528 TRYPETHELIACEAE. 



5. Anthracothecium americanum (Ach.) Muell. Arg. Flora 68: 339. 1885. 

 Verrucaria analepta var. americana Ach. Lich. Univ. 275. 1810. 



On dead wood, Abaco, at Old Kerr's Point, and on bark of Drypetes diversifolia. 

 Thatch Cay, Long Island : — Jamaica. 



Family 3. TRYPETHELIACEAE. 



Spores plurilocuiar (two to many-celled). 

 Spores colorless. 



Spores with cylindrical cells. 1. Tomasellia. 



Spores with lens-shaped cells. 2. TrypetheJium. 



Spores brown. 3, Melanotheca. 



Spores muriform-multilocular, brown. 4. Bottaria. 



1. TOMASELLIA Mass. 



Thallus epiphloeodal, relatively well-developed. ' 1, T. exumana. 



Thallus hypophloeodal. 



Spores over 30xl2xt. 2. T. macrospora. 



Spores under 2.5xl0xi. 



Stroma with many ostioles indicated externally by 



whitened spots. 3. T. leucostoma. 



Stroma with few ostioles, concolorous with the black 



stroma. 4. T. cuhana. 



1. Tomasellia exumana Eiddle, sp. no v. 



Thallus epiphloeodes crustaeeus iiniformis effusus glaucus, crassiuseulus, 

 undulatus laevigatus subnitidiis rimulosus, linea nigra limitatus. Gonidia 

 chroolepoidea. Stromata 0.6-1.0 mm. lata, nigra niida convexa vel hemispherica 

 hand gibbosa, ambitu obtuse angulosa aut irregularia pauciostiolata, ostiolis 

 superficie aequalibus aut gibbosula inconspicuis. Perithecia crassa integra 

 globosa. Paraphyses persistentes ramoso-connexae. Sporae in aseis biseriales, 

 incolores ovoideae biloculares, loculo superiore multo majore, 14-16 X 6-7 |U. 



On bark near Georgetown, Great Exuma (Britton and Millspaugh, February 22- 

 28, 1905, 3135, type). 



The well-developed thallus and the strongly convex stromata are the best char- 

 acters for distinguishing this species. 



2. Tomasellia macrospora Eiddle, sp. nov. 



Thallus hypophloeodes quasi halonem albidum formans aut evanescens et 

 cum cortiee maculam testaceam constituens. Stromata 1.0-1.3 mm. lata, soli- 

 taria aut partim eonfluentia, deplanata vel leviter convexa peltata ambitu ro- 

 tundata, nigra thallino-pruinata aut denudata, ostiolis eonnatis papillata. Peri- 

 thecia integra globosa. Paraphyses persistentes ramoso-connexae. Sporae 

 incolores oblongae, 4-loculares, loculis eylindricis aequalibus, 30-38 X 12-14 /tt. 



On bark of Zanthoxylum ftavum, Great Exuma {Britton and MiUspauqh, Feb- 

 ruary 22-28, 1905, 3002, type). 



Externally similar to Tomasellia ciihana, but differing in the decidedly larger 

 spores, these measuring in the latter species only 15-25 x 5-9 ^a. 



3. Tomasellia leucostoma Muell. Arg. Flora 68: 257. 1885. 



On bark. Great Bahama, New Providence, Eleuthera, Exuma, Long Island : — 

 tropical America. 



The material listed under this and the following species shows considerable 

 variation and some of the specimens may be specifically distinct, but it has seemed 

 best to adopt a conservative treatment. 



4. Tomasellia cubana Muell. Arg. Bot. Jahrb. 6: 397. 1885. 



On bark, New Providence, Little San Salvador, Exuma, Cat Island, Conception 

 Island : — Cuba. 



