428 i. discoliciienes (Wainio). [Ectolechia 
Epithecium goniclia hymenialia (diam. - 004 ad 0'003 mm.) eon- 
tinens, flavescenti-pallidum vel olivaceo-flavescens, KHO non 
reagens, jodo fulvo-rubescens. Paraphyses arete cohserentes, 
neque ramosse, nee connexaj. Spora? solitarise, oblongse, decolores, 
long. circ. 0050 ad 0-054, crass. 0-014 ad 0-022 mm., mnrales, 
cellulis numerosissimis. Thallus intus jodo vinose rubens, gonidia 
eystococcoidea, diam. 0007 ad 0-010 mm. eontinens. Excipulum 
in margins teniae. Affinis est E. phyllochaa-ide (Mont.), qua? 
apotheciis magis elevatis et excipulo magis evoluto ab ea dittert 
et intermedia est inter E. glaucovirescentem et E. phyUochcvrid&m. 
GrOLUNCo Alto. — Ad folia arboris in Serra de Alta Queta. No. 290. 
2. E. (Gyalectidium) aspidota Wain., sp. n. 
Thallus plagulseformis, fere sicut in Strigula, plagulas circ. 
1 ad 2 mm. latas, rotundatas, ambitu subintegras, leviter depresso- 
convexas, albidas vel cinereo-albidas, crebre contextas, laevigatas, 
nitidulas, continuas, apothecia subsolitaria continentes formans, 
hypothallo indistincto. Apothecia thallo urceolato-immersa, aspici- 
lioidea, immarginata, disco - 4 ad 0-6 mm. lato, piano, impresso, 
testaceo-fuscescente, strato thallino gonidiis destitute imposita. 
Excipulum solum ex hypothecio albido gonidiis destituto tenui 
formatum. Hymenium 0-050 ad 0-070 mm. crassum (in KHO 
bene turgescens, ad 0-120 mm. crassum), jodo lutescens, epiplasmate 
ascorum jodo vinose rubente. Epithecium dilute fuscescens aut 
pallidum. Paraphyses tenuissimse, gelatinam in KHO turges- 
centem percurrentes, inciebre ramoso-connexre. Sporse solitariaj, 
decolores, murales, cellulis numerosissimis, long. - 030 ad 0070, 
crass. 0-018 ad 0-050 mm. Gonidia eystococcoidea. Habitu sicut 
prsecedens, sed thallo crassiore ab ea differens. 
GOLUNGO Ai.ro. — Ad folia perennia fruticis prope Sange. No. 292 
pr. p. 
2. ASTEROTHYRIUM Mull. Arg. 
1. A. Welwitschii Wain., sp. n. 
Thallus crustaceus, tenuis, laavigatus, sat opacus, continuus, 
albidus, maculas 1 ad 2 mm. latas formans, hyphis radiantibus (ad 
instar cellularum Phycopeltidis), pachydermaticis, circ. 0-004 mm. 
crassis, in cellulas breves divisis, obductus. Gonidia globosa, 
diam. 0-006 ad 0-010 mm., sim^dicia, c} r stococcoidea. Apothecia 
thallo immersa, circ. - 250mm. lata, - 120 mm. crassa,orbicularia, 
lobis minutis, triangularibus, vulgo circ. 4, diu plus minusve 
distinctis, 0-025 mm. crassis, demum indistinctis, e lateribus con- 
niventibus discoque connatis peritliecii formatis instructa. Peri- 
thecium testaceum, gonidiis destitutum aut in latere basali parce 
gonidia eontinens. Hypothecium tenue, testaceum, strato nullo 
gonidia continenti impositum. Hymenium 0*110 mm. crassum, 
pallidum, jodo non reagens, epithecio rufescenti-pallido. Para- 
physes simplices (hand ramoso-connexaa), gelatinam sat copiosam 
percurrentes. Asci membrana tenui. Spora? bina?, 1-septatse, 
ellipsoideee aut oblongse, long. 0-042 ad 0048, crass. 0'018 ad 
0-024 mm., baud constrictae, decolores aut pallida?, membrana 
