92 CUMMINGS 



1262); Virgin Bay (Trelease, 1247, 1260); Sturgeon River Bay, 

 Kadiak Island (Trelease, 1240); Akun Island (Townsend, no num- 

 ber) ; Attu Island (Townsend, 73) ; Atka Island (Townsend, 90) ; 

 Hall Island (Trelease, 1252 in part); Pastoliak River (Newhall) ; 

 Seward Peninsula (Collier). Nylander records C. sylvatica (Hoffm.) 

 as occurring at Port Clarence, and C. rangiferina sylvatica on St. 

 Lawrence Island. Under the synonym C. rangiferina var. sylvatica, 

 Macoun records its occurrence on St. George Island, Rothrock cred- 

 its it to ' all Russian America,' while Dr. Cooley collected it at Sal- 

 mon and Sheep Creeks, near Juneau. 



All the specimens are sterile. Associated with this species are 

 mosses and various other lichens growing in inextricable confusion. 



61. Cladonia rangiferina (L.) Web. 



Lichen rangiferinus LINNAEUS, Spec. PI. 2 : 1153. pr. p. 1753. 

 Cladonia rangiferina (L.) WEBBER in Wiggers, Prim. Fl. Hols. 90. n. 994, pr. 

 p. 1780. SOWERBY, Eng. Bot. /. 224.9. 



Alaska (Evans, 389) ; Wrangell (Coville and Kearney, 406) ; White 

 Pass (Trelease, 1264) ; Orca (Trelease, 1263) ; Hall Island (Coville and 

 Kearney, 2063 in part) ; St. Lawrence Island (Trelease, 1238 in part) ; 

 Fort Cosmos (Huff, c) ; St. Michael (Setchell) ; Cape Nome (Set- 

 chell) . Reported by Nylander from Port Clarence and from St. Law- 

 rence Island; by Macoun as common on St. Paul and St. George 

 Islands ; by Dr. Cooley from Salmon Creek and Sheep Creek, near 

 Juneau ; by Rothrock from * all Russian America ' ; collected also on 

 St. Paul Island by William Palmer and determined by W. W. Calkins. 

 Under the synonym Cenomyce rangiferina Hooker and Arnott report 

 its occurrence at Kotzebue Sound. 



Some of the specimens are mixed with other species of Cladonia^ 

 Thamnolia, and Cetraria. The specimens vary greatly, some being 

 very delicate and finely branched, while others are coarse and not so 

 profusely branched. 



62. Cladonia furcata racemosa (Hoffm.) Floerk. 



Cladonia racemosa HOFFMANN, Deutschl. Fl. 2: 144. 1795. 

 Cladonia furcata racemosa FLOERKE, Clad. Comm. 152. 1828. 



Alaska (Evans, 195). Also collected by Macoun on St. Paul 

 Island and St. George Island. 



63. Cladonia furcata palamaea (Ach.) Nyl. 



Bceomyces spinosus b. palamaus ACHARIUS, Meth. Lich. 359. 1803. 

 Cladonia furcata palamaa NYLANDER, Lich. Scand. 56. 1861. DILL. Hist. 

 Muse. t. 16. f. 25, 27. 



Orca (Trelease, 1261); Sturgeon River Bay, Kadiak Island (Tre- 



