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NOTES ON TASMANIAN LICHENS. 
By Joun Surriey, B.Sc. (Lonp.), Inspector oF ScHoot.s, 
QUEENSLAND, Cor. Mem. Roy. Soc. Tasmanta. 
During my visit to Tasmania in January last, to attend the 
annual meeting of the Australasian Association at Hobart, I 
took such opportunities as offered themselves to make a collec- 
tion of the lichens of the island; and hearing from Mr. 
W. A. Weymouth that he hada small collection of these lowly 
yet lovely plants, I was kindly permitted to look through his 
’ gatherings, and to select some 40 specimens of such as 
appeared rare and worthy of. microscopic examination. The 
examination of a lichen in all its parts by the aid of a micro- 
scope is a work requiring considerable time and patience; 
but a still more time-consuming labour is the examination of 
the multitudinous and fragmentary works on lichenology, 
which must be undertaken when a species is believed to be 
new to science. Every care has been taken, but should an 
older and more experienced lichenologist detect errors in 
my work, then “ Magna est veritas et prevalebit.” 
LICHENES. 
OrpER I.—Oo.iiemacem, Mill. Arg. Enum. Lich. Gen., p. 
18, et Lich. Socot. 
Tripe I.—CoitemMes, Korb., Par. p. 408. 
Leptogium chloromelum vy. granulare, Mill. Arg. On mossy 
stones, Mt. Wellington, W. A. Weymouth, No. 
123. 
Orper II.—Epicontacem, Mill. Arg., Enum. Lich. Gen. et 
Lich. Socot. 
Trise I].—Cauiciem, Mill. Arg., Enum. Lich. Genéve, p. 19 
Calicium Victorie, C. Knight. On decorticated tree, Falls 
Track, Mt. Wellington, W. A. Weymouth, 
No. 182. 
Orver III.—Licuenaczm, Mill. Arg., Lich. Socot. et Enum. 
Lich. Gen. 
