P. J. HELLBOM, LICHEN/EA NEO-ZEELANDICA. 75 



Ins. merid. Bealey River 2 — 3,000 ped. s. iii. (spo- 

 ris 8:nis) 



Distr. geogr. Europa, Africa, Asia (Japonia), America 

 utraque. 



6. P. cujjularis Knigiit (1884) On tlie Lichenogr. of New 

 Zeal. p. 402; Mull. Arg. Conspect. L. Nov. Zel. p. 53. 



Syn. Pertusaria subglobulifera Nyl. Enimi. gen. Licli. 

 (1858) p. 117, L. Nov. Zel. (1888) p. 68 



Hab ad cortices 



Insul. Septentr. Maungarva prope Wellington; 



Insul. merid. Bealey River Porters Pass. — Corticiola, 

 CoLENSO — Ad Greymouth (Helms), Nyl. 1. c. 



Descriptio a Knight data quadrat: Asci conferti, nume- 

 rosi, eylindrici. Sporse ellipsoideffi iiniseriales. In specimine 

 a Knight ad Blomberg misso sporas inveni. Thallus K — , 

 Ca (Cl.) violaeeus. 



Nomen a Knight datum accepi, quod incertum videtur, 

 an P. subglobulifera hsec eadem sit, ut ait Nyländer L. Nov. 

 Zel. p. 6S. >Sporee nonnihil majores» in P. cupulari diversi- 

 tatem quandam indicare videntur. Si re vera esedeni sint, 

 P. subglobulifera Nyl. liabet prioritatem. 



7. P. soroäcs Stirt. Addit. 1867 p. 13; Mull. Arg. Con- 

 spect. Licli. Nov. Zel. p. 54. 



Sporte maximse, binse, oblongie, adultte »intus belle costu- 

 lataä>, 0,180 — 0,210 mm. long., 0,o6o — 0,075 mm. lat., lodo asci 

 et sporte intense coerulescunt. Kali non mutantur. 



Hab. in cortice ad Wellington Insul. septentr.; unicum 

 specimen fortuito lectuni. 



Ceterum a Nylandro (L. Nov. Zel. 1888) sequentes spe- 

 cies generis Pertusaritie, in Nova Zeelandia inventse, comnie- 

 morantur: 

 P. velata *subbT?vata Nyl. p. 67. — Corticicola (Kn.) 



— globulifera *glaucomopsis Nyl. p. 67. — Corticicola ad 



Greymouth (Helms); Knight. 



— subverrucosa Nyl. p. 67. — super saxa coll. Colenso. 



Specimen a Knight nomine P. communis var. verrucosa 

 ad Blomberg missum et milii ab eodem benigne communicatum 

 est eadem: thallus K. ferrugineo-rubens, sporte 2:nce, cet. vide 

 Nyl. 1. c. 



