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Var. 1, corallina, Mull. Arg. , the wlilte markings on the upper 

 surface more numerous and reticulate, centre crowded with 

 bulbous isidia. 



Hab. on rocks, Launceston. 



Yar. 2, multifida, Wilson, pallid or glaucescenti pallid, 



laciniate, lacinise narrow, sinuate, multifid, very laxly affixed, 



under surface densely hirsute. Apothecia large, over an inch. 



. wide, lacerato lobatO; surface undulate, receptacle corrugate 



with elevated reticulations. 



Hab. on Mount Arthur. 



4. F. saxatilis, L,, var. omphalodes, L., = P. teniiissiina^ 

 Hmpe., fuscous or nigricant, shining, somewhat smooth, 

 reticulato rugulose, laciniose, lacinise sinuato multifid or 

 sinuate incised or lobate, apices retuse, black and fibrillose 

 beneath. Medulla K yellow, then red. Apothecia spaJiceo 

 badious or fuscous, margin entire or crenulate. 



Hab. on alpine rocks, Hmpe. Query, P. temiiruiia ? 



5. P. conspersa, Ehrh., pale ochroleucous, orbicular, laciniato 

 divided, laciniae appressed, contiguous or imbricate, margins 

 sinuato incised or crenate, undulate, under surface fuscous 

 black or fuscescent, nigro fibrillose. Medulla K yellow, then 

 red. Apothecia spadiceous or fuscous, margin thin, inflexed. 

 Spores -008 to '012 x -005 to -008 mm. 



Hab, Gunn, Hooker, Archer, Oldfield^ Hook. Fl. Tasm.; 

 Hook. L. J. Bot. ; Hmpe. ; Nyl. ; Krplh ; Hobart, Mount 

 Wellington, St. Mary's Pass, Launceston ; and Bellerive, and 

 Knocklofty, Bastow. 



Var. 1, laxa. Mull. Arg., — P. tasfna7iica,lldi>j\., = P.incisa^ 

 Tayl., fide Mull. Arg., not appressed, imbricate, lacinisB 

 narrow, multifid, underneath fuscous, or fuscescent, or pale, 

 nude. 



Hab. Hook. L. J. Bot. 



Var. 2, isidiata, Auzi., centre of thallus densely isidiose. 



Hab. Mount Wellington. 



Var. 3, ste7iophylla, Ach., laciniae of thallus narrower, much, 

 more divided, and imbricate. 



Hab. Launceston, Miss Lilley. 



6. P. australtejisis, Cr., albido flavescent, opaque, beneath, 

 nigricant, nude, lacinise long, convolute. Medulla K — C pale 

 red. Apothecia not seen. Similar in appearance to P. vaganSy 

 Nyl. 



Hab. on rocks. Mount Wellington, Brown, Cr. 



7. P. caperata, L., flavescent or sub-stramineous, dilated, 

 lobato incised, rugose, under surface black, margin paler, nigro 



