035 mm. Paraphj'ses thick, inarticulate. 

 Gel. hym. blue with iodine, thecse intensely blue. Gran, 

 gon. conglomerated into sacs, two or three or more in each, 

 not moniliform. 



Hab. on mosses, &c., on calcareous maritime rocks, Warr- 

 nambool. 



