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LICHENES ANTILLAKUM A W. R. ELLIOTT COLLECTI. 



L. pezizoidecR (Acb.) affinis et apotheciis cam in memoriam revocans, 

 at apotheciis minus elevatis et margine pallidiore instiuctis et 

 colore epithecii cet. ab ea bene diti'erens. Excipulum bypbis 

 radiantibus, conghitinatis, cellubs oblongis, sat angustis. 



9. L. (Lopadium) EUiottii, sp. n. ThaUus crustaceus, tenuis 

 vel tenuissimus, sat contiuuus, sat requalis, glauco-vii'esceus. 

 Apotbecia adpressa, 0-8-0'4 millim. lata, disco primum planiusculo, 

 demum convexo, testaceo-pallido aut sordide testaceo, epruinoso, 

 margine sat tenui, discum pallidiore, primum discnm aequante, 

 demum excluso aut subpersistente. Excipulum pallidum, minute 

 parencbymaticum, extns l^evigatum. Hypotbecium rufescenti- 

 rubescens aut fulvescenti-rufescens, KHO non reagens. Hymenium 

 0-070-0-100 millim. crassum, totum decoloratum, iodo intense 

 persistenter ca^ralescens. Parapliyses parce evolut^e, tenuissimse, 

 increbre ramoso-connexas (in HgSO^ visae). Sporae bnte aut 4n{e 

 aut abortu solitarife, decolores, fusiformes aut fusiformi-elongatse, 

 altero apice vulgo augustiore, apicibus obtusis aut altero apice 

 rotundato, balone indutre aut destitutte, submurales, septis trans- 

 versalibus 7-9, septis longitudinalibus paucissimis, vulgo solum 

 10-12-cellulos8e, long. 0026-0032, crass. 0-005-O-0O9 (raro 0-011) 

 millim. Ad folia arborum (duarum specierum) in Bonbomme 

 Woods in St. Vincent. L. perpallidain Nyl. iu memoriam revocat, 

 sed minor. Stratum bypothallinum cyanescens solum infra apo- 

 tbecia evolutum. Gonidia protococcoidea (forsan pleurococcoidea), 

 simplicia, membrana sat tenui. Asci clavati, membrana tenui. 



10. L. (Lopadium) rubicundula, sp. n. Tballus crustaceus, 

 tenuis, maculas ScTspe rotundatas formans, leviter inrequalis aut sat 

 aequalis, glaucescenti-albidus, interdum demum desquamescens. 

 Apotbecia adpressa, 0-4-0-2 millim. lata, disco piano, rufescenti- 

 rubicundo, epruinoso, margine mediocri aut sat tenui, carneo- 

 albido, discum asquante, persistente. Excipulum impellucidum et 

 aerem inter byphas continens, irregulariter crebre contextum, 

 gonidiis destitutum, KHO liitescens et dein rubescens (crystalla 

 acicularia brevia rubra formans). Hypotbecium rufescenti-pallidum 

 aut testaceum. Hymenium 0-060 millim. crassum, totum decolo- 

 ratum aut epitbecio passim pallido, iodo intense persistenter cseru- 

 lescens. Parapbyses parum evolutae, fere diffluxffi, ramoso-connexfe. 

 Sporas solitariae, decolores, ellipsoideae, apicibus rotundatis, balone 

 nullo aut tenui iudutae, murales, cellulis numerosis, long. 0-034- 

 0-038, crass. 0-016-0-018 millim. Ad folia fibcis arboreJB in Morne 

 Cocbon (1200 ped. s. m.) in St. Vincent. Gonidia protococcoidea. 



11. L. (Lopadium) Lepkieurii (Mont.) Wain. Sporopodium 

 Leprieurii Mont. Ann. Sc. Nat. 3 ser. Bot. t. xvi. p. 54, tab. 16, 

 fig. 1 (baud bona). Lecidea reveniens Nyl. Enum. Gen. Licb. 123. 

 Lopadium Leprieurii Miill. Arg. Licb. Beitr. (1890), n. 1524. Ad 

 folium in Bonbomme Woods in St. Vincent. Hue etiam Fhlijctis 

 arachnoidea Krempelb. Licb. Becc. 16 et Lopadium arachuoideum 

 Miill. Arg. Licb. Beitr. n. 1525 pertinere videntur. Saltern planta 

 nostra inter L. Leprieurii et L, araclmuideum Miill. Arg. intermedia 

 est. Forsan etiam L. stephanella Nyl. Fl. 1866, 291, ad eandem 



