Feb., 

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ORDER IL-EPICONIACE^. 



Thallus not gelatinous ; gonidia various ; apothecia gymno- 

 carpous ; asci and epithecium soon vanishing, leaving 

 the spores nude and pulveraceo-aggregate. 

 Tribe 5. — Calici^. 



Thallus crustaceous, rarely none ; gonidia palmellaceous. 



10. Sphinctrina. Apothecia pyriform ; parasitic on other 



lichens ; spores simple, fuscous. 



11. Coniocyhe. Apothecia turbinate, stipitate ; apothcciuni 



coloured ; spores simple, fuscous, hyaline, or light- 

 coloured. 



12. ChcBnotheca. Apothecia turbinate, stipitate ; spores simple, 



fuscous. 



13. Calicium. Apothecia turbinate, stipitate ; spores trans- 



versely divided, fuscous. 



14. Pyrgilhts. Apothecia truncato-conical, hollow, filled with 



the transversely-banded fuscous spores. 



15. Acolium. Apothecia sessile ; spores transversely divided. 



Tribe 6. — Sph^rophore^. 

 Thallus podetially fruticose, solid ; gonidia globose, green, 

 palmellaceous ; apothecia terminal. 



16. SphcBYophoron. Spores simple, sub-globose, fuscous. 



ORDER IIL-DISCOCARPE^. 



Thallus not gelatinous ; gonidia various ; apothecia gynmo- 

 carpous ; epithecium manifestly persistent with parallel 

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SERIES L— DIPLOBLAST.E. 



Thallus of two parts, the podetia fruticulose, sub-erect, 

 and the rest squamoso or crustaceo-horizontal ; gonidia 

 palmellaceous, apothecia terminal on podetia : spores 

 hyahne. Tribe 7. — Bceomyce^. 



Podetia solid, nude or squamose, never leafy, short, some- 

 times almost none. 



17. Gomphillus. Thallus woolly, gonidia and filaments irregu- 



larly conglutinate ; apothecia briefly stipitate ; spores 

 filiform, multipartite. 



18. Bceomyces. Spores simple. 



Tribe 8. — Thysanotheci^. " 



Podetia with external striate chondroid stratum, ex- 

 ternally stuppeous (woolly). 



19. Thysanothecium. Spores simple. 



Tribe q. — Cladonie.e. 

 Podetia listulose, nude, or with foliaceous scales ; spores 

 simple. 



20. Cladonia. Chondroid stratum of podetia inside of gonidial 



zone. 



