420 I. DiscoLiCHENES (Wainio). [Lecidea 



rufescente ant fuscescente, demum vulgo excluso. Excipulum 

 pallidum aut in margine intus rufescens, hyphis radiantibus, 

 celliilis angustis, oblongis. Hypothecium pallidum. Epithecium 

 decoloratum. Hymenium jodo persistenter cserulescens. Sporae 

 8nse, reetse, bacillares aut aciciilares, 3 — 6-septatae, long. 0'026 ad 

 0042, crass. 0'002 ad O'OOS mm. Paraphyses tenues, filiformes, 

 simplices aut raro parce connexse, sat arete coha^rentes. 



Var. pluriseptata Wain. 



Spora? apicibas obtusis aut apice inferiore attenuate, circ. 4- ad 

 •6-septat3e, long. 0'038 ad 0"042 mm. Hymenium circ. 0'060 ad 

 0*070 mm. crassum. 



GoLUNGO Alto (1000 ad 2400 ped. s. m.). — ^Ad truncos vigentes 

 Cordm in sylvis primaevis densioribus prope Sange. No. 149 pr. p. 

 Ad truncos vigentes in sylvis in Serra de Alta Queta. No. 154. 



Var. paueiseptata Wain. 



Sporse apice inferiore attenuato, 3-septat£e, long. 0"026 to 0"036, 

 crass. 0-0025 to 0-003 mm. Hymenium circ. 0-055 to 0-065 mm. 

 crassum. 



GoLUNao Alto (1000 ad 2400 ped. s. m.). — Ad truncos arborum 

 juniorum in sylvis prope Sange. Nos. 135a, 136. Ad truncos arborum 

 in sylvis primaevis in Serra de Alta Queta. Nos. 150c, 151. 



4. L, laurocerasi (Del.) Wain. 



Patellaria laurocerasi Del. in Dub. Bot. Gall. p. 653. Lecidea 

 ■endoleuca Nyl. in Hue, Lich. Exot. p. 201 ; Malme, Bot. Not. 1895, 

 p. 209. 



Var. amylothelia Wain. 



Hymenium jodo persistenter cserulescens. Apothecia atra, 

 margine concolore aut primo ssepe cinereo-nigricante. Epithecium 

 cerasino-fuscescens, KHO purpurascens. Paraphyses paulum 

 connexae, apice clavatse, in KHO sat laxse. Hypothecium 

 pallidum. Excipulum pallidum, in mai-gine cerasino-fuscescens. 

 Spor« long. 0-046 ad 0-054, crass. 0-002 ad 0-003 mm. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — Ad truncos juniores in sylvis prope Sange. 

 No. 184. 



5. L. medialis Tuck, in Wright, Lich. Cub. n. 203; Wain., 

 Etud. Lich. Bres. II. p. 17. 



GoLUNGO Alto (1000 ad 2400 ped. s. m.). — Ad truncos arborum 

 juniorum in sylvis prope Sange. No. 134. 



6. L. (Bilimbia) farinulenta (Miill. Arg.). 



Patellaria farinulenta Miill. Arg., Lich. Afr. Occ. (Linnsea 

 1880), p. 36. 



In foliis coriaceis in planitie depressa secus flum. Quilla leg. 

 Pechuel-Loesche teste Miill. Arg., I.e. 



7. L. sublecanorina (Nyl.) Wain. 

 Platygrapha sublecanorina Nyl., Lich. Angl. p. 13. 



Thallus flavido-glaucescens vel sti-amineo-glaucescens, gonidiis 

 cytococcoideis instructus. Apothecia 0-2 ad 0-3 mm. lata, orbicu- 

 laria, disco fusconigro, piano, opaco, nudo, margine tenui, integro, 



