Tlie Lichens of Victoria. 155 



nigj-iennt, seldom carneous, albo pruiiiose, disk plane. Spoi'es 

 pluii- (about 7) septate, -03 to '04 x •()()4' to -005 inm. 



Hab. on granitic rocks in mountain streams in Tallarook 

 Ranges, 



Var. 2 minor, Wilson. — Much less and darker than the 

 type ; snbmonophyllous, rotundate, often obscure!}" furfur- 

 aceo granulose. Apothecia minute and much crowded. 

 Spores as in type. 



Hab. on ti-ees near Lake Wat Wat, Gippsland. 



5. S. glaucophthalmus, Nyl. 



Thallus olivaceo-fuscous, -| inch or more diam., here and 

 there fenestrato dissected, scrobiculate and often granulifer- 

 ous. Apothecia glaucous lilac, plane or somewhat concave, 

 thalline receptacle prominent, margin veiy thin. Spores as 

 in .S. nigrescens, to which this species is allied. 



Hab. on bark of trees a.nd bushes ; Leptogium glauco- 

 phthalmum, B. v. M., Vic. Nat, Oct. 1887, p. 89 ; Warr- 

 nambool, Mordialloc, Cunninghame, Buninyong, Lake Wat 

 Wat. 



0. (S. nigrescens, Huds. 



Thalkis black green, thinly meml)riinaceous, submono- 

 phyllous, (jrbiculai-, depressed, rotundato lobate, radiately 

 rugoso plicate. Apothecia obscurely rufous, plane, crowded, 

 thalline margin entire. Spores fusiformi cylindrical, often 

 pluriseptate, 03 i to -042 x 00.5 mm. 



Hab. on trunks of trees, Warrnanib')ol, Mordialloc, Cun- 

 ninghame, Buninyong, Metung. 



Genus 3. — Leptogiu.m, Fries. 



1. L. hiloculare, Wilson. 



Thallus plumbeou.s, membranaceous, small (| inch) lacin- 

 iato lobate, lobes sinuate and undulate. Apothecia pale 

 rufous, minute (2- 7 mm. diam.); thalline margin prominent. 

 Spores fusiformi ellipsoid, bilocular, 015 x "006 mm. Gel. 

 hym. blue with iodine. 



Hab. on the bark of a tree, Mt. Macedon. 



2. L. sinuatum, Huds. 



Thallus plumbeo-fuscescent, rotundato lobate, reticulato 

 rugulose, lobes crowded, imbricated, margin entire or crenate. 



