The Lichens of Vietoria. \oO 



12. L. hi/p(>tmchi/)niiii, Mull. Arg. 



Thallus about 4 ceutim. wide, lacinia^ liovizorital or 

 nscendiiig, obovate, obtusely lobate, mavgin entire, thinly 

 coriaceous, fusco olivaceous, both surfaces concolorous, 

 smooth above or shghtly rugulose, crowded beneath with 

 polymorphous prominences, obovoid, obtuse, entire or ob- 

 tusely lobate, exasperate or verruculose tomentellose. Apo- 

 thecia 2 mm. diam., spores fusiformi ellipsoid, 5 septate, 

 niultilocular, -02.") x "Ol mm. Mull. Lich. Beit. XII, 12, 

 Katisb. Flora. 



13. L. mi sf vale, Hook and Tayl. 



Thallus foliaceo membranaceous, thin, blackish olive, 

 smooth, lobes ascending, sub-imbricate, somewhat concave, 

 rotundate, undulate, entire, under surface paler, sub-tomen- 

 tose. Apothecia elevated, black, at length convex, margin 

 thin, entire. McC'iae's Island, Rep. Gov. Bot. 1854. 



14. L. rufjatum, Hook and Tayl. 



Thallus gelatinous membranaceous, 3 inches diam., fuscous 

 green, covered with close longitudinal plaits ; lobes crowded, 

 ascending, oblongo rotundate, erenate, somewhat concave, 

 with minute granulate stipitate isidia expanding into 

 rlialline lobes, sterile. 



Hab. on trees, McCrae's Island, Rep. Gov. Bot. 1.S54. 



FAMILY II.— MYRIANGIACEI. 

 GeiNUS 1 .— Myriangium, Mnt. and Berk. 



Thallus black, noduloso pulvinate, cellulose, unstratified. 

 Apothecia sublecanorine, sphseroideo celhdose. Spores 8, 

 colourless, irregularly septate. 



1. M. duriwi, M. and B. = M. dwrieui, of De Bary. 



Thallus black, opaque, small, tuberculato glon:ierate or 

 nodoso confluent, often depresso pulvinate. Apothecia 

 minute, black, slightl}" impressed. Spores oblong or oblongo 

 ovoid, variousl}- septate, "(UT to "024 x "007 to '008 nmi. 



Hab. on bark of trees, Mount Macedon, Sandringham, 

 Koruraburra, Kilmore. 



