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paratively few in number, and among these Ch. leiostictum is 
distinct in the serial arrangement of the punctiform apothecia. 
NOTEWORTHY SPECIES NOT PREVIOULSY RECORDED 
FROM JAMAICA 
1. ANTHRACOTHECIUM OCHRACEO-FLAVUM (Nyl.) Muell. Arg. 
Linnaea 43: 44. 1880. 
Verrucarta ochraceo-flava Nyl. Expos. Pyren. 50. 1858. 
On bark, Montego Bay, J. A. Cushman 122. Known else- 
where from Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, and the East Indies. 
2. HEUFLERIA SEPULTA (Mont.) Trevis. Flora 44: 23. 1861. 
Astrothelium sepultum Mont. Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. II. 19: 74. 
1843. 
On bark, Mandeville, J. A. Cushman 152. Known elsewhere 
from Cuba, Guiana, Brazil, and Peru. . 
3. LAURERA GIGANTOSPORA (Muell. Arg.) Zahlbr.; Engler & 
Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. I!*: 71. 1903. 
Bathelium gigantosporum Muell. Arg. Bot. Jahrb. 6: 394. 1885. 
On bark, Mandeville, J. A. Cushman 44. Known previously 
from the original collection only, made by Charles Wright in Cuba; 
but closely related and perhaps not specifically distinct from 
Laurera megaspermum (Mont.) Riddle, comb. nov. (Trypethe- 
lium megaspermum Mont. Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. II. 19:68. 1843), 
which is known from Cuba, Guiana, and Brazil. 
4. GRAPHINA CHRYSOCARPA (Raddi) Muell. Arg. Flora 63: 41. 
1880. 
Opegrapha chrysocarpa Raddi, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. 38: 34. 1820. 
On bark, Mandeville, J. A. Cushman 49. A striking species 
known elsewhere from Porto Rico, Costa Rica, Colombia, and 
razil. . 
5. GRAPHINA PLATYGRAPTA Muell. Arg. Flora 71: 495. 1888. 
On bark, Mandeville, J. A. Cushman 54. This species was 
based on material collected by Sintenis in Porto Rico, and hitherto 
has been known from the original collection only.. Owing to the 
war, I have been unable to see the type, but the species has such 
