184. REV. W. A. LEIGHTON ON THE LICHENS OF CEYLON. 
186. V. nuPLICANS, Nyl.=Lindig, N. Gran. p. 40. 
Central Province. 
Perithecium integrum, nigrum, crassum, carbonaceum; paraphyses graciles, iodo vinose rubentes; sporz 2, 
fuscæ. 
Plate XXX VI. fig. 51. 
187. V. ASPISTEA, Fée (non Ach.). 
Central Province. 
Perithecium integrum, nigrum; paraphyses paucæ, distinctæ, iodo vinose rubentes; spore 8, 7-septate, 
cellulis nucleolatis, fuscescentes. 
Plate XXXVI. fig. 49. 
188. V. ASPISTEA, Fée (non Ach.), var. astroidea= Parmentaria astroidea, Fée. 
Central Province. 
Perithecium integrum, nigrum; paraphyses graciles, distinctz, iodo vinose rubentes; spore 8, inco 
aut tenuiter luteæ, nucleolatæ in 8-9 seriebus transversis. _ 
Plate XXXVI. fig. 50. 
189. V.EMERGENS, Leight., n. sp.: thallus pallido-lutescens, leevigatus, subnitidus, effusus ; 
apothecia parva, omnino thallo obtecta, apice tantum emergente, fusco-nigra ; 
perithecio integro nigro, ostiolo minuto vix conspicuo; sporæ 8, mediocres, fusce- 
scentes, oblongo-ovatæ, 7-septatæ, cellulis 3-4 nucleolatis ; cs distinctæ, iodo 
vinose rubescentes. 
Peradeniya, elev. 1600 feet. 
Plate XXXVII. fig. 41. 
190. V. Tawarrestt, Leight., n. sp. : thallus pallido-lutescens, lævigatus, nitidus, effusus ; 
apothecia maxima, nigra, conico-hemispheerica, basi thallo obtecta, perithecio nigro 
crassissimo integro cartilagineo, ostiolo magno depresso conspicuo ; spore 8, maxima, 
incolores, dein fuscescentes, elongato-oblongæ, 7-septatæ, cellulis nucleolis sphæricis 
hyalinis repletis ; paraphyses longissimæ, graciles, distinctæ, iodo vinose rubescentes. 
Ceylon. poer 
This, the first Ceylon lichen I ever examined, I dedicate to the learned Curator of 
the Royal Botanical Garden at Peradeniya, to whose kindness we owe this fine collection 
of tropical lichens. 
Plate XXXVII. fig. 42. 
191. Expococcus GRAPHIDICOLUS, Leight., n. sp. : thallus alienus; perithecium minimum, 
globosum, integrum, nigrum, carbonaceum, nitidum; paraphyses nulle; spore 8, 
incolores, obovato-oblongæ, 1-2 septatæ, cellula anteriore majore, iodo fuscescentes. — 
Supra thallum Graphidis anguilliformis, Tayl. South of the island. 
Plate XXXVII. fig. 43. | 
192. TRYPETHELIUM SCHIZOSTOMUM, Leight., n. sp.: thallus pallido-lutescens, levigatus, 
insequalis, subnitidus, effusus; apothecia in prominentiis thallinis irregularibus vd 
